coping mechanisms

Use harvard referencing method, CASE STUDY MR Stephen williams has been a widow for threee months, his wife Tracey of 10 years died suddenly in a car accident which left the older child david with permanet disabillity- he has lost the movement in his right hand and required physiotherapy and support to write with his left hand over the next few years. Stephen has been referred to you as he is drinking heavily, unable to sleep and is angry and short tempered with his children.he is currently off work and that is causing his employers concers as he is the manager of a busy outlet in llaneli and the employer has asked for him to have a review to see if he is fit to return to work. stephen has support from his mother and father as well as his mother and step father in law, however thr relationship between the both sets of grandparents have become difficult as they disagree in the way to support stephen and the children, one couple (stephen’s parents) want to take the children away for a fortnights holiday to give stephen a break and time on his own whereas Tracey’s parents belive the children should be with their father and near them as they need every one to support them. stephen since his loss of his wife has been using internet dating sites to ‘find a mother’ for his children as he is adamant that without a mother his children are not going to be able to cope with their life neither is he going to be able to keep them. Consider this case study: WHAT COPING MECHANISMS IS STEPHEN AND HIS SON DAVID USING? WHAT SUPPORT IS THIS FAMILY NEEDING? AND HOW COULD YOU HELP HIM TO PROGRESS? PUT IN CONSIDERATION PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL ASPECTS, THE FAMILY NEEDS” ROLE OF GRANDPARENTS” IMPLICATIONS OF JOB books to be used: ELIZABETH KUBLER ROSS ( Death and dying 1969) Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies by J. william worden