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The Client System: Field Placement
The field placement is a program within Lydia T. Wright school of Excellence and is called the School Violence Prevention Program. The program was the inspiration of Lawrence Shulman, a former director at the University at Buffalo. The program was created in conjunction with Child and Family Services of Erie County (Gustafson & Mason, 2013). This collaboration no longer exists, however, and the School Violence Prevention Program is now solely under the umbrella of the School of Social Work at UB. The program attempts to target some of the problems that threaten the safety and security of the children, school violence. In particular, the program is focused on preventing the issue of bullying. The program provides several types of interventions including individual counseling, group counseling, victim bully mediation, class room information presentations and student award incentives.
The Lydia T. Wright School is a public school in Buffalo, New York. It services a student body of approximately 736 students (NYSED, 2011). It should be noted that unlike prior years, NYSED information for Lydia T. Wright does not have information about the current number of students attending the Pre-K program as it had in previous years. Located on the East Side of Buffalo, Lydia T. Wright is composed primarily of African American students. Making up an average of 92% of the schools population, African Americans are the schools majority cultural group. The 3% and 4% is divided between White and Hispanic/Latino students respectively. Of the 736 students enrolled, 83% qualify and received free or reduced lunch (NYSED, 2011). This is due to the low socioeconomic status of the school's attendees.

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