Leah Hardy Kidder English 9 Honors 20 March 2013 A question commonly asked by frustrated parents to their teenagers: why don’t you just grow up and start acting like an adult? Although it is a rhetorical question, there is an answer. Research has shown that the human brain does not reach full development until people are in their 20s. Teenage brains are strikingly unlike adults’, explaining their often rash, immature behavior exemplified in Mary E. Pearson’s novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox and William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. In The Adoration of Jenna Fox, 17 year old Jenna Fox struggles to recover from an 18 month-long coma that left her with complete amnesia.
Case Study Miss E came to therapy for weight loss wanting to lose 2 ½ stone in all. She is 29 and came out of a failed relationship 6 months ago. She is now ready to look for another partner but is scared as her previous partner of 6 years was very controlling and almost seemed to want her to stay overweight. She had struggled with her weight since she was 12 or 13 and her parents badgered her about being unattractive and eating too much. She has tried many diets but always seems to put the weight back on again after a while.
As this process went on for seven months none were successful. Her last treatment she became pregnant again. Hoping her dad would live long enough, after being diagnosed with cancer, to see his grandaughter born. The baby was born healthy, but with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Brooke had a hard time recovering with significant blood loss.
Hypothetical Working Agreement BSHS/322 Melissa BBBBB 07/04/2012 Silvia Gerges Freydia is a 27-year-old mother who has been using crack cocaine for 4 years. Her children, ages 7 and 9, have been removed from her care by Child Protective Services and are currently living with her mother. Freydia comes to the drug program saying, “I want to get my children back.” This is something wonderful to “want”. If Freydia is willing to do “whatever it takes”, getting recovery and staying sober a great and attainable goal. Although first and foremost is helping the client understands her rights to confidentiality, and have her sign required paperwork.
Bonquiequiee is another character in this story that struggles to live through her tough life. Her mother passed away a while ago in a tragic way. Her father, which isn’t much help, is a drug dealer and a lazy guy. She strives to keep her younger brother Trevain alive && Healthy. Kawsar: Dear diary, tomorrow school starts.
Her name is a yonic allusion to her archetypal role as the embodiment of female sexuality in the novel Character Analysis Dewey Dell is Addie’s fourth child and only daughter. She narrates sections 7, 14, 30, and 58. She’s also seventeen and pregnant. It’s not easy being Dewey Dell. She’s the only girl in a family of boys, now that her mother’s just died, she’s pregnant with a baby she doesn’t want and can’t talk about with anyone, her attempts at getting an abortion have been foiled three times – once by her own father, and the
The second patient a 12-year-old female who has battle with lifelong health issues. Even with the transplant, her chances of surviving into her 20s are not good. The last patient is a 38-year-old ex- drug abuser, now he is involved with troubled teens local tutoring and homework hangout. He has provided wisdom and insight that only abuser can know about where life can go. If the patient receives the transplant, he will be able
In her mind, she'd become a young mother again with a three-year-old boy and a younger sister. Russell's father, who she met when his car broke down leaving the local moonshine distillery, had not yet died in his early thirties from diabetes because insulin wasn't available.
Although she is divorced, she has two pre-teen children 13 & 11 who are also lost and confuse of why mommy and daddy are not together. Due to some of those situations Janie finds ways to keep herself active; in being active she became excessively hyper and lacks sleep. Which can cause side effects towards her bipolar disorder that she had been diagnosed with about ten years ago. Janie wants to be apart of something that will validate her existence. (Janie is an active member of her sorority and was chair of the fundraising committee.
Cherie Johnson ADS-115 History: The Client is a 30 year old white female. The client’s current education level is High School diploma and is unemployed. The Client started using Meth when she was 14 years old, The client has tried alcohol, marijuana, LSD, cocaine, but did not like them as much as Meth . Meth is the clients Drug of choice. The client reports that over her time using that she needs more Meth each time she uses to reach the high she needs to feel well again.