Child Cognitive Services Case Study

A present problem that Child Protective Services (CPS) faces with a majority of their caseloads, which is drugs. In one particular case stuck with me. This family had both parents, mom and dad, two brothers, ages 16 and 14, and a sister age 12. Both the mother and father had been abusing drugs for some time now. With the drug abuse present, and not trying to conceal their exposer, the mother and father were also very aggressive as well. For the mother it was a combination of drug abuse and she suffered from bipolar I, it made her verbally aggressive. The father was only physically and verbally aggressive when he is under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The reason CPS was referred was for domestic violence that was currently occurring outside the home. By the time CPS arrived, State Police was already at the home and the father in handcuffs, as he tried to fight with the cops as well. Both parents were heavy under the influence of drugs hours after abusing drugs. All three children were removed from the home that night. Currently the children are in a kinship home placement. Contrary to popular belief, drug addiction rarely starts because a person has “felt like it” or because it was “cool.” Drug addiction is linked to mental health …show more content…
One could argue that their systems was “carved in stone” before they were born. Drug addiction ran in both of the clients’ families for years. This family talked about being around drugs as they grew up. Their systems are very unbalanced and little-to-no structure. From small children, both parents expressed how they saw their parents take drugs, drink, and have parties with their friends, even on school nights. They really did not have a strong parent to watch over them or take care of them. As children, both parents really had to be self-sufficient and teach themselves how to live in this world they called their