HN 501 KU Foundations of Human Services Child and Family Case Study

Child and Family Case Study

Congratulations!
You were selected to move on to the interviews for your dream job in
Unit 2. For this stage in the application process, you must create a
hypothetical case study for a child and family and document your initial
biopsychosocial assessment. In this scenario, you may decide whom the
child is living with (such as biological parents, a single parent, a
grandparent, another family member, or a foster parent).

For this assignment, please respond to the following:

Subjective and Objective Information

• Describe
  the client demographics (age, sex, gender, race or ethnicity, family
  composition and history, living situation), reason for referral,
  presenting problem(s) and a brief description of the agency setting
  (objective information).
• Provide client comments.
  • For example, child, mother, father, or sister (names) reports or states the following: (subjective information)

Systems Theory Assessment

• Analyze how the child in your scenario is impacted from a nature versus nurture standpoint.
• Using
  the ecosystems theory and the person-in-environment framework, please
  fully explain the presenting problem(s) of the child and the family.
• According
  to multiple systems in the human environment, examine the influences
  present in the child’s micro, mezzo, and macro system.
• Analyze how the child in your scenario is impacted from ecosystems theory.
• How do social environment and various systems influence the child’s behavior?
  • Include
    positive and negative system influences such as church, school, peers,
    family members, neighbors, culture, community services, and the media.

Plan

• What are your recommendations and intervention strategies for this child and family?

Ethics, Values, and Self-Care Strategies

• What challenges could working with this child and family pose for you as a human service professional?
• What personal values or self-bias could potentially impact your ability to work effectively with this child and family?
• What ethical dilemmas could present themselves in this case study?
• What self-care strategies would you practice to respond to the ethical dilemmas, conflicting values, and self-bias?

Assignment Guidelines

Your
Assignment should be a 4-6 page expository essay, not including the
title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

• Title page: Provide your name, title of Assignment, course and section number, and date
• Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs, using the provided headings as a guideline in your paper
  • Your
    responses should reflect professional writing standards using proper
    tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct,
    accurate, and reflect knowledge of human service theories.
• Reference page: Sources in APA format
  • Include a minimum of four scholarly, academic sources, with one of these references being the textbook.
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, and left aligned
• Use standard 1″ margins on all sides
• Use APA Formatting and Citation styleText book being used is reference below
• Woodside, M. R., & McClam, T. (2018). An Introduction to Human Services (9th ed.). Cengage Learning.