This is a graded discussion: 100 points possible
due Oct 18
Module 1: Discussion Board
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Lindsey was 14 when her home burned down in a serious fire after a row of homes in the city was set afire by a teenage arsonist. Until the fire, she had been a good student and enjoyed school. After the fire, she began to lose interest in her schoolwork and her grades plummeted. Lindsey’s mother brought her into the case management unit complaining that Lindsey was depressed and needed attention. Before the fire Lindsey had often talked of going to college, and her mother worried that Lindsey’s goals would soon be lost if she continued to do poorly in school. The case manager listened to the mother and then talked at length with Lindsey. Lindsey explained that during the fire all her schoolbooks were lost, including notebooks with notes in them and her dictionary. School officials at the inner-city school had been reluctant to issue a new set of books because they rigidly adhered to a regulation that students got only one set a year and were “responsible for replacement of any damaged books”.
What would you do if you were Lindsey’s case manager? How might you use the concepts of 1) Planning; 2) Linking; 3) Monitoring; 4) Advocacy. What resources or support systems might you use?
Post your response by Sunday at midnight. Then, make at least one response to one of your classmates by Sunday night at midnight. If you don’t respond to one of your classmates you will automatically lose ten points. For your entire submission, these discussions are worth 100 points each and do not throw together a couple of sentences and expect to receive full points. I expect at least 800 words and some in-depth thoughts around each discussion. I look forward to reading your comments and have a great day.
