Case study

Section A

 Profile
Name: John Ashley Gading Sales

John ashley G. Sales is 6 years old, the second and youngest son of Mr. Glenn and Mrs. Gemma Sales. They live at 49 mangga street camarin area D, caloocan city. He is a kindergartener at Unit II Camarin D Elementary School. 

 Section B. Joining Process

. In my case study, the child is not too close to me because he used to live with his grandfather in the province. His mother is a regular customer of my mom. They are our neighbors so since the child has not stayed long with his family, I felt that the child was having maladaptive behavior that I often heard of from some of our neighbors. I started to talk first to the mother of my client.  I set some questions to gather all the information that can help for what I wanted to observe from the behavior of their child. Of course I treat them as friends so they feel comfortable with me.  This goes for the mother and his sibling too. I made activities for the child.  I gave him a coloring book and toys while I asked him questions. Like the other therapy, ”The psychoanalytic therapy”, I encourage the child to speak and say whatever he thinks.

Section C

  Presenting problem

•    Based on my resources the child was often involved in violent disturbances especially with his playmates and classmates. But when I spoke to the mother of my client she was not aware of the behavior of her child. She denied the negative or maladaptive behavior of my client existed, although she admitted that her child was hyperactive and aggressive sometimes.

•  According to Ms. Jonalyn Paragas, teacher of my client, she noticed that John was having a problem with his behavior. Sometimes John was involved in fights with his classmates. One of them when John was trying to get the pencil and color of his classmate maybe because at this stage child develop their ego centrism and aside of that reason they both have similar brand of pencil and color that's why John was thought that the materials is own.

D. 1 Psychosocial history
                                      Time line

 

 D.2 Genogram

D. 3 Sociograph

               Sociograph in school
                    Name 3 of your classmates that you would like to share your foods during break time

 Sociograph in the home

Members of your family that you would like to be with you to go in the park

D.4 Personality dynamics for self mastery

               The child has initiative to do his assignments, even some  basic chores like cleaning his room and putting away his toys. He enjoys watching movie cartoons like ben ten and spongebob. At his young age he has good physical abilities and is stronger than other children.

D.5 Personality dynamics for relationships

                The child is not too close to his sister, they often fight and they are not compatible to play with each other. The mother is trying to be fair to her 2 children even though she admitted that her son John is very stubborn and aggressive. That’s why she understands there’s a conflict between her eldest and youngest. But the eldest is very understanding. Sometimes John was being selfish and he wanted to get everything that his sister had like pencil, toys and food, even though he already had his own. But the good thing for John is that he knows his limitations.

         

D.6 Personality Dynamics for Action

               

             At his young age John can eat by himself without the care of his mother. John is not picky, he eats what his mother prefers for him. But in terms of bathing he still in the care of his mom. His mom said John will wait as long as she lets him to take a bath. John can do his own assignments without the guide of his parents and teacher.

               In his school environment most of his classmates said John was too naughty and stubborn. That’s why some of his classmates  don't  want to be his friend.   

  E. Theoretical Framework

In this diagram it shows that the child was affected in his behavior by his environment and family relationships. This concept came from the theory that Albert Bandura studied about the cause of aggressive behavior in some children.

• According to the social learning theory of aggression, people learn aggressive behavior from watching other people display them. It should be noted that although individuals might learn aggressive behavior, they do not necessarily engage in it.

This theory states that people choose to continue aggressive behavior because they are rewarded when they do so and that punishment for aggressive behavior, as well as the modeling of appropriate behavior, can reduce it. Modeling is a crucial part of the social learning theory of aggression. Many of us have met individuals who have been raised in environments where there was a great deal of aggression being modeled.

F. Prognosis

         

            In my case study process, I noticed that the child has difficulty communicating with others.  He has only a few playmates and friends. The mother of my client was not aware of her child’s behavior. When I asked her she denied that her child was having a conflict with his classmates, friends and even his sister. As I can see the child was being spoiled by his mother.  But since I talked to the child, every time he saw me he called me a teacher and said to his friend, "she is my teacher next year".

G. Therapeutic Plan

In this kind of misbehavior of my client the best thing to do is to help aggressive children in the same way we help shy children, teach assertiveness! Of course we are coming at it from a different angle. The first step in changing the pattern of aggressive behavior in this child is to develop a sense of empathy. I will observe and discuss with my client the emotions of others to help him understand how people feel when they are treated badly. TV and books are useful tools for teaching our child to recognize the feelings of others. Treat our child with empathy and respect, and he will learn to treat others the same way. In order to accomplish my objectives to change the misbehavior of the child I have a story that is related to the mistaken behavior of my client.

G.1 Knowledge Building  

At the end of the case study the client Child must: 

• To develops his cognitive thinking skills; comprehension/understanding 
• To know how the child affect his behavior toward to his friends and classmates
•  Build background knowledge   

G.2  Skills Building
At the end of the case study the client Child must:

•       Develop interpersonal skills 

•       Value of time management skills

•        Listening skills

G.3 Attitude Building
At the end of the case study the client Child must:

• Appreciation of other works and things
• Be independent
• Increase positive attitude
• Develop self reliant

H.Therapeutic Intervention

I. Therapeutic Progress

                    

•  J. Therapeutic Result
  
  
  I conducted activities together with a playmate that served as his classmate.  His playmate is only a 4 year old.  From the activities that I made the child was interested to learn and listen but I observed that his misbehavior was always involved.  When I started to tell the story his playmate was restless and did not want to listen so my client always called him, beat him and carried him to his seat back on the floor. And there were times my client always wanted to have a competition with his playmate/classmate. Then after we read the story, I think my client was relating to the situation of the character of the story because he let his playmate play with his toys. Then when we were in our next activity my client was annoying his playmate to join in our activity and I tried to explain to my client that his playmate was too young to play with his Rubik’s. From those activities my client shows his improvement in how to appreciate the feelings of others.  At the end of our activities John and his playmates enjoyed sharing and playing with their toys.
   

• K.
  Summary
  
  
  
  

  This case study describes the mistaken behavior of my client.  His name is John Ashley who is aggressive, hyperactive, and stubborn with his family, friends, and classmates. To become effective the therapist should first build a good relationship with the subject as well as with the family. The next step is to collect all the information regarding the misbehavior of the client. The parent, teacher and classmates gave their observations and experiences on how John was being involved in the problem. On his time line its shows the reason/cause of him being aggressive, hyperactive and stubborn. On the sociograph of school, John has only a few friends while on the genogram of his family the relationship of John and his elder sister has a gap or long distance that shows they are not too close as siblings. Since the child has a problem in terms of interaction, I conducted some activities that can help the child to realize the importance of communicating in a proper way. One of these activities is storytelling; the story was being effective to my client because he shows improvement how to communicate well to others.
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Conclusions

  I therefore conclude that John shows improvement with his behavior.  The process was effective that shows to John the importance of relationships with his family and friends and also the appreciation of the feelings of others. Now John seems happy every time they are playing and also John has an idea how to treat others especially his elder sister. And as a therapist we should have patience with our client and wait until the child is wholly developed to recover from his mistaken behavior.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Recommendations

  I recommend that the parents is still continue their support, love, care and understanding of the behavior of John. But the parents should know the limitations of their son, instead of spoiling them. Parents should know/be aware of how the child develops their mistaken behavior so that we can prevent it as soon as possible. 
  

  
  
  Implications to education and Assessment of young children

  
  
  This case study helps us to understand the emotions and feelings of our client and that we need to provide a learning environment in order to help them change their mistaken behavior. This process takes a long time to become effective. As a therapist/teacher we should be aware of the background experiences of our students, so that we will know what their needs are and how to improve them. This approach is one of the best ways to build a strong relationship and to get trust of our client as well as his family.  As a second parent of our students one of our responsibilities is to teach and guide them to have a better life in the future.