40. One day, the CYC practitioner, Laurie, noticed something…
40. One day, the CYC practitioner, Laurie, noticed something moving on Ricardo’s head. When she examined it closely, she thought she saw head lice and nits in his hair, although she did not have much experience with these matters. She called it to the attention of the center’s director, who confirmed that she thought it was lice. The center director told Laurie to inform Ricardo’s grandmother, who usually came to pick him up, that she must get him checked out by the doctor before he came back to the center. Since it was only 45 minutes until the end of the day, the center director said it would be okay to keep Ricardo in class until the grandmother came to pick him up. The Red School House employs two bilingual CYC practitioners, but both were not working on the day that the staff discovered that Ricardo had head lice leaving no one able to communicate this to the grandmother. What should the center director and Laurie have done about telling someone about the possibility that Ricardo had lice?
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CASE STUDY 13: Mary, a 17-year-old African American female, has a history of depression and a suicide attempt a year ago. She also has been self-abusive at times. Recently, she was observed picking at scabs on her arms until they bled on several occasions. Sandra is a youth worker, also African American, who has spent extra time with Mary over the past several days. One afternoon, Antoinette, another youth, approached Sandra to inform her that Mary had told Antoinette that she wanted to kill herself. Antoinette said that Mary was depressed about her relationship with her mother and that Antoinette was worried about whether Mary was going to give up on life. Sandra asked Mary to help her prepare snacks. While they were working together in the kitchen, Sandra asked Mary if she was doing okay. Mary said she was fine. When Sandra asked Mary if she had made the statement about wanting to kill herself, Mary strongly denied it. Sandra asked Mary if she wanted to hurt herself, and Mary said, “No, not at all.”
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