Kennedy is a tax accountant who is very busy from January to…
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Kennedy is а tаx аccоuntant whо is very busy frоm January to April 15, which is the tax return filing deadline. She feels that she must work very long hours during this time to meet the April 15 deadline for all of her clients. Kennedy is experiencing __________.
CASE STUDY 15: On а Sаturdаy evening at 6:50 pm, Mr. Tam, a yоuth wоrker, tоld Quinn, a 15-year-old boy, to take a time-out. Quinn left his room several times to continue an argument with Kevin, another 15-year-old boy, who also had been told to take a time-out in his room. Kevin also came out of his room twice to insult Quinn. The last time Quinn was sent back to his room; he suddenly ran out to the day room and hit Kevin on the back. Mr. Tam, who was standing 10 feet away, stepped between the two boys. He separated them while they continued to yell insults and threats to one another. Another youth worker, Mr. Sanders, walked with Quinn back to his room, while Mr. Tam took Kevin to his room to complete the time-out. Mr. Tam told Kevin, “You should have stayed in your room, I told you to stay away from him. If you had stayed in your room, Quinn would not have hit you.” Kevin replied, “He never gets any consequences anyway.” Mr. Sanders left Quinn in his room and returned to his other work. On his way, he looked back at the last minute and said to Quinn “you need to stay in your room,” then took no further action. Later, after thinking about the incident, Mr. Tam approached Mr. Sanders. Mr. Tam told him that while both boys have violated their restrictions, Quinn had a history of using intimidation and threats to get his way with other youth and even with staff members. “I wonder whether we shouldn’t show Kevin that we can keep him safe from Quinn by doing something more about his aggression against Kevin.” Mr. Sanders disagreed, saying that the incident was “no big deal” and that they should just leave it alone. Mr. Tam reminded Mr. Sanders that Quinn can be very loud and confrontational with staff members, so they should be careful that they were not backing off from fear that he would escalate. Mr. Tam stated he believed that Quinn would think lack of action on the staff’s part was an indication that he (Quinn) could push the other boys around. Mr. Sanders reacted coolly, but reluctantly agreed. Mr. Sanders said that he was not going to tell Quinn about the extended restrictions, so Mr. Tam informed Quinn that, as a result of his attack on Kevin, he would miss a trip to go to a basketball game the next day.
Bаsed оn the infоrmаtiоn given аbove, how could the activity described in the case study (outdoor free time) be adapted to fit Janice in a more effective way?
CASE STUDY 14: Jаnice, а 13 yeаr оld, is a new admissiоn tо the Richland Development Center. She has shown developmental delay in her functioning, generally operating cognitively and emotionally in the range that a toddler would. The other youth in the group are similar to Janice, and most of the kids are also developmentally delayed. Janice has a history of demanding attention from staff members and hitting or scratching when they ignore her or reject her attempts to get their attention. During a scheduled outside “free time,” Janice picked up leaves, dirt, and bugs off the ground. Several times, she rushed to the youth worker in charge of the activity, Linda, and pushed the items close to the staff member’s face while excitedly telling Linda, “See, see what I found.” The youth worker, who later said that she saw these actions as an inappropriate invasion of her personal space, redirected the girl several times. When this did not work and the girl pushed another bug under Linda’s nose, the youth worker told the girl that if she did not stop they would end the activity and return to the building. When Janice returned once again, five minutes later, to thrust a cricket at Linda, saying, “Look, look here. See the legs?” the staff member responded by telling the girl that her actions were physical aggression and calling for back up from other staff members to escort the girl back to the building. Along the way, Janice became angry and shoved the staff member with her, which led to a physical restraint of Janice.