A Case Study Billy

¶ … children go through. This is especially true for children that underwent something traumatic or continue to endure traumatic events. Billy, a 13-year-old Hispanic boy, deals with many stresses in life. From having dealt with physical abuse from his parents to enduring multiple foster care families, to living in a bad neighborhood where there are multiple gang related incidents a week, it makes sense Billy has rebelled and become a product of his environment.

That is not to say however, he will continue to vandalize cars and shoplift, but it may help explain why he has done the things he has. The first societal influence is abuse. When a child goes through physical abuse there a host of consequences. First and foremost, the child loses trust in people. When someone like a parent physically abuses their child, the child sees that the person meant to protect him instead hurts him, destroying any confidence, self-esteem, and trust the child had.

For a child to build back the ability to trust in others, it takes several solutions aimed at rebuilding a child's self-esteem, coping skills, and confidence in him or herself. The first is self-esteem. In order for a person to trust another he first must trust himself. By building a child's self-esteem that child then learns to set boundaries and communicate with other his or her desires in order to construct a sense of identity and independence (Pruessner & Baldwin, 2014).

Children need identities to help them get through moments where peer-pressure from bad environments might cause them to make bad choices. As was mentioned earlier, gang-related activities in Billy's current neighborhood could influence to make bad decisions as was seen with shoplifting. If his identity is built back up via his self-esteem, he may learn to not turn to these bad choices to feel better about himself. Another solution is teaching Billy coping skills.

Coping skills not only help children learn to express negative emotions in a healthy way, but can help them learn and build skills that will carry them to a successful and fruitful future. An example of this is writing. Writing can help Billy deal with all the anger he feels towards his parents and can hopefully help him academically as well since writing is a big part of learning. The last solution is confidence. When someone is confident, they have faith in their abilities and their future.

Many things have happened to Billy. While nothing can be done to prevent further bad things from happening altogether, if Billy has confidence in himself, he will have the resilience to endure the hard times and the talent to provide himself a way towards the good times. Roadblocks could come in the form of legal issues from the previous activities he did. He could end up in juvenile hall and possible gang-related violence. Anything could happen in that kind of neighborhood that could seriously impact Billy's future.

Another issue is the foster care system. Billy already went to five different foster care families. Children that go through the foster care system often feel depressed and isolated (Stoner, Leon, & Fuller, 2013). One solution may be to improve Billy's support system. Whichever family he is with now, they can help Billy by providing him a means of communication and interaction that he would otherwise have in a regular family. This may potentially not work since people often times do not get along, however, it is something worth trying.

Another solution is offering Billy inclusion in an after-school related activity. If he cannot find connection with his foster family, he may be able to find it with friends. After-school programs offer a positive environment for students to grow, learn and interact with each other. By offering a support network via fellow students, this may help Billy. A third solution is attempting to find a family that could adopt him.

While his age and history may prove difficult and be considered roadblocks in achieving such a goal, it may be possible. If Billy is adopted or has blood relatives to stay with, he will feel more secure in himself and his surroundings. He needs that sense of permanence that so often is lacking in foster care situations. Bad neighborhoods can prove difficult when attempting to help a child. Bad neighborhoods have higher rates of crime and violence.

Some solutions include relocating him to a foster care family that lives in a better neighborhood. This may be difficult to do, but can be possible. Another solution is offering Billy the option to spend summers at a camp. Summer camp is a great way for children to make friends and destress, learning new skills throughout the process. It can be an escape for him at the same offering him an alternative from where he lives now. One final solution is inviting Billy to reading clubs.

Reading helps people escape their reality at the same time helps improve reading comprehension skills and imagination. Potential roadblocks include Billy not wanting to participate in reading clubs or being relocated to another foster family. While these obstacles exist, they are not something that cannot be overcome. In conclusion, Billy has been through many tragic events. Still, he can overcome them even if there are legal ramifications to his mistakes.

Vandalizing and shoplifting can put him in juvenile hall, but after the age of 18, his record could be sealed and he could be given a new chance (Jacobs, 2013). Until then, these solutions will help Billy deal with whatever problems come ahead. Unit 6 Discussion Bipolar disorder can be inherited. Depression often exists within families although cannot be genetically inherited like BD. There some predispositions that can be inherited that may lead to depression, but genes are not a main determiner.

That being said, using DNA or heredity to make predictions in order for proper advocacy intervention is not always good. This is because most mental illnesses are not genetically inherited. Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are just some disorders that can be inherited. The rest are usually as a result of stressors and lack of coping skills. Unit 7 Discussion I can't do this one. I don't know location. Unit 8 Discussion Amanda Todd was a teenage girl that committed suicide due to cyber bullying.

She would get insulted and picked on in social media and stalked by a man who paraded her nude pics around in order to attempt to.