6. The primary goal of a behavioral guidance program such as the one you might develop for the children in this after school program is _____.

CASE STUDY 5:   You are attending a picnic given by your best friend’s family.  During the day, you are introduced to her cousin Kelsey.  In the conversation he asks where you work and you respond that you are a CYC practitioner at a youth center.  He remarks, “You must be a saint working with those troubled kids.  It’s really good that these young people have such a nice place to get help with their problems.”

30. Significant renovations created an addition with a meeting room upstairs and a game room on the main floor. Which of the following characteristics of good environmental design for residential care are evident in this decision?

13. It is the first day of camp. The best plan is to provide activities that will _____.

9. To avoid injury approaching Joseph in this situation you would do all the following except _____

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 _____.