Case Study 5-CPS
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Haziz is a first-year clinical outreach athletic trainer at Washington High School. He is contracted to visit the school daily beginning at 1 p.m. On a seemingly normal Wednesday, he arrives a bit early. It is District Track Championship Day and there is a lot to do before more than 200 athletes arrive. Haziz is in the middle of setting up the hydration stations when Isaiah comes to the Athletic Training Room noticeably limping.
Isaiah is complaining about his left hip hurting and is very concerned because he is entered in four running events, all sprints. He does not want to let the team down as he is the anchor on the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relay teams. Haziz performs his assessment and determines that Isaiah is suffering from trochanteric bursitis. When asked what happened, Isaiah is very evasive, and provides an answer that does not quite fit. Normal treatment for acute bursitis is instituted.
Haziz is still puzzled by Isaiah’s answers concerning the mechanism of injury. He continues to prod and probe Isaiah for what really happened. Isaiah’s body language and evasive answers raise Haziz’s suspicion further. Finally, Isaiah acquiesces, explaining that he and his father had a “knock down drag out fight” last night. “We both got licks in,” Isaiah said. “But my dad got the best of me when he hit me with the baseball bat…two good whacks to my left hip.” He then added, “Don’t tell no one ‘bout this, it’ll make my dad go crazy and he carries a gun!”
Haziz was shocked; he had grown up in a small, rural town and was unaccustomed to this type of
problem. Washington High School was a mid-sized inner-city school in Texas with a low socioeconomic background. At this point, Haziz felt “out of his league.” Unsure what to do, he instructed Isaiah to resume his warm-up and stretch again as he did earlier. He would check on him later. Haziz then went to seek out his good friend, the basketball coach.
Coach Devers was a “grizzled veteran” of 20 years coaching at the high school level. Haziz relayed the story regarding Isaiah to Coach Devers. The coach thought for a while and explained to Haziz that Texas law mandates a secondary school teacher notify Child Protective Services when abuse is suspected. Haziz was unfamiliar with CPS, having moved here from a different state. Coach Devers explained that it was the state Department of Child Protective Services and their function was to protect children from abusive homes. Coach Devers told Haziz to go to the front office and speak with one of the counselors who would guide him on how to report the suspected abuse.
Haziz found Jilla, the director of the counseling department, in her office. He explained to Jilla the account that Isaiah had related to him. Jilla agreed with Coach Devers that Haziz needed to contact CPS and would assist him. Haziz was transferred to a person at CPS who took his statement about the alleged abuse. Following giving the report, Haziz returned to the Athletic Training Room to continue preparations for the track meet.
Haziz saw Isaiah not too long after returning to the Athletic Training Room and explained to him
that, by law, had to report the alleged child abuse. Isaiah was very upset, muttering, “This ain’t good, this ain’t good” as he stormed out of the Athletic Training Room. Isaiah would not respond
to Haziz’s repeated attempts to get him to come back.
About four hours after returning to the track meet, Haziz heard his name being called from the fence around the track. He walked over to the gentlemen calling his name; it was a police officer from the city in full uniform, with his right hand on his pistol. With obvious rage in his tone of voice, the officer said, “I’m Isaiah’s father, what right do you have to accuse me of hitting my kid?” At this point, Haziz was scared; he had never had a confrontation with a police officer. Haziz walked away.
The track meet was over and Haziz was getting ready to go home at 11:00 PM. As he walked to his car, the thought suddenly entered his mind…is Isaiah’s father waiting for me?
Analytical Questions
1.
If Haziz had not reported the abuse, what would be the moral, and ethical complications?
2.
If Haziz had not reported the abuse, what could be the legal ramifications?
3.
Do you see a potential problem with the father confronting Haziz at the track meet? Explain why.
4.
Do you think there is a potential problem with the father being a police office? Explain why or why not?
Application Exercises
1.
Write out a better way for Haziz to answer the father’s question.
©National Athletic Trainers’ Association 2013
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