Antwone Fisher Case Study Summary

Case Analysis of Antwone Fisher
Synopsis
Antwone Fisher is a man who grew up in the foster care system of Ohio, suffered physical and sexual abuse, and eventually aged out of the foster care system. Like his many prior foster children contemporaries, Antwone ended up on the streets of Cleveland, OH and did what he could to survive (United States Senate Finance Committee, 2013). One day, he found himself standing outside of a U.S. Navy recruitment center; with the help of his recruiter, Antwone found his way off the street and he eventually attended Navy Recruit Depot, Great Lakes, IL (Finance Committee, 2013).
Case Analysis
Demographics
Antwone Fisher is an African American male, who is in his mid-twenties, born to a working poor woman

Subsequently, the author questions the level of care and produced anxiety that they received within the correctional facility in the late 1950s (Finance Committee, 2013). According to Farmer (2009), “[The child’s] sensitive developmental period (i.e. more sensitive to environmental input) is primarily in utero, and insults that occur during this third trimester of pregnancy can adversely affect brainstem functions (e.g., sleep, feeding, self-soothing)” (p. 89).
Habits
By his own admission, Antwone does not have any substance use/abuse habits. That stated, Antwone was chronically volatile with others whom he saw as a threat to his person and his confidence (Washington, 2002).
Community Influences While in Cleveland, Antwone experienced many negative community influences. As a foster child, he was placed in a low income/high street crime area (Washington, 2002), which is typical of the majority of foster placements (Shook et al., 2009). While growing up in his second foster placement, Antwone’s friends often bullied him. Also, foster care social workers were not attentive to their charge.
Medication Use None reported.
Head Injuries and Impact on