Karla Reaction Paper

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My first reaction in regards to Karla’s case was that of an emotional one. My heart goes out to Karla. She is going through a very hard time and really needs our help. I feel bad for her and want to help her in anyway that I can. My thought that we need to approach Karla to see if she wants to do a DNA test to find out who the father is and ask if she wants to bring charges against her step-father. My opinion is that we need to provide Karla with all of her options and support her with whatever decision she believes is best. I feel that we need to refer her to different resources (such as a clinic for women who have been assaulted) so that she is well supported for the journey ahead. I will keep my emotions, reactions, and opinions from affecting my work by acknowledging them and maybe consulting with a fellow …show more content…
Some of these goals will be to get Karla a list of resources about the choices of adoption and keeping the baby. Since those are the two options that she has talked about, getting her literature will help her in making whatever decision is best for her. Next, make sure Tana is being supportive to Karla and not pushing any of her personal biases onto Karla unintentionally. Additionally, a goal will be for Tana to try and get Karla to talk more about the abuse and see where she wants to go with that. We need to provide her with the resources she may want that help victims of sexual assault. Lastly, Tana should try to see if Karla wants to find out who the biological father of her child is. If she does, gather the resources necessary to help her to carry out this task. To achieve these goals, I will use the supportive and education approaches to supervision. This is because I feel that Tana needs some extra support since this is a challenging case and some extra education in helping Karla make the best possible decision for her

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