Belonging In Bronfenbrenner's Transactional Ecological Theory

There are many important factors to consider to explain Vincent’s situation. By acknowledging Bronfenbrenner’s transactional ecological theory, according to Wilmshurst (2015), “interactions between the child and the environment are ongoing and transactional, such that changes at one level can influence changes at other levels” (p. 15). Therefore, it is understood that the environment and all surrounding factors have an impact on Vincent. The individuals whom Vincent interacts with daily affect him the most, while belonging into his microsystem. For instance, his mother, father, aunt, maternal grandmother, and paternal grandmother are Vincent’s closest family. Moreover, Vincent is exposed to risk factors, such as neglectful and abusive parenting styles towards him, which affect his physical and mental state. Vincent’s independent behavior is most likely contributed by the way he was raised in his family. For example, his mother relies on him to do many tasks around the home by himself, hence why he is independent. Further, the Child Protective Service workers influence Vincent by placing him in foster care. Vincent is also quite clingy to Andrea and well as his foster mother, possibly because Andrea and Vincent share a bed together, which …show more content…
Culture impacts how society feels about Vincent being diagnosed as autistic. It seems as if Vincent’s mother does not acknowledge that Vincent is autistic, possibly because of negative connotations that society believes. Moreover, by being a low-income family affects Vincent because he has limited resources. Not to mention, Vincent is exposed to living in a single-mother household, which has a negative stigma in society, and could be another factor of being in “the system”. Therefore, since Vincent’s family might be below the poverty line, they most likely have more risk factors, which caused the behavior of Vincent’s parents to put him in