RUBIRIC: The feedback to your classmates need not be exceedingly long, but must be substantive and show that the responding student has thought about his or her fellow student’s remarks and is now giving honest feedback. The true value of this assignment rests with the ongoing exchange of thoughts and ideas through a forum that is easily accessible yet safe. Students are reminded to be mindful and respectful in the exchange of communication… Please don’t hesitate to share your ideas even if they may be controversial…at the same time, be sensitive to and respectful of others’ opinions as they are bound to differ from your own.
QUESTION1: Who is the client system…Cam, Abby, the family…please explain and defend your position.
Briannas answer To question 1: Provide a FEEDBACK ANSWER THAT YOU NEED TO RESPONDE TO: The client system is Cam and his entire family. They do depend on each other in order to accept the changes that Cam wants to make in his life. They were okay with the lesbian part when he mentioned it when he was about eleven or twelve, I guess because they thought he would outgrow it. Abby says they are willing to support him, but they only support the physical changes of Cam’s transition. Cam has been wanting a name change for months and his mother keeps saying she is always too busy or they will have to wait until Abby feels better about the transition. His sister is very supportive and will call him whatever he wants, but the mother cried and the father shut down. The mom seems to pull out old childhood photos probably as a tactic to make Cam want to refuse going through the transition. Abby wants Cam to keep feeling bad which shows how unsupportive she really is and she keeps calling Cam “her little girl”.
QUESTION2: What is the role of social workers in providing HRT evaluations? What are the advantages of providing Cam with a HRT letter indicating he is psychologically cleared for HRT? Disadvantages?
Brianna’s response to QUESTION 2 FEEDBACK ANSWER THAT YOU NEED TO RESPONDE TO What is the role of social workers in providing HRT evaluations? What are the advantages of providing Cam with a HRT letter indicating he is psychologically cleared for HRT? Disadvantages?
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Question 3: What did Kathryn agree to do for this client? What is the evidence for that?
Brianna’s response to question 3, FEEDBACK Answer that you need to responde to: do not think Kathryn agreed to anything. She provides the resources that Cam and Abby needed to get the process started for the transition, she told Abby to do more research about HRT and the risks and benefits of it. In the case, Kathryn said there is so much information readily available to Abby and she said she needed to go to a psychiatrist before she does anything else with Cam. Kathryn said that the name change takes a long time so they cannot expect results to happen right away.
Question 3: What did Kathryn agree to do for this client? What is the evidence for that?
Ronda response to question 3, provide FEEDBACK Answer that you need to responde to: Kathryn only agreed to session to talk with both Abby and Cam.. The evidence shows she was in agreements to that because she set a appointment with both Cam and Abby. And she discussed her rules and her practice polices which shows evidence that she was willing to provide at least some services to Cam. According to the case Kathryn, she agreed to meet with both Abby and Cam to see how Cam feels and Kathryn even stated to Abby it is a lot of symptom management that can maybe make their life a little more comfortable and she agrees to meet in order to assessed that is the evidence shows when she met with the family. Lastly, by agreeing to meeting with Abby and Cam she agreeing to meet with both so she can decide weather or not she is going to write the letter in support of HRT.
QUESTION 1: Who is the client system…Cam, Abby, the family…please explain and defend your position?
Ronda’s answer To question 1: Provide a FEEDBACK ANSWER THAT YOU NEED TO RESPONDE: The client system is Cam, Abby, Cam’s father and Cam’s sister. The client system regarding a social worker is the group of people that a social worker is responsible for helping with providing services. In this case the client system is Cam, Abby and the family and my position as a social worker is to provide services to client that are helpful and doesn’t put the client in harm way. The position as a social worker is to provide guidance to my clients. Lastly, the client system case is working toward a common the goal of assisting Cam as he transitions and doing what is best for the child. While the social worker has to do what is overall best for the quality of life of Cam and making sure if she decides to provide a evaluation she would had address the family issues first or at least work toward establishing the issues and working toward a solution. Lastly, I feel Cam and his family is the client system because that is who is around right now and his Cam system may change once school starts because that will account for how he interacts with other children his age and his surrounding.
Question 2: What is the role of social workers in providing HRT evaluations? What are the advantages of providing Cam with a HRT letter indicating he is psychologically cleared for HRT? Disadvantages?
Ronda response to questions 2, GIVE A FEEDBACK ANSWER THAT YOU NEED TO RESPONDE: I agree with you when you stated what the SW worker role is in regarding to a HRT evaluation. However, I also feel it is the SW role when working with any client to evaluate the person’s mental state not just transgender clients. One thing that you wrote that I also agree with is that social workers have a ethical responsibilities to the transgender community because their is a large amount of discrimination goes through their due to how the identity. Social Workers also needed to educated the clients on both the risks and benefits of HRT so they will be aware and the impact it could have on a person’s body. There are several advantages but one of the disadvantages I see of providing Cam with the HRT evaluation at this point would be that the family had not deal with any of the family issues which could cause issues in the future if he gets HRT which can lead to battle with depression.
