This paper will answer 3 questions related to the Case Study with the support of 3 references:
Case Study Scenario: Susan is a 12 year old bi-racial female (Latina/Caucasian) who was referred for counseling services via the state child protection services (CPS). Susan engages in physical altercations with her peers on a daily basis ,self mutilates by cutting herself with safety pins, and reports feeling depressed. She also stated that she has difficulty sleeping at night and reported experimenting with alcohol and marijuana.
Susan is the oldest child of six children in her family.She has twin sisters who are nine years of age,and three brothers ages six,four and two years of age. Susan’s mother is Latina and her father is Caucasian. Susan and her family are reportedly of a lower socio‐economic status.Susan’s mother works part‐time in a local grocery store as a check‐out clerk and her father works as a stock man at a large carpet company. Susan reported that her family “are barely making it”financially and that she often cannot have many of the material things that her female peers enjoy. A review of Susan’s social life reveals that Susan spends much time alone taking care of her siblings while her mother and father are at work. She reported that her father expects her to cook for the family and care for her mother who often complains of headaches due to her hypertension. She also reported hanging out with gang related friends whenever possible in order tod rink alcohol, smoke marijuana and“have fun.” Susan attends a local public elementary school where she is reported to have progressively failing grades, particularly in math and reading. Additionally, Susan has been suspended from school on four separate occasions during this school year for physical altercations with classmates along with stealing their personal belongings. Additionally, Susan is not well liked by her peers at school due to her aggressive behavior and her tendency to distort most interactional cues as malicious.
Questions to answers for this paper after reading Case Study:
1) differentiate the type of abuse and/or neglect suffered by Susan. Support the selection with evidence from the case study that supports your selection
2) Provide an in-depth description of current psychological or behavioral indicators of abuse.
3) describe short and long-term psychological and behavioral impacts that Susan is at-risk for given the type of abuse/neglect/Adverse Child Experiences.
