Case Analysis
From a multicultural perspective, African Americans value family and religion. I believe this comes from the early African American family values from the “slavery days” because our ancestors had to endure and tolerate a lot of hard work, hardship, discrimination, and mistreatment. Because of this, they heavily relied on prayer and each other just to make it through each day. For most African American families, valuing family and religion still exists and many households, but that doesn’t mean that our culture are without other troubles. As a matter of fact, most times African American families like to keep their personal problems in the household to keep others out of their private matters which can be both a good and bad …show more content…
There are three levels of the framework that makes up the client. The first level is the individual level which is the level of uniqueness. Biko is unique in which he attends a predominantly white college with a double major in Math and Computer Engineering; both of his parents attended historically black colleges. Biko being a middle child of two other brothers also makes him unique. The second level, group level, are the similarities and differences of the client. Biko is an African American male, in his early 20’s, and raised in the lower class early in life and later in the middle class. Also, his brothers are in the military, and Biko mentions joining also, so I would ask the client more questions about his interest in the military. The final level is level three, also known as “Homo sapiens”, which means we share many similarities. Similarities such as biological, physical, life experiences, and self-awareness (D. Sue; D.W. Sue, 2016). The case study provides a lot of information related to Biko, but it does not provide certain, in depth information about other members of his family which is pertinent in answering this question. It does speak of anger and physical throwing objects at one another as it relates to his parents, but it does not speak of the other two siblings dealing with anger issues. The case study mentions Biko not drinking much because he tends to get into fights, but it’s not specific in giving actual incidents that he may have been involved in. It would be helpful to know if anything specific (physical or verbal) occurred between him and his father that may have caused them to have a strained relationship. This information would be collected during the intake part and throughout the counseling
From a multicultural perspective, African Americans value family and religion. I believe this comes from the early African American family values from the “slavery days” because our ancestors had to endure and tolerate a lot of hard work, hardship, discrimination, and mistreatment. Because of this, they heavily relied on prayer and each other just to make it through each day. For most African American families, valuing family and religion still exists and many households, but that doesn’t mean that our culture are without other troubles. As a matter of fact, most times African American families like to keep their personal problems in the household to keep others out of their private matters which can be both a good and bad …show more content…
There are three levels of the framework that makes up the client. The first level is the individual level which is the level of uniqueness. Biko is unique in which he attends a predominantly white college with a double major in Math and Computer Engineering; both of his parents attended historically black colleges. Biko being a middle child of two other brothers also makes him unique. The second level, group level, are the similarities and differences of the client. Biko is an African American male, in his early 20’s, and raised in the lower class early in life and later in the middle class. Also, his brothers are in the military, and Biko mentions joining also, so I would ask the client more questions about his interest in the military. The final level is level three, also known as “Homo sapiens”, which means we share many similarities. Similarities such as biological, physical, life experiences, and self-awareness (D. Sue; D.W. Sue, 2016). The case study provides a lot of information related to Biko, but it does not provide certain, in depth information about other members of his family which is pertinent in answering this question. It does speak of anger and physical throwing objects at one another as it relates to his parents, but it does not speak of the other two siblings dealing with anger issues. The case study mentions Biko not drinking much because he tends to get into fights, but it’s not specific in giving actual incidents that he may have been involved in. It would be helpful to know if anything specific (physical or verbal) occurred between him and his father that may have caused them to have a strained relationship. This information would be collected during the intake part and throughout the counseling