Introduction<\/p>\n
Throughout this course and your synchronous activities, we will be focusing on the members of the Campbell family. Please review the following case information to get an understanding of this family, including demographic information, roles, and identified issues. You will use this case study as a basis for your final treatment plan.<\/p>\n
Meet the Campbell Family<\/p>\n
This family lives in Fort Lupton, a rural town in northern Colorado with a population of almost 7,500 residents. About 55% of residents are Hispanic and another 42% are white. The unemployment rate is 16%. The primary industry in Fort Lupton is construction, although there is also a growing gas and oil industry.<\/p>\n
The family was referred to Weld County\u2019s Department of Health Services for assessment and evaluation after the 15-year-old son, Jacob, was charged with grand theft auto. He is scheduled to attend court later this week. Kali, Jacob\u2019s 17\u2013year\u2013old sister, has previously been on probation for drug use and possession of marijuana.<\/p>\n
Jacob and Kali\u2019s dad, Joe, has requested a meeting. He says, \u201cMy family is falling apart, and no one is talking about it.\u201d He says that Jacob is a screw\u2013up and doesn\u2019t seem to care, and that Kali, who never leaves her room, is always high. \u201cFrankly, I don\u2019t blame her,\u201d he says. \u201cMy wife Karen her mother, is drinking herself to death.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the intake, each family member filled out a brief entrance form. Joe is frustrated and on edge, saying that no one wanted to come, including his wife, and he had to bribe his daughter and son to get in the car. Karen is sitting next to her son with her head down, avoiding any eye contact. Kali laughs at her father and is on her phone. Jacob has his baseball cap pulled over his eyes, slumps in his chair, and is pretending to be asleep.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Case Study<\/p>\n
Karen Campbell<\/p>\n
Karen Campbell is a 34\u2013year\u2013old female. Her father is Hispanic, second generation from Mexico, and her mother was Hopi Native American. She is a stay\u2013at\u2013home mom who works part time for a friend with a house cleaning business.<\/p>\n
Karen\u2019s father is 55. He lives on the family ranch where Karen grew up, and Karen says she sees him a couple of times a year. Karen\u2019s mother passed away two years ago at the age of 51 from heart failure.<\/p>\n
Karen has no siblings. Her brother committed suicide when he was 14 years old. Karen was 10 at the time.<\/p>\n
Karen was raised Catholic, but has not attended church in over 20 years.<\/p>\n
Karen is a stay at home mom that works part time for a friend who has a house cleaning business.<\/p>\n
Karen says that she started dating Joe in the eighth grade. They married when Karen got pregnant with Kali at the age of 17. They have been married for 17 years, with two previous separations. The first separation was when Karen was three months pregnant with Kali and Joe enlisted with the Army. Karen says her mother made her move back home at that time, because she didn\u2019t trust Joe. When Joe finished his two\u2013year commitment, they reconciled, right after Karen delivered Jacob.<\/p>\n
The second separation was two years ago, and Joe actually filed for separation. Karen says it was because she was not coping well with her mother\u2019s death, that she \u201cjust fell apart.\u201d Joe didn\u2019t know how to handle it, so he just left. (For his part, Joe says he left her because she was depressed and drinking herself to death like her mother did.)<\/p>\n
Karen says she is anxious about obtaining help, but that she also feels guilty, and that she is a failure as a parent.<\/p>\n
She says, \u201cMy kids used to like me, we used to be close. Now they never talk to me \u2014they avoid me, really. I\u2019ve failed them as a mother, so now I really have no purpose in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen reports one good girlfriend whom she does not see often. She does not go out socially, and she drinks at home to \u201ccalm her nerves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karen presents as unkempt, frazzled, and nervous. She has dark circles under her eyes and looks physically unhealthy.<\/p>\n
Karen reports a previous diagnosis of depression and has active diabetes. She also reports current high levels of anxiety.<\/p>\n
Joe Campbell<\/p>\n
Joe is a 35 year old Caucasian male who is estranged from his father Bob. Joe has not talked to Bob since his father left the family over 25 years ago. Joe\u2019s mother is in the local nursing home, after having been diagnosed with early onset dementia at the age of 57. Joe says he picks his mom up every Sunday to attend the Lutheran church. He reports being very close to his mother, and says he is frustrated that Karen and the kids refuse to go to church with them.<\/p>\n
Joe has two older sisters who live in the same town. He says he tries to see them, but Karen doesn\u2019t get along with them, so \u201cit\u2019s not really worth the effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe is an Army veteran and served for two years in Afghanistan after his high school graduation, shortly after marrying Karen.<\/p>\n
Joe is a long\u2013haul truck driver. He was once a police officer, but he was injured on the job 10 years ago. After he left the force, he started working for his brother\u2013in\u2013law\u2019s trucking business. He says it helps his marriage to be away from home for long periods of time, but because he is gone so much, the kids don\u2019t listen and \u201ceverything has fallen apart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe is an active member of the American Legion and he is there most nights that he is not working, talking to the other police officers and community members.<\/p>\n
Joe says Karen was his high school girlfriend, and when she got pregnant he did the right thing by marrying her. He says he joined the Army so he could provide a better life for his family, and he was devastated when Karen moved out of their home to live with her mother.. He says he had to beg her to come back, and it was only after she became pregnant with Jacob that they reconciled.<\/p>\n
Joe says he left again two years ago and moved in with his sister and brother\u201cin\u201dlaw after Karen\u2019s mother died. Karen had started to drink heavily, and began to be angry and violent towards him. He moved back home about a year ago when he realized his kids were out of control and Karen needed some help in dealing with their behaviors.<\/p>\n
Joe said in his individual intake that he wants a divorce. \u201cI can\u2019t stand Karen, her drinking, and how she has given up, but I am afraid for my kids if I leave,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re already a mess because of her, and if I leave, who knows what will happen?\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe smokes cigarettes on a daily basis and \u201cdrinks beers with the guys.\u201d He denies any previous psychological diagnosis.<\/p>\n
Kali Campbell<\/p>\n
Kali is a 17\u2013year\u2013old mixed\u2013race teenager who presents as quiet, agitated, and disengaged.<\/p>\n
She has been arrested twice for drug use and possession of marijuana. She is still on probation for her last charge six months ago, when Kali and her girlfriend were caught smoking marijuana at the high school football stadium.<\/p>\n
Kali says that she is bisexual and her parents think it is \u201ca stage,\u201d but she feels that she loves all people. She says that she is in love with her girlfriend, who is 19 years old.<\/p>\n
Kali says she doesn\u2019t go to school because it is stupid and she doesn\u2019t learn anything. After her girlfriend graduated last year, there is just no reason to attend. She says, \u201cThere is nothing my parents or the stupid law can do about it. I am 17! They can\u2019t make me go if I don\u2019t want to anymore, so mom can just get over it and stop crying about it.\u201d Her dad says she left school because she is embarrassed that she is gay and was bullied by the other kids.<\/p>\n
When asked what her future plans are, Kali says, \u201cI\u2019m just waiting to turn 18 so I can get out of this stupid place with my girlfriend, because we are going get as far away from here as we can.\u201d Kali reports no desire to find a job or obtain her GED. She says she may go to school later to become a hairdresser, but only if she has to.<\/p>\n
Kali has violated her probation by testing positive for marijuana. During her intake, she said, \u201cDrug laws are so stupid. It\u2019s a natural plant! And why does it matter if I am 17 or 21?\u201d Kali says smoking marijuana helps her to stay calm, reduces her anxiety, and helps her deal with her parents\u2019 constant arguing. \u201cWell, if you can call it that,\u201d she says. \u201cMom yells and dad just sits there and takes it, I don\u2019t know why.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe says, \u201cKali is a beautiful kid, but she takes after her mom \u2013 which sucks, because she won\u2019t amount to anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what to do with her now that she likes girls,\u201d Karen says. \u201cIt\u2019s so embarrassing that she keeps getting in trouble with this girl, but I know it will pass. It\u2019s just hard to watch her make these bad decisions. I don\u2019t know what the big deal about marijuana is, it\u2019s not like we didn\u2019t drink when we were her age. Why does the law have to get involved? If it keeps her calm, what\u2019s the problem?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Kali is depressed but she won\u2019t talk about it,\u201d Joe says. She told me once, \u201cI\u2019m not a mess like mom! If I was depressed I would be like her, a stupid mess who does nothing but drink and sleep. I am nothing like her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kali has never had an official diagnosis, but was referred to counseling for depression by her school counselor as well as her probation officer.<\/p>\n
Jacob Campbell<\/p>\n
Jacob has recently been charged with grand theft auto and is scheduled to attend court this week. \u201cI was bored and we had just won the regional football playoffs,\u201d he says. \u201cMom picked me up drunk at the school, and dad was gone who knows where, maybe working, so what was I supposed to do? My teammates needed me. So I drove her home and she passed out. I didn\u2019t want to take her car, so I took the neighbors\u2019 car. They always leave the keys in their car, and they\u2019re old, so I didn\u2019t think they would ever know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kali says that Jacob has been taking the neighbor\u2019s car frequently, probably since he was 13, and that he was just stupid this time and got caught.<\/p>\n
Jacob has many friends at school and is on the track team as well as the football team. He wanted to be a police officer like dad, but now that he has been arrested, he doesn\u2019t know what he will do. \u201cI\u2019ll probably have to drive a truck because I screwed up and I won\u2019t be able to be a cop,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Karen blames Joe for Jacob\u2019s predicament, complaining that Joe is never home to take him anywhere. \u201cJacob is my sweet little boy,\u201d she says. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t deserve this!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob gets decent grades at school, but is often truant. He says he doesn\u2019t go to school so he can take care of his mom \u201con her really bad days.\u201d Kali says, \u201cYou mean on her hungover\u2013and\u2013can\u2019t\u2013stop\u2013vomiting days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob has been suspended from school twice over the past year for fighting. When asked about the fights, Jacob shrugs his shoulders and doesn\u2019t want to talk about it. Joe says Jacob was protecting his sister when other kids said nasty things about her. \u201cHe\u2019ll do his duty as a brother,\u201d Joe says with some pride. \u201cNo matter how stupid his sister is, he sticks up for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob presents as quiet and polite. He seems to avoid conflict and doesn\u2019t want to answer questions directly, allowing his family to answer for him.<\/p>\n
Jacob\u2019s best friend is his cousin Tom, who is also 15 years old. \u201cI wish he would stop hanging out with Tom,\u201d Karen says. \u201cJoe\u2019s family is nothing but trouble.\u201d Visibly irritated, Joe says, \u201cMy nephew is a great kid! Karen just doesn\u2019t want my family to see what a drunk she is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob\u2019s probation officer has sent him to see a psychiatrist for a potential diagnosis of conduct disorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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