1. By the sounds of the boy’s father, you can tell that he is machismo, or has a strong sense of masculine pride, (Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman, & Hessenauer, 2019). The School Mental Health: Social Work Provider Guidebook (2021) gives some advice on how to talk with the family and options for getting the student engaged with their schoolwork and other peers. They recommend, with consent from the parent/guardian, having contact with the parent/guardian if the student refuses to participate after 2–3 attempts, (Del Rosario Gomez, 2021). Documenting the actions of the student, it allows the parent/guardian to know what is occurring, but also allows for school personnel to keep track and assess the student and assist with setting goals.
However, since the father is corporal punishment, the school must abide by the mandatory reporting. Since the father let the school officials know, they must report it to the Child Abuse Hotline, (41-3-201, MCA). Corporal punishment is defined as physical force with intent to cause physical pain, but not injury, to control a child’s behavior, (Fontes, 2005). Fontes (2005) explains that cultures around the world use corporal punishment as a form of discipline, but in the United States, it is constituted as child abuse. However, most of the cases that are called regarding child abuse are closed as there are not enough employees to supervise the number of families who have already been charged with child abuse, (Fontes, 2005).
Some support that I would suggest for the family would be family support services, which would help with parenting skills and some strengths the family would need since they just moved to the United States. Even getting a therapist for the family would be good for them.
Even though the family has a different race, culture, and ethnicity, do you feel that the father is still abusing his child and should be punished as if he were a U.S. Citizen?
2. As a social worker in the school, I would have to reiterate to the boy’s father that even though there are cultural differences and the family is adjusting to their new environment, there are rules that are to be followed here. Corporal punishment is not permitted as a form of discipline in these united states, and if I hear that this is what is happening, I must report it to the Department of Child Services. According to the Department of labor as a general rule the flsa sets 14 years of age the minimum age for employment and limits the number of hours worked by a minor to 16 hours per week. A child with written consent from the parent on a farm where the parent is working that a 12 year old could work and that’s in certain states. Assuming that I’m the social worker for this family the case would be in new York city and the minimum working age for a child is 14 years of age. My job with the child is to try to build a trust with him and to help the family with information to get them mental health services,services for tnaf/snap or chip or ssi. I would annitated session for the child and i to talk and try to lessen the worry he feels about this depressed state. As a social worker in the school, I would have to reiterate to the boy’s father that even though there are cultural differences and the family is adjusting to their new environment, there are rules that are to be followed here. Corporal punishment is not permitted as a form of discipline in these united states, and if I hear that this is what is happening, I must report it to the Department of Child Services. According to the Department of labor as a general rule the flsa sets 14 years of age the minimum age for employment and limits the number of hours worked by a minor to 16 hours per week. A child with written consent from the parent on a farm where the parent is working that a 12 year old could work and that’s in certain states. Assuming that I’m the social worker for this family the case would be in new York city and the minimum working age for a child is 14 years of age. My job with the child is to try to build a trust with him and to help the family with information to get them mental health services,services for tnaf/snap or chip or ssi. I would annitated session for the child and i to talk and try to lessen the worry he feels about this depressed state.