QUESTION

For your final assignment you will be provided with a list of films to choose from. The films are available through the Kanopy database in the Carleton library. You will choose a key child in the movie and discuss how you would approach work with that child. Specifically, you need to consider:
What structural issues are relevant to this child and their situation?
What developmental issues would you want to consider when working with this child?
What attachment issues should you consider when working with this child (i.e. deficits and strengths)?
Are there issues of consent and/or issues of involving caregivers and/or parents that you need to consider when beginning work with this child?
What are some key issues you would want to consider in terms of building a working relationship with this child?
The list of films include;

A Dangerous Son
For Akheem

                                                                 SAMPLE SOLUTION

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a British American film about a teenage girl (Cameroon) who loses her parents in a car accident at a young age and later sent to a Christian center for conversion therapy after she is caught kissing another girl (Coley Tailor) (Danforth, 2017).  The movie is directed by Desiree Akhavan and depicts some of the challenges and discrimination that LGBTQ teenagers and youth go through in their social interactions with others in the community. This paper discuses the structural, developmental, and attachment issues that I would consider when working with this child (Cameron). It also highlights the consent issues and factors that are relevant in building a working relationship with the patient.

Structural Issues

Social structure is an aspect that plays an important role in the development and social interactions of individuals. In other words, it influences their beliefs, values, and how they view others and the world in general. In this regard, social structure can be defined as the distinctive social relationships that exist within a given society (Crossman, 2018). The structure is often established by a set of social institutions including media, religion, and education (Akers,2017). As a result, it impacts the ideologies and interaction patterns of persons through shared values and accepted norms. In this case, the primary structural issue of the main character (Cameron) is a poor social support network based on the film.  That is to say, the church, friends, and close relatives of the patient condemn her for her “unacceptable” sexual identity and decide to send her to a Christian center for conversion therapy. As a result, she ends up joining bad company and escapes from the center without reforming (Danforth, 2017). The client will, therefore, need a strong social support network to confront her fears and discover her true sexual identity.