Behavior Progress: Since Jamesha’s last court review, Jamesha has continued to participate in the program with minimal difficulty. Jamesha did not acquire any sanctions or room restrictions this period. However, Jamesha did express some difficulties with peers in regards to her concerns with their behavior and disposition. The treatment team emphasized to Jamesha focus on her goals and objectives and to allow staff to redirect and focus on the behavior of her fellow Post D residents. This period staff did report that there were fewer periods where Jamesha seemed to present a lingering, negative mood when re-directed, although this is an area Jamesha will need to continue to demonstrate improvement. Jamesha and her peers participated a volunteer …show more content…
Jamesha stated she has learned a lot about herself and is trying to not “let my emotions get the best of me”. In addition, Jamesha expressed intentions to continue to give a 100 percent in school and to improve her relations and judgment of her peers. Family/Clinical Progress: Jamesha has continued to actively participate in group and individual counseling. In MRT, Jamesha passed Steps 5, 6, 7, and is currently working on step 8. Step 5 is about awareness and taking responsibility for your actions. Step 6 is about becoming a good force in the world and helping others without regard for receiving anything in return. Step 7 is about establishing goals, and Step 8 is about establishing the action plan to fulfill goals. A memorandum was submitted to the court on September 23, 2015, reflecting the need to amend services involving Mrs. Angela Tuck’s participation as a result of her hostility towards Post D program staff, therefore family sessions were unable to be held. We are still at this time uncertain how we will be able to proceed to facilitate home passes when Jamesha acquires her Level III. We will continue to be willing to re-visit Mrs. Tuck’s involvement if we are able to re-establish effective communication to schedule the home passes and Mrs. Tuck agrees to fulfill the parental supervision responsibilities as required by the program. It is important to note that Mrs. Tuck did submit Jamesha’s educational GED permission