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Assessment Of Pharoah Rivers (There Are No Children Here)

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Assessment of Pharoah Rivers
(There Are No Children Here)
Boimah B. Karmo
Neberaska Wesleyan University
Abstract
Pharoah Rivers is a nine-year-old boy and the fifth of eight children. He is like any other nine-year old child that loves to play and seeks daily challenges. Pharoah and his family live in Chicago in the Henry Horner projects; a public housing complex that's overflowing with gangs, drugs, and the infliction of pain on others. Pharoah stays with his mother, LaJoe, and his siblings. His father Paul Rivers often come around, but because of his drug problems, he has lost respect from LaJoe and his family. Though he has some difficulties, Pharoah is an outspoken child who loves to be around his older brother. When necessary, Pharoah finds time to enjoy the peace and quite and to be with his thoughts. Living in the Henry Horner projects forces many children as young as Pharoah to experience trauma, causing them to either become immune to the harsh conditions or to end up to live in fear.

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT At the beginning of the story Pharoah was nine-years old and had not reach puberty yet. According to Zastrow, and Kirst-Ashman, puberty for boys’ begin between the ages 11 and 14 (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013, p.279). Pharoah has not reach his …show more content…

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