Quan Substance Abuse Case Study

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Quan’s life is complicated, like a cat’s cradle of bad choices and negative outcomes. When Quan was 11, his dad was arrested suddenly. Quan’s mom and boyfriend were abusive and they had two children together, Gabe and Deja. Who Quan tried to take excellent care of? Quan was 11 years old when his dad got arrested Quan's drinks spilled over when a cop slammed him on the ground as he watched his dad dragged out and cuss when they finally got outside he saw his dad getting knocked out by the police this is Quan this makes one scared and filled with anxiety so he started screaming and kicking the air and peeing himself luckily his neighbor was there to take him in and when Quan was trying to clean himself off in the bath he tries to drown himself …show more content…
He was the father to Gabe and Deja. Dwight was not only physically abusive but also emotionally for every little thing you did wrong and the white eyes disrespecting him if you came home late or talked back all of his misguided anger will go to Quan's mom Quan's mom let all the abuse go on. Dwight was able to keep this going on because she was financially dependent on him and every time after a beating he would leave for a couple of days with him you couldn't do anything to make him happy he was a paranoid drunk who beat the mom when he found out about her savings and he took the savings and the EBT card and left his family starving for a week. Quan’s relationship with his siblings is a strong sense of care on his end. Quan always ensured his siblings had good role models, even though they lived in a hostile environment with Dwight. When Quan was in seventh grade, he had a test coming up but wanted to do better than any test he had done before for Gab and Daje, so he studied very strenuously for …show more content…
See Quan cared for his siblings more like a parent than a brother? Quawn got in a lot of trouble. Quawn would do anything for their siblings like one time the wife stole the EBT card and the whole household was starving so Quawn went to the store to sell a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter so his siblings could eat. Quawn also got arrested for still keeping the guy's phone and trying to sell it because he needed to buy his siblings and new shoes when he first met his siblings, but he still loved him. Quan's first arrest was over a pack of cards he had plenty at home, but this was also the first time his mom had to pick him up from the precinct. Quan’s second arrest was over stealing this white guy's phone to buy his younger siblings some new shoes for school. Quan’s third arrest was something way more than the thief he was charged with murdering Officer Castillo. When Quan was in lock-up, he had his Miranda rights violated. One thing he did though was write consistently to Justice. When Quan was in lock-up, he also had a panic