Youth Context and Strategy for Working with Adam

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Part 1:
Youth context/category Information from case file How will this context
influence your strategy for
working with Adam
Identity Adam lives in OOHC. He
may see himself as someone
who is hard to care for given
that he has lived in many
different placements.
In working with Adam,
showing value in getting to
know him as a person, rather
than his case file will help
him feel more connected to
carers. Asking Adam what
he wants from his placement
may help him feel
empowered.
Family Relationships Adam stays at a care home
far from his parents. His
father stays interstate while
his mother lives close by but
is unable to manage Adam.
His mother is reported to
smoke marijuana regularly.
Adam misses his mom but
has never experienced a
quality familial relationship
with his parents.
While working with Adam
there is an increased need to
show empathy and treat him
with affection and respect.
This would help him
understand the value of
relationships.
Social Relationships Adam is reported to only
have a meaningful
relationship with his mother.
He has no other meaningful
social relationships which
suggests that he has never
been invested his emotions
in any meaningful
friendships.
While working with Adam,
it is important to encourage
social interaction so as to
make him understand the
virtue of valuing other
people’s perspective and
caring for other people.
Health Adam is reported to
experiment with alcohol,
marijuana and chroming
deodorant cans. He seems to
have a lack of awareness
about the negative
implication of substance
abuse on health.
While working with Adam,
it is important for the carer
to make him understand
about the negative
implication of substance
abuse on physical health and
mental health.
Education Adam is reported to be
enrolled in a school but
rarely attends school. This
suggests Adam’s lack of
interest in academics.
While working with Adam,
the carer must specify the
importance of attending
school and getting educated
so as to secure a career.
Other (Values and Manners) Adam is reported to engage
in an episode of assault
While working with Adam,
the carer would need to

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which indicated his lack of
awareness to differentiate
between right and wrong
conduct.
build an amiable
relationship with Adam and
explain him the
Part 2:
Response 1:
The first meeting with Adam would comprise of greeting Adam and then introducing
myself to Adam. Next, I would brief Adam about the purpose of conducting the meeting. I
would then conduct a session with Adam where I would ask him open-ended questions.
These questions would typically comprise of questions like, ‘what do you like here the best?’
and ‘What interests you the most?’ Through these questions I would try to evaluate Adam’s
responses and accordingly make use of strategies to support the diverse needs of Adam in
relation to the psychological, social and academic domain. Studies suggest that engaging
minors in semi-structured interview sessions help in obtaining narrative responses that
subsequently help in developing a better understanding about the psychology and thought
content of the child (Edwards and Holland 2013). As stated by Olson (2016), children tend to
express better upon being asked to narrate as it helps in receiving broader and elaborate
responses. Also, in order to establish an effective rapport with Adam, it is important to make
him feel connected to me. This would be achieved by making him feel related to me. This
means that I would share certain relatable personality traits with him, such as, ‘I miss my
home too!’ or ‘Even I love to listen to hip-hop music’. This would make him feel emotionally
connected to me and strengthen the quality of the existing relationship. A strong emotional
rapport would help in developing a better understanding about the psychology and aptitude of