Social Work Case Study: Carson Jones

Case Study Carson Jones is a student that I have been observing and working with this semester. He is a great kid, but has learning and social disabilities, with his main disability being his stuttering problem. My observations have included IEP meetings, parent meetings, and casual talks. I have even employed Carson and included him on several jobs where he was taught to interact with customers and write invoices. I introduced him to several trade schools and apprenticeship programs, and we even visited some of them. His interests include construction trades like welding or plumbing and his goal after graduation is to pursue a career in one of these fields. I have witnessed an increased level of personal confidence since I have worked …show more content…
Carson is a seventeen-year-old Caucasian high school junior of average height and slightly overweight. He is very friendly and involved in his church and lives with his supportive parents and two older sisters. He is below grade level in reading and written expression skills and has a very distinct stuttering problem. He tends to be a loner and has few friends. He has support services at school and sees a speech therapist weekly. He is studying on-level curriculum at his public high school and subjects he enjoys are construction technology and math. According to his mother, Carson was always a little different from other children and preferred to be alone, unlike his outgoing sisters. They expect high academic standards of all their children and have been disappointed in Carson’s school performance. They have tried to get him involved in extracurricular activities, but other than his church group he has been uninterested. His neighborhood abounds with unhealthy examples of school drop-outs, drugs, and other crimes and it is difficult for him to see his …show more content…
This was a question I asked Carson, and his answer included his parents, sisters, and teachers. At home, he is very close to his sisters, and he is sad that one of them is getting married and moving out. He is also very supportive of all his teachers and enjoys the assistance he gets from them. His special education counselor, Ms. Tenoshok is his favorite as he enjoys the extra attention and praise he receives from her. Both Carson and his parents noted that he has no significant peer friendships and that he rarely leaves the house. He also expressed no desire to get a driving license and said if he needed to go anywhere, he would