After working with a 15-year-old girl with a substance abuse problem for several weeks, the child welfare social worker learns that the client is pregnant. She is unable to control her drug use, has left a rehabilitation program and does not wish to return and seems unconcerned with the potential serious health effects on her unborn child. The social worker's best strategy is
A. suggest that the client reenter the drug rehabilitation program.
B. seek to place her in a residential setting for the duration of her pregnancy, even if a court order is required.
C. notify the client that she can be compelled to stop her drug abuse.
D. discuss the problem with her obstetrician.
B. seek to place her in a residential setting for the duration of her pregnancy, even if a court order is required.
The client's lack of concern, immaturity, uncontrolled drug use and failure to adequately care for herself during pregnancy require a dramatic solution. The worker should find a setting where her drug use can be controlled, at least while she is pregnant. A residential facility is likely to be the best setting, even if it requires a court order or a child abuse petition.
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