Michael is a 20-year old homeless African American male. He constantly moves from one place to another with fear of being harassed and chased by police. He did not graduate high school and is currently working at a fast food restaurant making minimum wage, making it difficult for Michael to afford an apartment. He wants to enroll in a General Education Development course so he can apply for higher paying jobs, but unaware of how to find an affordable program to attend. There is considerable diversity of incidents that took place prior to Michael being homeless. He was raised by an alcoholic and abusive mother, ran away from home for the first time at the age of eleven because his mother was drinking and hitting him. At sixteen, he left home
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The theory has been developed by an American psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner primarily focused on the person and environment are inseparable and must be considered jointly (Lipsitt and Demick, 2008). The inherent qualities of a child and the characteristics of the external environment which the child finds himself in interact to influence how the child will grow and develop. This collegial relationship between the person and the environment caused the ecological system to be organized into five levels of external influence: Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Marcrosytem and Chronosystem (“Bronfenbrenner,” n.d., para. 1 ). The microsystem by definition is the smallest and most immediate environment in which the child lives. This microsystem comprises of the home, school, day care, and peer group or community environment of the child. Interactions within the microsystem typically involve personal relationships with family members, classmates, teachers and caregivers, in whom influences are interchangeable as Bronfenbrenner, 1979, p.188 views as the “scientific study of the progressive, mutual accommodation, throughout the life course between an active, growing human being and his or her environment”. Depending on how these groups or individuals interaction with the child will affect how the child grows. More nurturing and more supportive interactions and relationships will understandably foster the child’s improved
The theory has been developed by an American psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner primarily focused on the person and environment are inseparable and must be considered jointly (Lipsitt and Demick, 2008). The inherent qualities of a child and the characteristics of the external environment which the child finds himself in interact to influence how the child will grow and develop. This collegial relationship between the person and the environment caused the ecological system to be organized into five levels of external influence: Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Marcrosytem and Chronosystem (“Bronfenbrenner,” n.d., para. 1 ). The microsystem by definition is the smallest and most immediate environment in which the child lives. This microsystem comprises of the home, school, day care, and peer group or community environment of the child. Interactions within the microsystem typically involve personal relationships with family members, classmates, teachers and caregivers, in whom influences are interchangeable as Bronfenbrenner, 1979, p.188 views as the “scientific study of the progressive, mutual accommodation, throughout the life course between an active, growing human being and his or her environment”. Depending on how these groups or individuals interaction with the child will affect how the child grows. More nurturing and more supportive interactions and relationships will understandably foster the child’s improved