Trejour's Disrespectful Behavior Case Study

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Since the last court review, Trejour has continued to participate in all aspects of the program. At the beginning of the review period, Trejour continued to demonstrate improvement in managing his emotional outbursts, following staff direction, and limiting displays of anger as reported in the previous court review. Due to his continued behavioral improvement, Trejour was promoted to level III on 4/14/16 and has participated in two home pass -both 4 hour passes. However after his level promotion, Trejour has demonstrated some struggle with managing his frustrations in an appropriate manner. On 4/17/16, Trejour received a sanction for disrespectful behavior after making an inappropriate hand gesture towards the Chesterfield Juvenile Detention …show more content…
During this event, Trejour and his peers assisted both mentally and physically disabled youth play baseball. Trejour has been working in the greenhouse in order to prepare for upcoming 2016 spring plant sale.

Ms. Natasha Carter, Trejour’s mother, remains supportive of Trejour. She has communicated with this writer without concern and has reported no issues or concerns regarding Trejour’s behavior during home passes.

Family/Clinical Progress: Trejour has continued with individual therapy with Dr. Yvonne Watkins, Clinical Supervisor and Therapist at Chesterfield Mental Health. In addition to individual sessions, Trejour and his mother have begun family sessions during this review period. Dr. Watkins reports that sessions have been positive and have focus on Trejour’s negative thinking pattern. In addition, Dr. Watkins has expressed that she is encouraged by Trejour’s recent openingness and positive communication during sessions.

On 4/11/16, Trejour successfully completed Staying Quit, the substance abuse program. As previously mentioned, Trejour was set back to Step 3 of MRT. Trejour successfully passed his set back on 5/2/16. Trejour also passed step 9 – 11 and is currently working on Step

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