Assignment task: When Darin turned 10 years old, he was hospitalized for severe behavioral outbursts and depression. He was placed in a private psychiatric facility for two years and has shown little, if any, progress to date. Darin's medical records still do not note his traumatic brain injury.
1. What essential mistakes were made over time in the treatment of Darin's medical and educational problems?
2. What specific, serious behaviors would have alerted you as an educator, health care provider, or parent that new steps and actions needed to be taken to assist Darin?
3. Ideally, what steps and actions should have been pursued by the medical and educational personnel to address Darin's problems?
4. Provide a rationale for the steps or actions you have identified.