The purpose of a child observation undertaking is to understand the human developmental process; to practice observational skills and to improve information-gathering technics as well as to illustrate the ability to analyze and apply learnt developmental theories. On Friday, 10/2/15, from 4pm to 5:45pm, a naturalistic observation method was utilized to observe a child for 60 minutes at her residence. Then the child’s mother was interviewed for 30 minutes. Goodwin and Goodwin (2012) defined naturalistic observation as a method of studying people’s behavior in their daily environment. The task of this observational paper are the following: 1) to describe and analyze the child’s behavior and her interaction with others, 2) to identify her developmental
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M at the door. The house is a two-story house, with 6 bedrooms, three bathrooms, a dinning room, a family room and a living room. The décor and furniture appeared to be of western style, except for the family room; which has a Middle Eastern influence. The family room, which is used as a prayer room, is decorated with a wall-to-wall red rug, is filled with a red and gold-oversized pillows and with matching red curtains. Hanging from the walls are family photographs and framed scriptures from the Koran. The observation started at 4pm in the living. Ms. M informed the observer, that her parents and sister are visiting friends and will not be participating in the observation. S was playing with her two cousins in the living room, when her mother asked her to come and meet the observer. She slowly approaches the observer, looks up at her, smiles and whispers “hi”. Immediately after greeting the observer, S returned to the living room, where she continued to watch an educational television show called “Team Umizoomi”. She runs back to set on the brown leather sofa and yells at her cousins to “move back from of the tv”. They sit on the sofa, but after one minute they return to their previous position. Then Ms. M announces that it is snack time; she hands each child a small blue plastic plate, holding two freshly made crepes. S grabs her plate and positions herself next to her 5-year-old cousin; …show more content…
M shared, that in 2010 S was diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes. Juvenile diabetes or type I diabetes is described by Hannon, Tupola, Ahonen and Riikonen (2003) as “…a chronic metabolic disorder caused by an autoimmune destructive process of the pancreatic beta cells, leading to hyper-glycaemia and to the insulin replacement therapy” (p. 262). There is also a hereditary component to juvenile diabetes. Ms. M reported that both her parents and grandparents are diabetics. Because Type I diabetes is a complex and chronic disease there are psychological and social factors. For example, to control the glucose level; one most monitor glucose level, monitor nutritional intake and manage their weight. There is a great stress on the parent to care for the child. Ms. M stated that she receives support from her family, who aid in controlling S’s glucose level. During the interview, S’s was instructed to check her glucose level and her mother injected her with insulin
M at the door. The house is a two-story house, with 6 bedrooms, three bathrooms, a dinning room, a family room and a living room. The décor and furniture appeared to be of western style, except for the family room; which has a Middle Eastern influence. The family room, which is used as a prayer room, is decorated with a wall-to-wall red rug, is filled with a red and gold-oversized pillows and with matching red curtains. Hanging from the walls are family photographs and framed scriptures from the Koran. The observation started at 4pm in the living. Ms. M informed the observer, that her parents and sister are visiting friends and will not be participating in the observation. S was playing with her two cousins in the living room, when her mother asked her to come and meet the observer. She slowly approaches the observer, looks up at her, smiles and whispers “hi”. Immediately after greeting the observer, S returned to the living room, where she continued to watch an educational television show called “Team Umizoomi”. She runs back to set on the brown leather sofa and yells at her cousins to “move back from of the tv”. They sit on the sofa, but after one minute they return to their previous position. Then Ms. M announces that it is snack time; she hands each child a small blue plastic plate, holding two freshly made crepes. S grabs her plate and positions herself next to her 5-year-old cousin; …show more content…
M shared, that in 2010 S was diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes. Juvenile diabetes or type I diabetes is described by Hannon, Tupola, Ahonen and Riikonen (2003) as “…a chronic metabolic disorder caused by an autoimmune destructive process of the pancreatic beta cells, leading to hyper-glycaemia and to the insulin replacement therapy” (p. 262). There is also a hereditary component to juvenile diabetes. Ms. M reported that both her parents and grandparents are diabetics. Because Type I diabetes is a complex and chronic disease there are psychological and social factors. For example, to control the glucose level; one most monitor glucose level, monitor nutritional intake and manage their weight. There is a great stress on the parent to care for the child. Ms. M stated that she receives support from her family, who aid in controlling S’s glucose level. During the interview, S’s was instructed to check her glucose level and her mother injected her with insulin