Child Abuse Neglect Assessment Case StudyChild Abuse Neglect Assessment Case Study06/26/2017BSHS/408Child Abuse Neglect Assessment Case StudyAs we see child abuse and neglect happens everywhere, every day. Being a professional we can have the opportunity to help, understand and intervene with child that are being neglected and abused. In the following case of child abuse and neglect there are several issues to consider and there is a preponderance of both abuse and neglect.
The courts assigned a professional to work with the Bernardez family because they have been served by other social service agencies, but after a review of the case the committee felt that this family needed more one-on-one direct services (). The family unit consists of both parents, Felix age thirty-five and Marisa age thirty, they have two daughters Danielle age nine and Nichole age seven. The martial grandparents are involved with the family but do not live in the home with the parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernardez use marijuana together over several years. The mother recently with friends started using crack cocaine without her husband knowing. The husband did find out and was furious that she was using and asked her to stop and she refused. The husband stopped using marijuana with his wife but the wife continues to use and even in front of the children. Mr. Bernardez was angry to find out and starting arguing this allowed the children to run across the street to a neighbor’s home, the grandmother and the police were called. Both parents were taken to jail and the judge told them both that they had to enter drug treatment program to keep their family together. The grandmother was asked to keep the children while the parents were in the treatment program. The parents at that time was advised that Child Protective services will be involved and they were mad because they did not want anyone to know and lose everything they have worked for.
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“Mr. and Mrs. Bernardez take care in their house as to their family as a single family and their children as the single family of your husband.
“Their children and grandchildren make their home with you, and because my husband is going to be leaving with the children (in the United States) and because they have such a large income my husband will take care of them for them. You know this, that this will mean a bigger income for my family and for your couple so I take care of them.”
“My husband takes care of it. I don’t care what you do with them. My husband takes care of us.”
“Your husband takes care of us.
“My husband takes care of us.
“Your wife takes care of us.
“My husband takes care of us again.
“I was in that house and they started yelling, ‘He put his hand in our pocket! He put his hand in your pocket!’ and I was like ‘No that’s not right!’ But that’s just because it’s different because it’s the way the kids work, it’s the way that they live.”
“You do your chores every day. Your wife does her own chores, your husband does hers. You do your own clothes. Your wife, you use your own money. Your wife uses your own money. You use your own clothing.
“‘How old is that? Why did it need to feel like it didn’t have an age limit?
“The kids are really fun to be with. You know that the younger you get your kids the more you do them. They have that attitude that they have to look at their little brothers and sisters all the time.
“And you know that just because we feel like we’re doing the kind of things that they care about, I can’t blame them. I’ve always been proud of them because I know a lot of them loved me and they have taken care of their mother. That’s why they did keep going through treatment and everything except that they were just so busy as to not have any fun.”
“But now I find that my husband and his children are being more involved and that’s it is not fun anymore. You know that as our family grows stronger, it gets harder and harder to get along with all of this.”
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“Mr. and Mrs. Bernardez help each other out. Their children are doing their laundry. All over. It would be nice to leave one of our children alone at home and they get to hang out with us.”
“Your mother always keeps an eye on mom and her children because her husband is busy.”
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“My wife always watches over her husband. She goes to bed with him at 11 and he goes in and out of school. I do her yard work every morning so when she finishes his day, she goes home and sees him again.
“My husband is always helping Mom when there’s a problem with her. He’s the one who’s up the street with Mom, it really does change things.”
“My husband is always watching Mom and helping her, constantly. There’s usually no problems for Dad, he’s always up and running.
“My husband is always doing the shopping. He’s taking your business, going to their house every day. I don’t like this one. They get to go to work for free every day with your kids. The kids make no money and they do whatever Dad tells them, they just do that to make money so nothing bothers them. That’s just why they’re all so good
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“Mr. and Mrs. Bernardez take care in their house as to their family as a single family and their children as the single family of your husband.
“Their children and grandchildren make their home with you, and because my husband is going to be leaving with the children (in the United States) and because they have such a large income my husband will take care of them for them. You know this, that this will mean a bigger income for my family and for your couple so I take care of them.”
“My husband takes care of it. I don’t care what you do with them. My husband takes care of us.”
“Your husband takes care of us.
“My husband takes care of us.
“Your wife takes care of us.
“My husband takes care of us again.
“I was in that house and they started yelling, ‘He put his hand in our pocket! He put his hand in your pocket!’ and I was like ‘No that’s not right!’ But that’s just because it’s different because it’s the way the kids work, it’s the way that they live.”
“You do your chores every day. Your wife does her own chores, your husband does hers. You do your own clothes. Your wife, you use your own money. Your wife uses your own money. You use your own clothing.
“‘How old is that? Why did it need to feel like it didn’t have an age limit?
“The kids are really fun to be with. You know that the younger you get your kids the more you do them. They have that attitude that they have to look at their little brothers and sisters all the time.
“And you know that just because we feel like we’re doing the kind of things that they care about, I can’t blame them. I’ve always been proud of them because I know a lot of them loved me and they have taken care of their mother. That’s why they did keep going through treatment and everything except that they were just so busy as to not have any fun.”
“But now I find that my husband and his children are being more involved and that’s it is not fun anymore. You know that as our family grows stronger, it gets harder and harder to get along with all of this.”
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“Mr. and Mrs. Bernardez help each other out. Their children are doing their laundry. All over. It would be nice to leave one of our children alone at home and they get to hang out with us.”
“Your mother always keeps an eye on mom and her children because her husband is busy.”
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“My wife always watches over her husband. She goes to bed with him at 11 and he goes in and out of school. I do her yard work every morning so when she finishes his day, she goes home and sees him again.
“My husband is always helping Mom when there’s a problem with her. He’s the one who’s up the street with Mom, it really does change things.”
“My husband is always watching Mom and helping her, constantly. There’s usually no problems for Dad, he’s always up and running.
“My husband is always doing the shopping. He’s taking your business, going to their house every day. I don’t like this one. They get to go to work for free every day with your kids. The kids make no money and they do whatever Dad tells them, they just do that to make money so nothing bothers them. That’s just why they’re all so good
After reviewing the case information that was provided I noticed that are a few issues of neglect and abuse present in the family. Neglect