The Client System: Field PlacementField Placement is a program within the Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence and is called the School Violence Prevention Program. The program was inspired by Lawrence Shulman, former head of the University at Buffalo. The program was created in collaboration with Erie County Child and Family Services (Gustafson and Mason, 2013). However, this collaboration no longer exists and the school violence prevention program is now solely under the umbrella of the UB School of Social Work. The program attempts to target some of the issues that threaten the safety and security of children, namely school violence. The program focuses in particular on preventing the problem of harassment. The program offers several types of interventions, including individual counseling, group counseling, mediation between victims of bullying, classroom informational presentations, and rewards for students. The Lydia T. Wright School is a public school in Buffalo, New York. It serves a student body of approximately 736 students (NYSED, 2011). It should be noted that unlike previous years, the NYSED information on Lydia T. Wright does not contain information on the current number of students attending the pre-kindergarten program as was the case in previous years. Located on the East Side of Buffalo, Lydia T. Wright is staffed primarily by African-American students. Representing on average 92% of the school population, African-Americans constitute the majority cultural group in schools. The 3% and 4% are split between white and Hispanic/Latino students, respectively. Of the 736 students enrolled, 83% qualified and received free or reduced-price lunch (NYSED, 2011). This is due to the low socio-economic status of the school's students. The beginning of the paper......ce, 16(2), 198-208. doi:10.1111/desc.12016 Kreps, GL and Kunimoto, EN (1994). Effective communication in multicultural health care settings. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Lee, K. and Johnson, A. (2007). Child development in cultural contexts: Implications of cultural psychology for the early New York State report cards. (nd). New York State Bulletins. Retrieved December 1, 2013, from https://reportcards.nysed.gov/schools.php?year=2010&district=800000052968 Noltemeyer, AL and Bush, KR (2013). Adversity and resilience: a synthesis of international research. International School Psychology, 34(5), 474-487. doi:10.1177/0143034312472758Part of the Farm Bill: Food stamp reductions. (February 7, 2014). The New York Times. Accessed March 25, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/opinion/part-of-the-farm-bill-cuts-to-food-stamps.html?_r=0