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With regard to treatment resources for Wayne County residents, the following are programs that serve Wayne County and its residents:
- There is the Dick Van Dyke Alcoholism Treatment Center, which serves many counties, including Wayne. The center is located in Ovid, New York.
- There is the Finger Lakes Addiction Counseling and Referral Agency (FLACRA), which provides crisis centers, outpatient treatment for adults and adolescents, and a halfway house. There is a center in Newark, New York, which is located in Wayne County. There are also other centers in surrounding counties operated by FLACRA.
- The Clifton Springs Hospital Addictions Recovery Center has a program in Wayne County.
- Hannick Hall is a residential treatment program for women with alcohol/substance abuse problems located in Newark, New York and is run by the Catholic Family Center Restart Substance Abuse Center.
- There is also the Wayne County Substance Abuse Counseling Program located in Lyons, New York.
- Wayne Behavioral Health Network runs a program called the Wayne Substance Abuse Services program.
- A program in Geneva, New York called the Chemical Dependency Detoxification Program serves Wayne County residents and is operated by Geneva Regional Health System.
- There are 12-step programs including Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and Alateen groups in Wayne County as well as a Narcotics Anonymous Chapter.
- With regard to prevention and education, there is the Delphi Drug Abuse Center, which has a program for Wayne County youth in the form of prevention counseling services.
- The Council on Alcoholism & Other Chemical Dependencies of the Finger Lakes has a prevention, education, information, and referral program for Wayne County.
Based on the scenario indicating the community resources available in Wayne County for alcohol and substance abuse problems, do the following:
- Identify 2 types of programs that you believe are lacking in this community.
- State why you believe this community would benefit from the 2 types of programs that you identified.
- State what populations each of the programs you identified would serve.
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Based on what you have learned about available community resources in Wayne County, New York, and based upon your work with Mr. Potts, prepare a report to Supervisor Rexford that identifies at least 3 community resources (these can be any combination of treatment, prevention, education, etc.) that you believe would be an appropriate referral for Mr. Potts. For each community resource you identify, address the following:
- Why do you believe it to be an appropriate referral for Mr. Potts specifically?
- What do you believe Mr. Potts will get out of the referral to this resource?
- What is your goal for Mr. Potts in terms of referring Mr. Potts to this resource?
- Rank each of the 3 resources to which you referred Mr. Potts, from most needed to least needed.
- You should also address whether you believe this community lacks any resources for Mr. Potts to which you would have made a referral if it existed in this county.
BELLOW IS MR. POTTS HISTORY
Effects of Alcohol Abuse
Parents have a lot of influence on child`s behaviors. Children usually look at their parents as role models hence the actions of the parent should always teach the children the right behaviors. Good parenting entails the parents teaching their children the best behaviors to enable them to lead a better life in the future. The actions of Mr. Pott, therefore, have a lot of influence on the behaviors of his children. As the father and husband in the family, he is the head of the family hence his family depends on his decisions. The actions of Mr. Pott, therefore, impact significantly on his family members. The medical condition Mr. Pott is having affects both his children and wife negatively. The deteriorating health of Mr. Pott forces his family especially his wife to stay close to him in hospital. Mrs. Pott, for instance, is very stressed by the continued behaviors of her husband. She is left with the responsibility of bringing up the children in the family.
Since Mr. Pott barely interacts nor spends time with his children, he does not help her wife to guide and advise them. The medical health conditions experienced by Mr. Pott is worsened by his alcohol drinking habits which the doctors have warned him against. The continued drinking of Mr. Pott affects his wife negatively as it results in the neglect of his duties as a parent as well as deteriorating his health. As such, Mrs. Pott is left with all the responsibilities of ensuring the children are taken care of as well as staying with her husband whenever he is admitted to a hospital. This stresses her a lot. The children of Mr. Pott are also affected significantly by the medical condition of their father. The children are stressed as evidenced by Cindy`s body mutilating behaviors as well as regular lashing at her parents both behaviorally and verbally.
Alcoholism leads to an individual being irresponsible since they spend most of their time taking it. This leads to the person failing to have time with their families. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism also lead to poor health of an individual. The medical conditions of Mr. Pott can, therefore, be associated with his alcohol drinking habits. As a result of the medical condition and alcoholism, Mrs. Pott is left with the responsibility of taking care of their children something which seems to stress her. Cindy, their 11-year-old daughter, suffers both emotionally and psychologically leading to his lashing and body mutilating behaviors. Sarah is left with no option but to sympathize with her father. All these effects are as a result of alcoholism and alcohol abuse of Mr. Pott.
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