74. Later, a 10-year-old boy comes inside with a skinned kne…

74. Later, a 10-year-old boy comes inside with a skinned knee.  One of the CYC practitioners takes him over to the first aid area.  When the CYC practitioner puts on latex gloves, the youth shouts, “I ain’t no drug addict!”  The staff member responds, “Don’t worry, we treat everyone the same here.”  The boy makes an angry face at the CYC practitioner. A better way for the CYC practitioner to respond might have been:

55. Harry was aware that these youth had a lot of room to gr…

55. Harry was aware that these youth had a lot of room to grow personally and emotionally.  He also recognized their skill levels in social skills and problem solving, along with their general developmental deficits.  The camping trip would create a new context for youth to be challenged; and they would also be required to respond to those challenges, both individually and as a group.  If implemented successfully, the youth would have fun and experience a broad range of feelings, attitudes, new skills, behaviors and ideas that would offer them new ways of thinking of, and interacting with, themselves and the world they live in.   What option below promotes the most effective approach to enabling the youth to gain from this experience?

CASE STUDY 6:  You and another CYC practitioner are working…

CASE STUDY 6:  You and another CYC practitioner are working with a group of ten children who are 5 to 12 years old. The two of you are responsible for programming the after-school activities including serving snacks for the group.  Your plan for today involves an art activity. Each child lies down on a sheet of newsprint and a partner draws the body shape. Each child then finishes the picture using collage materials from a variety of magazines and gluing them to the body shape.  The shapes are then cut out and hung on the wall. In addition to this activity, the meal plan calls for pizza tortillas as the snack.  When you go to prepare the snacks you notice that none of the food materials have been prepped yet.  Tortillas, a block of cheddar cheese, and a chunk of pepperoni are on the kitchen counter and there is a note saying that your shift partner has gone to the store for tomato sauce and mushrooms.  Three children immediately tell you they are “starving” and four others announce that they “hate” pepperoni or are “allergic” to cheese. Two of the 12-year-old boys are busy teasing an 11-year-old girl by making a disrespectful comment to her.  This is first time you have noticed this kind of behavior.

72. The basketball games get louder, and you notice the yout…

72. The basketball games get louder, and you notice the youth are using a lot of put-downs and taunting language.  As the situation escalates, one of the CYC practitioners intercedes and stops the games.  He then directs the youth to line up for snacks.  Following snacks, the staff member gets the group organized to play a dodge ball game.  This leads to the same group of skillful, aggressive older youth dominating the game.  You again notice the youth are using a lot of put-downs and taunting language. You think this could have been better handled by stopping the game, getting the group in a circle and _____.