Goal 1: David will improve his academic performance and social functioning.
David's parents appeared to be in an okay mood when the QP arrived for the session.
David's mother reported, "David was being transitioned back into his regular education classroom; however, David refused to go instead he was walking around the school and when instructed to go to class he refused and I had to push him physically outside to remove him from the school with the assistance of the principal."
David's mother and father stated, "no one called and told us he was going back to his regular education classroom and if, so we would have preferred David for the transition."
David commented, "I wasn't told all week she only told me on Friday."
David denied having any homework, but David's mother
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David made minimal progress with improving his academic performance and social functioning, as indicated by David refusing to go to class and getting angry about his parents' about their involvement with the teacher and homework.
Goal 2: David will prevent an out-of-home placement.
David's parents informed the psychiatrist about his behaviors at school yesterday as well as his behaviors in the home with being defiant, disrespectful, and having an attitude.
David reported, "I didn't want to go back to class because I thought the psychiatrist would be mad because that was not her recommendation."
The psychiatrist informed David, "I would not be mad, and I understand where the school is coming from because you are missing out of academic time."
David's parents commented, "we feel like the lunch dosage of medication is a distraction and allows David to come and go in out the classroom plus it's not working."
The psychiatrist agreed to take David off of the Focalin lunch dose and keep him on the Focalin 40mg in the morning before
Because of his cultural background my father found my brother's poor performance in school incomprehensible. I too was puzzled by my brother's attitude towards school. He and I grew up in the same house with the same parents and the same set of values. Yet, he seemed to not care about school at all. For a long time, my family and I attributed my brother's C's in school and obvious inability to concentrate to laziness and a lack of motivation.
As a teenager David remained primarily a loner, which came as little surprise considering his parent's reclusive nature and lack of outside social contact. He was remembered as a nice looking boy, possessing a violent streak, a bully who often assaulted neighborhood children for no apparent reason (Bardsley 2001). These are common prototype traits of many killers at a young age. Even in cases like Cash and Jeremy Stromeyer, there are small indications that the child will have future problems in dealing with people and developing relationships (Aspland, 10/15/01).
6. I think that his mother just randomly decided to abuse David. Since she was an alcoholic she did not always realize what she was doing to him. She also probably didn’t want to do all the things around the house and thought it was too much to do so she had David do all the chores. She punished him by doing dreadful things.
David goes through several changes. In the beginning David was a very happy child and had a perfect family. His mom was very loving and took care of them. They would go on family trips and had a good time. Everything changed when his parents started fighting and got a divorce. His father started drinking ...
CM spoke to Ms. Borders (resource parent) in regards to a follow-up on Treshawn (youth). CM was informed that Treshawn is very manipulate at school and PHP. Ms. Borders stated that Melissa (Therapist at PHP) wants to schedule a meeting to go over and change the youth medication. Ms. Borders explained to CM that the youth is not sleeping and he is very thirsty due to his medication.
Ms. Simeon disclosed that she was stressed and worried that she wasn’t able to prevent and restrain her son, David (17 years), from constantly bullying her younger son Mark (15 years old) because of apparent differences in interests. Although she narrated that there were instances that she was able to persuade David to stop, it would soon reoccur. As a result, it created more apprehensions as she foresees the potential impact it may have emotionally on Mark and his performance in school. Further, she worries that David’s behavior could escalate that her husband had to deal with it. If that happens,
David! In the story no David, David Shannon shows what not to do at school by having a
David has been conflicted with himself as to who he is, and the best way for him to find his answer was by going away to Paris. David is being in denial and lies his way through it to not face reality about his sexuality. When David is at the bar having a conversation with Giovanni he does not tell Giovanni that he slept with Joey. David says,
Everyday after school, Michael would rush to his room excitedly, close the door gently with 200% extra caution, and pull out the bowl from the bed to see his secret friend. He would complain and moan to David about how bad school was, how he failed his tests, and how he had missed David during the day. David was indeed a good friend. She kept listening, and never disagreed with Michael. Sometimes she would mumble words like “blub” or “glu” t...
Betty is resistant towards having Jake in her general classroom because she feels that Jake has more special needs that need to be attended to. However, she says that David and Jake are performing well in academics, but David seemed to be more suitable for the general class than Jake. It is because Jake is a goofy little guy who takes time before he can get organized in during class hours. It appears that Jake has fine motor problems and typical behaviors that are associated with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD) which had not yet being diagnosed.
On page 119 David says, “I know that I must do everything possible to get him into a drug rehab program. I call counselors and other specialists for recommendations. Nic’s therapist now agrees that rehab is essential, and contacts some of his colleagues who specialize in drug and alcohol addiction. My friends call their friends who have been through this” (Sheff, 119).
David could have confronted Sheila first place and verify why his name was kept out of the presentation.
David, Ben and Mary Luckett’s grandson, who is devoted and close to them, escapes to the boat they are leaving on to join them. I believe David should have been returned because he is still quite young and needs his mother as well as time to grow from his current adolescent self to the man he will eventually become on Earth. It would be unfair that he never experiences the joys and pains of physical and emotional growth, development of who you want to become and who will be your friends and lovers in life. It would be terribly dishonorable to take him to Antarea without his mother Susan’s permission. It would be morally wrong to deny a parent access to her child, so taking him away to their nuclear family and his development. We could however, make a case for the benefits of him escaping with the elderly people; eternal life with the grandparents he loves so much. What is life like with the aliens? Perhaps it is filled with beauty, love, good health, happiness and adventure. Maybe they never experience betrayal, sadness, illness, depression, loss of agency or have need to worry about money; could it be like Heaven? I am somewhat torn but must look at the simple facts that David leaving would amount to a parent whose child is snatched from their lives; that lives with a hole in their
If the science teachers at David’s school saw that he had some of the things he had, why did they not voice a concern to David’s parents?
As the therapist finished her speech all the kids began to arrange themselves into little groups. They laughed and joked around just as they had done before the lesson. Having not made any friends, I found myself alone. I knew I wanted David to talk to me, but the voice in my head said that he never would. The voice in the seat next to me had different plans.