This essay will look at Tamika Johnson who is a family preservation worker at a local county human services department. She is currently working with a family of people named the Thomas family. The family wants help dealing with Shane who is fourteen years old who is difficult to handle and has acting out behaviors who has also been truant from school as well as home. Thomas has a sister named Melissa who is fifteen years old. The family has a history of yelling and screaming at each other which sometimes becomes physical. The family has also been referred because of child abuse, but the family wishes to remain together. On one of the meeting, Tamika meet with Mr. Thomas and Melissa who said that Shane behavior has improved. But when Mrs. Thomas
