A Case Study: Social Work Practice in for Child who Have Intellectual Disabilities

The social work intervention processes applied on a child with mental disability is discussed in this article. In the discussed case, T.K. is fourteen years old and is an inclusive student in the seventh grade of secondary education. Because he had behavioural in class and his teachers did not want him in their class, he was directed to the special education class of the school and he was ensured to continue his education there. The academic success and behavioural patterns of the special education class have been followed, during this period, he and his family were interviewed and what can be done at individual, family and community levels has been discussed. The case was evaluated in terms of general social work approach and the implementation of school social work and other alternative social work models in order to solve the problems of the T.K.’s attitude towards inward and outward behaviour