Write a case study for the following from an Australian social worker's perspective focusing on the IAHA framework. A six-year-old boy, Nuku, of Cook Island descent from his father’s side, commenced at a private school in Moreton Bay. The school staff and students are predominantly from an Anglo-European background. A few students are from an Asian background. Nuku’s mother identifies as Aboriginal, originating from Sydney. She works as a graphic designer, volunteers at a Lifeline Op store, and is a member of a Bushtucker group. Nuku’s father is from Cook Island but his grew up in Sydney. He works as an Environmental Impact Assessor and is known locally as a good singer. They are expecting their second child soon. Both parents have large extended families who often visit them. It is a Cook Island custom to not cut the firstborn son’s hair until a hair-cutting ceremony is held. The parents planned to hold the ceremony when the boy would turn seven. In the meantime, for school, Nuku wore his hair in a neat bun. During the first Parent Teacher meeting, Nuku’s class teacher asked the parents about their academic background, and if they would engage a private tutor for Nuku as their curriculum standard was very high. She said children from non-English backgrounds found it hard. She also enquired about the tattoos on Nuku’s face and arms adding Nuku’s peers joked about them. In the second school term, the school counsellor contacted the parents about Nuku’s recent nail-biting behaviour. Nuku’s parents were called in for a meeting at the school principal’s office. The counsellor suggested that Nuku could be experiencing learning anxiety issues. The parents disagreed. During the meeting, the principal said the family didn’t quite fit this school and they should consider moving to a public school. Later that week, the parents were given notice that Nuku would be unenrolled if his hair was not cut and worn in accordance with the school uniform policy. The school uniform policy required boys’ hair to be cut above the shirt collar. Worried, Nuku’s mother shared her concerns in her Bushtucker group.
Write a case study for the following from an Australian social worker's perspective focusing on the IAHA framework.
A six-year-old boy, Nuku, of Cook Island descent from his father’s side, commenced at a private school in Moreton Bay. The school staff and students are predominantly from an Anglo-European background.
A few students are from an Asian background.
Nuku’s mother identifies as Aboriginal, originating from Sydney. She works as a graphic designer, volunteers at a Lifeline Op store, and is a member of a Bushtucker group. Nuku’s father is from Cook Island but his grew up in Sydney. He works as an Environmental Impact Assessor and is known locally as a good singer.
They are expecting their second child soon.
Both parents have large extended families who often visit them.
It is a Cook Island custom to not cut the firstborn son’s hair until a hair-cutting ceremony is held. The parents planned to hold the ceremony when the boy would turn seven. In the meantime, for school, Nuku wore his hair in a neat bun.
During the first Parent Teacher meeting, Nuku’s class teacher asked the parents about their academic background, and if they would engage a private tutor for Nuku as their curriculum standard was very high. She said children from non-English backgrounds found it hard. She also enquired about the tattoos on Nuku’s face and arms adding Nuku’s peers joked about them.
In the second school term, the school counsellor contacted the parents about Nuku’s recent nail-biting behaviour. Nuku’s parents were called in for a meeting at the school principal’s office. The counsellor suggested that Nuku could be experiencing learning anxiety issues. The parents disagreed. During the meeting, the principal said the family didn’t quite fit this school and they should consider moving to a public school.
Later that week, the parents were given notice that Nuku would be unenrolled if his hair was not cut and worn in accordance with the school uniform policy. The school uniform policy required boys’ hair to be cut above the shirt collar.
Worried, Nuku’s mother shared her concerns in her Bushtucker group.
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