Curfews for Teens Essay

The Descendants – A Clinical Competency Review Cynthia Evon Banks Murray Argosy University – Inland Empire PC6022 – Family Therapy Counseling August 14, 2014 James Cephas, PsyD The Descendants – A Clinical Competency Review This paper will perform a biopsychosocial assessment of the King family, ascertain which family therapy theory would lead to the best outcome, and develop an effective treatment plan. Reason for Referral The King family of Honolulu, Hawaii is made up of husband/father,…

institutionalized or treated the same as juvenile delinquents (Merlo et al., 2016). A status offender is someone charged with an offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult. Offenses such as truancy, running away, ungovernability, violating curfew, and violating underage liquor laws are among the violations designated as status offenses (Merlo et al., 2016). A juvenile delinquent on the other hand is anyone under the age of majority who has committed one or more acts that would…

“Mom this is totally unfair! I was only one hour off curfew and I totally called dad ahead of time to tell him I was going to be late.” Maxi says with as much teen angst one could possibly manage into a statement. “Maxianna it is not a choice! You need to learn that what I say goes, your father and I are no longer married therefore when you’re at my house you follow my rules. You are not going anywhere for the next week.” Her mother fired back at her with a finality that was not to…

You would think that being the baby girl of the family, Ashley would get away with doing just about anything, but in reality, her parents have given her lots more rules than they have given her brother Eric. Before doing anything, unlike Eric, Ashley would have to think about what her parents would think instead of knowing that they’ll look over it. Do Ashley’s parents expect more from her than they do from her brother? Do they give Ashley and Eric each a different set of rules? Are Ashley’s…

Participant Assessment: Ecological Theory I chose the Ecological Theory for assessing my participant. The Ecological Theory, according to Urie Bronfenbrenner states that the ecosystems theory is a theoretical standpoint that shows how people adapt to their environment and cope with problems (Morgaine, Capous- Desyllas, 2015). There are five systems within the Ecological Theory: The Micro-system, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem, and a Chronosystem. As a social worker using the Eco systemically…

report card of your teen show mostly C 's, D 's or F 's? Do you find your teen awake until after midnight? Is your teen having a hard time waking up for school? Did your teen get a detention for excessive tardiness? Does your teen complain of some falling out with friends? Does your teen bug you with moving to another school? Did your teen drop out of sports, hobbies or music lessons? Does your teen admit trouble concentrating? Does your teen feel irritable and indecisive? Does your teen start…

ourselves to others. An adolescence year is in fact the most important stage for developing our self-esteem, and where self-esteem may begin declining. Studies show that one-third to one-half of teenagers struggle with self-esteem. Low-self esteem among teens is actually more common than high self-esteem. It is critical to be aware for society to be aware that the results of having low self-esteem and not learning how to cope with it can have long term affects that can carry…

Crime and Punishment: Does Punishment work suggest that punishment plays an important role in molding and shaping the behavior of individuals. This includes children, pupils, employees in the workplace, and regular people in our society. Society is divided between the justifications for the use of punishment for any given reason. Parents that use punishment as a tool in the rearing of children are looked upon as a negative concept. Using punishment as a source of disciple has been an issue for…

In the conventional stage, preteens tend to be very polarized in their thinking. Polarized thinking is a wrong way of thinking among pre-teens that only sees issues in black or white. In post conventional thinking an individual is able to see issues from another perspective. (Potts, Mandleco, M, and leco, 2006) Miss Fa recalled to us one incident that occurred in her poly where a student…

Imagine it’s a Friday night and your school won a football game that was highly anticipated. You’re in the in the backseat of car going out to celebrate and your having a blast with your friends. The driver gets a text message and everybody hears it. All your friends know that being on your phone while driving is dangerous and has costly affects but you think it will never happen to you. The next second, you hear a horn from another car and screams coming from your friends. You wake up laying on…