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Assignment:

Josie is a 15-year-old Japanese American girl who has just found out that she is two months pregnant. The father of the baby is Josie's 17-year-old boyfriend of one year. They are both in high school, have many friends, and are doing well in their classes. Josie's parents are first-generation Americans and hold conservative views on family, dating, marriage, religion, and roles for family members. For this reason, Josie is afraid of how her parents will react if they find out she is pregnant. In fact, her parents do not even know she has been dating.

At the insistence of her friends, Josie went to a local Planned Parenthood when she did not seem to be recovering from flu-like symptoms. The social worker at Planned Parenthood was not required to get parental permission to run a pregnancy test, but she wants to work with Josie to include her parents in Josie's decisions about how to proceed. Josie is reluctant to tell her parents: She is afraid her parents will disown her, and she is not sure if her extended family will offer any support, regardless of whether she decides to keep the baby. Josie's boyfriend has told her that he will not help her if she chooses to keep the baby. Josie also does not want to drop out of school, so she is trying to explore all of her options with the social worker. (Rogers, 2016, p. 171)

What would be an ineffective intervention/plan? Please identify and explain.