Exam 9: Direct Strategies: Working With People One-On-One

In the first interview with Carmen Mejia, what seemed to be the problems in finding appropriate foster homes for the children who had to be removed from their own parents' home?

In the field of human service there are agreed upon boundary lines among the roles of the caseworker, case manager, counselor, and social worker.

You are told by a parent that his child is having very serious problems keeping up with his schoolwork. You have been taught that human service problems stem from the interaction of biological, emotional, and environmental stresses. Explain in what ways all three of these sets of pressures might be affecting this, or any child's, ability to function well in school.