Take the Following Scenario and Use the 11 Steps of the General

question 19

Essay

Take the following scenario and use the 11 steps of the General Decision-Making Model to work it out.
Craig is a licensed social worker who has been working in a level 5 emotionally disturbed (ED) program in Wichita Co., Kansas.He has held his position in the Graves School for over three years and enjoys his work.He works in the preschool with children three to seven years of age and must answer to two administrators.His primary supervisor is the senior social worker, Lori, and his second supervisor is Ted, the director of the preschool program.Craig becomes concerned about the lack of assistance and staffing in the three ED classrooms.He is seeing students neglected, staff continually injured, and most infuriating, staff who are incompetent and due to their incompetence receive more assistance in the classroom than classrooms with more behaviorally challenged students.Craig reports this to his social work supervisor and then to the schools head administrator.He never once spoke with the director of the preschool about his concerns.After three weeks of seeing no changes implemented in the classrooms, Craig asks for a transfer to a new division in the school.He is so upset he transfers all of his cases to 5 different social workers in the course of 2 weeks.

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Definitions:

Lead-Time Bias

A bias in screening tests that occurs when the detection of a disease at an early stage artificially seems to increase the survival time without actually affecting the course of the disease.

Early Diagnosis

The process of detecting a disease or condition at an early stage, allowing for more effective management and treatment outcomes.

Screening Program

is a public health service in which members of a defined population, who do not necessarily perceive they are at risk of a disease or its complications, are asked a question or offered a test, to identify those individuals who are more likely to be helped than harmed by further tests or treatment to reduce the risk of a disease or its complications.

Preclinical Phase

A stage of research that precedes clinical trials, involving laboratory and animal studies to determine a drug's safety and efficacy.