User talk:Cransom77

Charles Armani Denzel Washington Ransom Jr. The 3rd Was born in San Francisco, California.(May 11th 1997)Also known as Young Ransom, is an American singer and song writer. Was born a Drug baby from Potrero Hill Hospital. Charles was separated from his mother and lived in three or four different homes. He was 4 years old when he went into foster care. A special care rate of 588$ has been authorized for this child. The rate is being given because documentation for this received indication that the child has extraordinary medical and/or emotional/behavioral problems. Therefore it is expected you will need to provide extra care and attention to provide for the needs of this child. It is recommended that Charles participate in weekly psychotherapy to address his feelings of abandonment and loss. The therapist should be sensitive to Charles's language processing disability, especially his compromised expressive language. Art therapy is good approach that will be less demanding on Charles language skills. Monitor Charles continuing adjustments to his foster family and notify his therapist should his mild depressed mood fail to improve over the next couple of months or worsen. Charles Is slow to trust and bond to others. It is important for his caretakers to acknowledge this and not feel discouraged by Charles's own pace of adjustment. Speech and language therapy twice a week. Give Charles extra help time when he has oral presentation on class, reduce competing background noise by having Charles sit away from fans, traffic noise, etc. to lesson interference of receptive language. Make sure Charles understands what is said to him by asking him to repeat direction back to speaker. Keep oral directions short and clear. Repeat them and use visual cues to help with comprehension of directions. If Charles is not following directions or unfocused make sure he heard and understood clearly and accurately. Avoid use of ambiguous language when talking to Charles. If such language is used be sure to explain the inherent meaning of statement. Because Charles has delayed language, he has difficulty communicating and understanding the language of adults and children. Charles is comfortable to play alone, he is unlikely to pursue joining others. This in turn can leave Charles feeling lonely at times. Charles was noted not to be focused at school and rolling round on the floor when others were sitting in a circle. Charles did this not out of defiance but rather because he did not understand the directions due to difficulties with speech and language. As Charles gets older and becomes more complex Charles is at risk of feeling very frustrated with not understanding what is going on socially or academically. This puts him at risk of future emotional and social difficulties. Charles is a sweet quite boy who's strengths are his willingness to make attachment to people he feels safe, his compliance and good sense of social conventions and appropriate standards of behavior. He is trying his best to fit in to his new home and get along with family members. Charles has a learning disorder, Not Otherwise specified. Some words to describe Charles, Fidgety, restless, squirmy, Excitable, impulsive, runs about, difficult to control, Inattentive, easily distracted, fails to finish things he starts, leaves seat, disturbs other children, difficult waiting his turn, messy and disorganized. Does not follow through on directions, Needs close supervision to get through assignments, avoids activities requiring sustained mental effort. Many factors may influence weather his maturity level matches his age. He often replied to cards with the same story line as the first. Multiple stories of a sad boy who hadn't done his homework, often he labeled feelings in the picture that were incongruent with his description of what was happening in the picture. For instance he says "the mom and dad are kissing they are sad". While detailed description are difficult for Charles to provide it is clear that he identified repeatedly with sad feelings. When asks what his 3 wishes would be, Charles responded, "I Wish mom could come to dad's house, I wish mom could spend the night and eat at her house". Charles has a tendency to see the world and relationships in a idiosyncratic manner. Charles works very hard at grasping the meaning of events and circumstances in his life. He wants to please others and is very compliant. He tends to avoid emotionally charged situations as these make him uncomfortable and confused.