Case Study Plano Texas

Bio-psycho Social Spiritual Case Assessment

The”K”Family

PART 1

Identifying Information

Hometown: Plano, Texas

Parents: Kathy and Sam Krasniqi

Children: 10-year-old daughter, Lima, and 14-year-old son, Tim.

Referral Information

Information for the assessment was obtained when Mary Lou Taylor, a mother from Coppell, who was in the stands that day to watch her two children and husband compete in the tournament, made a report to the Plano, Texas police that she had observed Sam Krasniqi what appeared to be fondling his 4 1/2 year old daughter in front of hundreds of spectators during a karate tournament in a Plano high school gym in which his 9 years son was competing. This was also reported by the plain clothes police that responded

This was also reported by the plain clothes police that responded to the call from Mary Lou Taylor. Sam Krasniqi was Charged with sexual abuse of a child and arrested at the school and his bond was set at $25,000.

Tim and Lima have lived together in a series of foster care placements around the state of Texas, after the children were removed from the custody of their parents Sam and Kathy.

Family Relationship

Sam Krasniqi lived his childhood in a village near Pec, venturing out only after high school to attend his country's equivalent of a trade school. Sam Krasniqi arrived in Chicago when he was 30 years old. Friends described him as hard working and trustworthy as he worked 18 hours a day at two jobs. He was a punch press operator at Zenith radio and was chief superintendent of a high-rise condominium. After leaving Zenith, he worked for a janitorial firm. In 1979, when he saved enough money to start his own business, he returned to Yugoslavia, where his parents had chosen a bride for him.

Kathy was in her mid-20 and was 15 years younger than Sam. She was from a different village in Yugoslavia. When Sam met Kathy she was still living at home as this was the Albanian custom. Her mother had died when she was eight and she looked after her father. Sam and Kathy only knew each other a few months before they married and returned to Chicago.

The Krasniqi's first child was named Urtim and in a concession to their new culture, called him Tim. Shortly after the birth of Tim, the Krasniqis moved to Dallas and Krasniqi started a pizza business. Two years later Lima was born and as their family grew, so did their prosperity. In several years, Krasniqi would own as many as five Brother's Pizza