CJHS 411 University of Phoenix Week 1 Child Abuse Discussions CHILD ABUSE Week 1 Discussion The goal of Juvenile Court is to balance the best interests

CJHS 411 University of Phoenix Week 1 Child Abuse Discussions CHILD ABUSE

Week 1 Discussion

The goal of Juvenile Court is to balance the best interests of the child with the claim of parental rights. Parents have a right to direct the upbringing of their children, including the right to exclude others from that function. They also have procedural rights to contest custody, visitation, and adoption. But the assertion of any of these rights may conflict with the child’s best interests.

In 2-3 paragraphs, using your own words respond to the following:

Define the best interest of the child standard.
What are the legal categories considered by the course for abuse and neglect?
List three factors or standards the court may use to determine what is in the best interest of a child.
Which factors are more difficult than others for the course to determine?
When responding to peers, consider the factors they provided. Which of these factors are the most important to consider? Do you agree that those are difficult factors to identify? Post a response that suggests how that factor can be determined by providing an example.

Week 1 Individual Project

You are working in a center and your boss has asked you to prepare an informative essay to inform the new counselors of historical information relevant to the profession, specifically the term Parens Patriae.

Using the Library and/or the Internet research child abuse from a historical perspective and prepare an essay of 1-2 pages on the following:

An overview of the concept of Parens Patriae
The historical origins of Parens Patriae
Use of Parens Patriae in modern juvenile court, providing two examples

FOUNDATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

Week 1 Discussion

At the veteran’s center you are assigned to counsel an adult client who has been diagnosed with PTSD. He is a 34-year-old veteran who is starting to have flashbacks and is afraid of being identified as mentally ill. He also has problems with his abusive father and has issues with authority.

Bring this case to the next staff meeting to discuss with the team. Explaining your initial counseling plan, initial concerns, and back-up plans for this patient, including 1-3 sentence responses to all of the following:

a description of at least 1 type of therapy you could use to assist this client effectively
an explanation of how you would utilize the chosen therapy
a description of at least 2 benefits and 1 drawback it provides
how you might convince him to try therapy
how you plan to build a therapeutic alliance with this client Are there potential transference issues? If yes, explain what it might be and why
What you can do to guard yourself against potential projective identification? If yes explain what it might be and why
If so, give one way you might handle this
Do you feel that you may have potential counter-transference issues with this client? If so, name one and how you might handle this if it comes into play.

Week 1 Individual Project

You are working in a veteran’s group home for clients with anxiety, PTSD, depressive, and personality disorders. Some of them use self-mutilation and cutting on their wrists to divert their pain. Most of these residents stay in the group home for one year. There is no limit to the amount of sessions they can attend. The first priority is get them involved in individual therapy.

Your supervisor asks you to do the following to prepare for you first meeting with the clients. You will use your presentation to inspire them to sign up for the group.

Research two methods that would be effective for counseling these adult males.
Present your research to the residents in a proactive inspiring manner through a presentation to their group using your notes
Present at least three reasons why each of these types of therapy would benefit the residents
Include an overview of the skills the residents will learn in order to help them decrease their incidence of self-harm. Invite client participation through an ending question and answer period