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Throughout her childhood and into her teenage years, Rosie has faced many challenges that have led to her being placed in a Youth Development Centre for thirty days. Rosie’s case checks many of the boxes in the risk and resiliency form. In the internal risk section, she ticks difficult temperament as a child, maternal alcohol abuse, early pattern of aggression, school failure, and early patterns of aggression to adults and peers, which led to the involvement of a juvenile court. External risk factors include parental substance abuse, substantiated neglect, and negative relationship with a parent as well as sexual and physical abuse (Masten 2004). The only protective factors for Rosie are that she lives at home with her family, and her parents have consistent income.

The Youth Development Centre to which Rosie has placed will face challenges in meeting Rosie’s health and educational needs. The first reason for this is her short stay in the center. Rosie has issues with alcohol and substance abuse (Youth History Narrative), and the center may not have enough time and resources to address the problem adequately. Second, Rosie’s difficult relationship with her mother is the leading cause of her health and educational challenges. She suffers from PTSD as a result of sexual abuse of a child, and dealing with the situation requires extended periods of treatment to improve Rosie’s mental health. This will be difficult as she is only at the center for a month, and the center may not have the required personnel to help Rosie. Educational challenges will also be significant because Rosie will be out of the school setting, where she could interact with her peers. In school, the school counselor could follow Rosie’s progress and identify areas of concern, which will be difficult in the Youth Development Center, as many of those in the center with even more serious issues require a lot of attention.

References

Masten, A. S. (2004). Regulatory processes, risk, and resilience in adolescent development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1021(1), 310-319.