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luestions i askecl him. \,4,iren I asked him,.vir.i he riiil not reter ro N{i'. Ficllel as latht:l', he starei
,hzrt he ilici not r,1,ant ro.
Harnza easii.,' r-esponded to m.r' qLlestions abc-rit his fayourite ti:ings to c1o .ritir eircir ci
his p.at'er:ts, hi-c intei'esrs, and.,rhat he clc,es or: a typicai clav ai ezrch home. At cne point. I-Iar.z:i
i;ecan-ie very seriorrs, and -rpcntaneousiv st:rred tl.tar he',r,ished Nloirarnecl rvould stop sa-virg bad
tirings abont his mother. When { asl*cl irini to ieil n:e i,vhat he meant, Fiamza pr-o.iideci
exampies of the negatir,.e statements Mr. Fidjel hacl r'eooltecll','macle aboLrt N{s. SiuroLrssa in the
presence of bcth chikl'en. I'Iamza starecL that .i\.h'. Frcljei hacl told. hirn, "N{',' mcrirer ls senciing
nonev to Aigel'ia anrj stealing Ii'om the i;ra1l: accoilnts to open a baliery." I-Ie ir:clicatecl that he
hacl ask-ed him mother and "she said si-re isn't and tha: i shoulci just ignore N{ohailed." i-Ie
tirrtirer elaborated ..vhen I asked him rvhat eise he tircught i needeci to linorv. When I askecl. ire
admitted that his nrotirer-had o..'elhearcl some of the qr-iestions I had aslteciWalid, and that she
had prornpted I{amza to share that infblmation .,vith me. Flamza statecl that he rvants
"NlchameC to stop talking about N{om... but he'Il ner-er stop and I don't w,ant io see him r-rntil
he tloes." i-Iainza insisted that Mr. Fidjei ]rad told hin "u,e (N{r. tridje} and the cliildren) u,ili go
to I{ea','en togetirer ancl she (fuIs. Simoussa) u,i1l go to I-Ie}i because of the rvay she thinks ancl
lives... she brings in her boyf iend" then defended his rnother staling, "bLrt he's (the pulpolteci
boyfi'iend) just her fi-iend." Llamza stated. "i rvouid lilie him to change his name ca-l1ing and
lying ancl be rnor-e patient and not call so much rviren ire comes to picli us Lrp and not say yolr're 1ate, you'r'e late." I-Ie continuecl, "FIe says bad things aboLrt our mother so I don't tmst
him." When aslied if he felt he loved his {ather',I{arnza ansr,vered, "Sort o{."
I-Iarnza describecl N{r. Fidjel's hor-rse as ":r rress" and that it usLra}1y has "toys all over t}re
place," ancl Mr. Irid.jel had ticlieci r"qr the day I visited. I{e stated, "FIe (iUr. Iiidjel) br-rys to,vs
almost every time u,e conle over... rve don't neecl toys rve neecl him to cirange his beiravior-u'."
ir{r. Fidiei reporteclly toic} Flamza to "tell Nancy rve have thlee dacis"" I-Iamza indicatecl that at
Mr, Fidjei's home, "a1i three" of then: are in ciralge, there ale no rLrles, and that he is not
expected to pLrt his tirings a\Yay.

By contrast, Hamza indicated "lvfom" makes the rLries in her home that he is expected to
obey. FIe stated, "Mostly I do that," and erplaineci that if he br-ealis a rnle ]:e has a "timeoltt...[and]...lve stay on t]re stairs for horv m.uch years \.\,e are." I{e described his rveeliclay
rolrtine. I-Ie aclinorvleclged that ]re rvishes ire corrld spend rnore tirne u,ith his rlotiier, blrt
lecognised that she rvas going to school so she could get abetter.iob.
I-Iamza aclmitted thzrt at N'Is. Simoussa's home, tirey usuaily hal'e soup or something
iig-hter flor'lLrucir than rvhat they had on the clay of m)r visit. IIe ollbred that occasionally thel'
get to have "KFCI or lvlcDonalcl's... sometimes Subway-.- N'loharned says the rvoriiers clon't
u,ash their hands - I clon't beiieve hirn."

Behavioral Assessrnent System for Children, second edition (BASC-z)

Parent report. Mr'. F'id.jel ancl Ms. Simoussa each completed tire Par-ent Report ]Ior:in.
scales on Mt'. Iridiel's Parent Report {bl I-Iarnza sr"rggest that he rated I{arnza's
behaviour more severely than is r.varrantecl. Additiona-1ly, it appears thar N{r. Ficliel rvas
inconsistent, givine diflbrent resilonses to itetns that ash aboLrt the same thing. I-Ie rated
I{am;:,a ir-r the Clinically Signilicant range on a nurnber of scaies, includins l-ll,peractivitv 1o$,t,
percentiie), r\gglession (99'l' percentile), ConciLrct Problems (99'l' percentile), rvhich combineci,

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