2013年9月24日
这两天连续赶作业,不同的科目,脑子从一个领域走马灯似的转换到另外一个领域,有点乱了套了。刚刚收到人类环境与行为课教授的一个作业反馈,说写得很不错,我当时还以为她说的是我上周教的那篇作文,也没仔细看,就写了一封回复,幸好在发送邮件之前把她还给我的作业附件打开了,原来她批的是上上周的一篇作业,(这门课一周有四篇作业)。赶紧把回复她邮件的写得内容删除了,要不就拧了。
这篇作业她出了一个假设题目,让你把自己想象成以后要成为的social worker,自由发挥。
她题目是这样出的:
You all are school social workers and a 5 year old client, Michael, has been referred to you because of concerns about his behavior. Michael is a bully. He hits and torments other kids. He is disrespectful and disobedient to his teacher. He also is bright, has leadership skills, and is good at playing video games. Michael is white and comes from a rural, low income family. He has two parents and three older brothers. (1) How do you think Michael has been socialized to act like this? (2) What can be done to help him?
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我的回复作业:
(1) How do you think Michael has been socialized to act like this?
He might be one of the children that are not being heard and the only way for him to communicate is by hitting. He might mimic what he sees as communication at home between his siblings or parents. Also, what he sees via his games or TV could impact his behavior and parents did not correct it at home. His older brothers at home may bully him, and he is so oppressed by his siblings that he cannot display his leadership talent in the right way. His parents might be super busy with no time to take care of him, or have poor social and parenting skills. He is desolated, depressed and angry. Michael’s school problems could also originate from his video games or other media like television, Michael’s behavior is his yearn to rebel in order to acquire more attention from those around him.
(2)What can be done to help him?
As social workers, we can help him get counseling, so he can talk about more
details about his life. We need to ask who he plays with and what he comes in contact with. An assessment of his home environment should be done to make sure that he is safe, mentally and physically. He might be a victim of child abuse.
Social workers can help Michael with different ways to communicate with other, and show him example of acceptable ways to do it. Meanwhile, social workers can teach him with reward and punishment methods to modify his current behavior, and teach his family as well, to make sure his progress doesn’t regress.
It is important to find out more about his surroundings and ecosystem. But it can only be truly achieved if he feels comfortable about being open. If Michael does open up about family maltreatment then it’s important to talk to his parents to see if more legal action needs to take place. In the case of maltreatment, outside resources can be very helpful such as parental aides that model how to nurture children and provide effective child management techniques. Individual or group counseling could be beneficial to Michael in which his needs are addressed. Even if no maltreatment is going on, we think it’s wise to still talk to his parents to help assess the situation. They could help monitor his video games, television viewing and just give him that extra support. Speaking to his family on a more regular basis about his behavior is one important option to consider.
Another way to help him is refer him to a school counselor so that he might start expressing his anger with words rather than violence and disrespect. Michael should realize since he did not like being treated that way, then that means other people do not like it either. Michael should be allowed into rolls to help him continue growing in his leadership skills and making new friends during this process. He should realize these things will only work if he does not bully and torment other kids.