18. After assessing the situation, your preliminary assessment is that the issue _____.

CASE STUDY 7:   Chance is a lanky 15-year-old 10th grade student at a large (3,000-student) inner-city public high school for the Arts & Sciences. Chance and his family recently move to the United States. Chance attended a attended an Arts & Sciences focused school in Mexico City where Chance’s attendance and performance were above average. He has recently come to the attention of the school’s Attendance Officer for persistent truancy. At a school mandated parent conference, Chance’s parents revealed that Chance had been caught and charged with shoplifting at a nearby mall and has been involved in several acts of vandalism in the larger community. His parents are afraid that Chance is involved in more than truancy, shoplifting and vandalism, and accept the Attendance Officer’s referral to an interdisciplinary Family Clinic for assessment and possible intervention. According to Mrs. Day, Chance’s mother, her relationship with Chance has gone from warm and friendly to constant anger and rage. She believes that the change in their relationship is directly related to her finding Chance and “a little slut” naked in his bed during school hours. Mr. Day responds that Chance is not appreciative of how hard he works to provide for them. He feels Chance only communicates when he wants money. Mr. Day also suspects Chance is using drugs, as he once caught him smoking pot. He suspended his allowance as a consequence, but did not pursue the matter because Chance promised him he’d stop. Documentation from Chance’s teachers indicate a gradual decline in his grades over the last year, with Chance frequently falling asleep in class. School performance and attendance has been the least of Chance’s problems. He plans to quit school the day he turns 16 and does not see the need to continue to study. He thinks the last time he attempted any schoolwork was at the beginning of the 10th grade – last semester.  Chance claimed both parents were too busy with their lives and were only doing this assessment because they worried that he would embarrass them. The parents expressed that in their families’ children didn’t talk back to parents, and they did as they were told. Chance does not communicate with his parents and appears to ignore all their rules. The parents communicate with Chance only to yell at him or admonish him about things that he has or has not done. They continue to use their social influence to bail him out of his acts of delinquency. They feel they do not know this “monster,” and seem to see him as a threat to their younger son Harley. They want him “fixed” so they can have the old Chance back. Parents appear to have a strong committed relationship to each other, as well as memories of positive times with Chance. As an alternative to being charged with truancy, Chance and his parents agreed to follow through on the referral. Mr. Day has already arranged for Chance to meet with the judge in private chambers so that he can do community service in lieu of detention for the incidents of shoplifting and vandalism. Chance has agreed to this and will work two evenings a week at a shelter for unhoused people.  His only emotional expression is a careless shrug. Chance admits to using pot, but feels that he is in control, as he only smokes late at night so that he can “sleep it off.” He also admitted to drinking close to a liter of vodka every couple of weeks just because it made him feel good. Chance has an older “friend” purchase the vodka and has been able to get a reliable and inexpensive supply of pot at school. Chance revealed that he has been sexually active since he was 14 but felt that he didn’t need protection against pregnancy because he was too young to get anyone pregnant. He has had several sexual partners including some he didn’t know. He now has a special girlfriend who is almost 14. They engage in sexual intercourse at her house or in his bedroom about three times a week. They never use protection. 

CASE STUDY 3: You are the crisis management coordinator at a state school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.  One day you receive a call from one of the classroom teachers that Joseph, a 14-year-old youth from a small rural community, is angry and is threatening to “break some heads” if the teacher doesn’t “back off.”   The teacher is calling you for backup.  As the senior staff on site, you oversee organizing the staff response.  The teacher has already evacuated the other students from the classroom.  As you arrive, so does Denise, a CYC practitioner from Joseph’s dorm who you believe has a strong, positive relationship with Joseph.  

8. As the crisis management coordinator, you are aware that in this circumstance _____.

22. The best way to accomplish getting the snack made in this situation is to _____.

33. The case study does not discuss the involvement of the young people in design of the space.  Given the nature of the renovations and the rationale provided, which of the decisions might the youth have been involved in?

12. A dance was held one evening.  You take off your sunglasses and leave them on a table in the corner with your hat.  During the dance you notice Jerold wearing sunglasses just like yours.  When you check you realize that your sunglasses are no longer on the table.  After the dance when you go to pick up your glasses and hat, you only find the hat.  Jerold is also getting ready to leave the dance.  When you ask him about your glasses you note a panicked expression cross his face as he excitedly tells you he returned the glasses to where he had found them.  You point out that they were not with your hat when you looked.  He leads you to a nearby table and shows you the glasses.  Jerold then says, “See, you can trust me.” The best response you can give to Jerold’s comment is:

70. You observe that the walls are bare metal with little decoration.  You suggest to Nate that _____.

Case Study 4 You are a CYC practitioner working with a group of 15- to 17-year-old boys and girls at a summer adventure camp.  The youth are all in state custody and living outside of their homes and have come from many different communities.  All have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.  Youth from the same communities know one another and have existing relationships.  Most of the group members do not know one another.  You will have the group together for 5 days.  The goal of the program is to support the development of safe risk-taking and exploration of what it means to be ready for adult living responsibilities.  Many of the youth will leave state custody when they turn 18.  Although you don’t know any of the youth well, you are aware that some will probably have learning differences, many will be struggling with self-image issues, and others may be well adjusted and high functioning.

CASE STUDY 1: Jane usually visits her son on the first Saturday of each month on family visit day.  She had been following that schedule for over a year.  Her 15-year-old son, Joe, is living in a residential setting for youth with developmental differences.   Joe is neuro-divergent and tends to perseverate.  He talks constantly about his mother visiting.  One month Jane just doesn’t show up for her visit.  Sue, Joe’s CYC practitioner, calls and Jane explains that she is “very busy” and will not be able to visit this time.  This information is explained to Joe.  This pattern continues for six months with Jane missing many of the visit days.  She rarely calls to let Joe, or the staff members know that she will not be able to visit.  When Jane does show up for a family visit day, Joe punches her in the face breaking her glasses.  He had not said anything to Sue about being angry.  Jane left after a short visit.