Comparing socialization and medical care

Comparing Socialization and Care

Activity		Home		Crabtree Home
		Angel	Catrina	Angel	Catrina
	Youth Bible classes and activities	X	X
	MDA Camp, events and activities	X	X
	Choir Camp				X
	Youth WELS Camp				X
	Confirmation Class	X	X	?	X
*	Sedgwick County ARC day camp			X
	ROCKO	X	X
	Girl Scouts	X	X
	Special Olympics	X	X
	Zoo classes	X	X
	Playing outside with friends	X	X
	Made to stay inside			X	X
	Daily Bible Study	X	X
	Family Devotions	X	X
	Hymnology	X	X
	Church Service during the week	X	X
	YMCA Classes	X	X
	River Fest	X	X
	Listener Appreciation Concert	X	X
	Families Together	X	X
	Visit Maternal Family	X	X	X	X
	Visit Paternal Family	X	X
	Bowling	X	X
	Swimming	X	X
	1 movie/ month	X	X
	Fishing	X	X
	Life skills in the home	X	X	X	X
	Life skills out of the home(laundry mat, shopping, eating healthy )	X	X
	Self-esteem boosted	X	X
	Proper medical care	X	X
	Proper dental care	X	X	?	?
#	Choosing proper care givers	X	X
	Severe weather plan	X	X
	Fire safety plan	X	X
	Practice the 2 plans	X	X
	Safety with teens	X	X

 

*We did not send Angel to this day camp because she does not handle loud noises very well and needing naps in the afternoon because of  her having Mitochondrial Myopathy.

# Crabtrees have allowed these people to care for Angel and Catrina:

Roy Ekstein- chronically ill, falls asleep and hard to wake up, and abused Teresa Owen as a child and adult.

Nikki- Sheila’s friend. She was investigated for abuse and neglect of her son. Her husband was getting ready to separate and possibly divorce her because she did not properly care for their son.

 Angel and Catrina are punished if they cry. TFI Wichita social worker was present when Catrina told us this. Catrina gave the example of when she went with Sheila to a roller skating rink. She had fallen several times. She started to cry. Sheila told her to stop crying immediately or else they would leave. She also stated that Catrina’s crying was embarrassing. When they were leaving, they were crying and Angel stated we better stop or Aunt Sheila will be mad.

 They are also punished if they come up stairs except to eat meals, use the bathroom, and go to bed. They do not go outside to play. They only watch TV 3 days. Sheila and Jeff are upstairs watching TV.

 Angel and Catrina like to go window shopping and walk the malls. Sheila does not.

Angel is chewing her hair because she is not allowed to chew gum. Shepherd told Sheila that Angel is not autistic. This is not true. I give Angel gum at our visits. She does not chew her hair after I give her the gum. Pink erasers at school may be chewed on or are missing. Teachers were telling me prior to us allowing her to chew gum at school, that erasers and erasers on pencils were chewed on or missing. Some autistic children need to chew on something to calm down. The special education teachers and therapists also noticed when she was chewing gum that her attention span increased and answered questions faster. There was an article in the Children’s Mercy Hospital newsletter which stated that someone did a study about how chewing gum affected children in the classroom. The person discovered that children got higher grades and did better on tests.

Angel is not being allowed to use her leg braces. Angel and Catrina are not taking their medication for Mitochondrial Myopathy.

 

Eye Sight table

Child	Home before 1/20/11	Foster home and Crabtrees
Angel	Reading glasses	2011- eyes checked about 2-3 months after her eyes were examined in November 2010- same as at home reading glasses. 2012- vision blurry without glasses 2013- vision more blurry without glasses.
Catrina	Reading glasses- doctor stated that she could get glasses or wait because her exam is borderline for needing glasses.	2011- eyes checked about 2-3 months after her eyes were examined in November 2010- same as at home reading glasses. 2012 – stronger reading glasses. She did not wear them or bring them at visits. There were visits that we read and wrote things down. 2013-bifocals

 

 

 5/4/13 supervised visit: Angel has bruises on her arms. She would not tell us how she got the bruises. Angel is also losing weight again. Care givers have been warned about her losing too much weight. Catrina was not wearing her glasses today. We told her that she does not have to wear them but must bring them with her just in case we read or do any writing.