CASE STUDY 3: You are the crisis management coordinator at a state school for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.  One day you receive a call from one of the classroom teachers that Joseph, a 14 year old Caucasian youth from a small rural community, is angry and is threatening to “break some heads” if the teacher doesn’t “back off”.  The teacher is calling you for backup.  When you arrive, as the senior staff on site, you are in charge of organizing the staff response.  The teacher has already evacuated the other students from the classroom.  As you arrive, so does Denise, a youth worker from Joseph’s dorm who you believe has a strong, positive relationship with Joseph.  

Chance will perpetuate his current style of interacting with and relating to others unless there is specific intervention to help him develop new patterns of relationship. The most effective manner of doing this is:

The facility has an isolation room.  Which one of the following principles is NOT consistent with the appropriate use of isolation rooms?

Based on the information given above, which of the following responses would probably be most effective with Janice?

Given the cultural and economic background of these youth and their ages, the physical environment of the building appropriately meets their needs because:

Which of the following statements best describes what happened when Adrienne hugged and kissed Ricardo and he pushed her?

A day into the camping trip, it appeared evident to Harry and the other staff members that the way the youth were grouped in the canoes needed to be addressed.  It was important that the entire group reach its travel destinations every day, and the group was falling behind its schedule further each day.  Although the youth all claimed to be “expert” canoeists, canoes frequently traveled in circles, arguments between the young people in the same canoe erupted about who was working harder, and a couple of times a paddle ended up floating away from the canoe in the water.  Harry and his staff discussed alternatives based on their observations and knowledge of the youth’s histories.  While the youth were initially excited about the idea of canoeing, it was evident that their attitude could deteriorate if there was no intervention by the staff members.  Which of the following courses of action is the best?

Your friend has lots of ideas on activities he would like to try in the program but isn’t clear on which ones to choose.  You suggest:

One of the major activities on this trip is camping. In order to develop activities to match the needs and interests of the clients and program goals, Harry should plan and take steps to implement which of these activities?

One of the girls in your group at the camp, 17-year-old Camilla, emerges as a strong leader.  In most activities she is the first one to try new things, the first to offer solutions and the dominant opinion when there is a decision to make.  She has strong social skills and the other group members acquiesce to her desires.  You notice that others in the group have leadership skills but are hesitant to offer them.  You would also like to allow others to experience the leadership role. One of the best ways you might intervene is: