Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You allow the girl to stay in the class.
You decide to avoid a conflict with the parents of the young girl and allow
her to remain in the class. The girl continues to have violent outbursts that
increase in intensity when you don't pay enough attention to her during the
exercises.
One afternoon, she gets too rough in class and knocks another girl out
cold, giving her a concussion. Fortunately, the girl recovers; however her
parents are furious that you were not looking out for their daughter's safety
-- and they quickly pull her from the class. Several other parents
who hear about the incident also decide to take their business elsewhere.
You now have a reputation for neglecting the safety of children while in
class. You find it harder and harder to find new clients. Your clinic faces
a bit of a downturn, and it takes years to get back to the point where you
began.
"I think I do make some pretty hard decisions in my job," says Susan Loman.
She's a dance therapist who now teaches dance therapy. "They are mostly clinical
decisions, like when a child in my group pulls a younger child's hair. I may
need to hold the child's hand firmly, and then redirect the child into a more
creative outlet, such as tug-of-war."