Alysia Hohbein
Case Study #3
1. What are some good questions to ask the family and the child? Meaning, what else do you want to learn?
a. Family: How old was she when her father passed away? What did her and her father have in common? What do her teachers say about her performance and behavior in class? What has changed in her personality since her father died? Have you had any big changes happen since 911? What seems to trigger her depressing moods? What classes does she struggle in the most? Is she developmentally delayed? How old was she when her dad died?
b. Child: What kinds of bad dreams are you having? Do you have any friends now? What do you do for fun? What did you do with your father for fun? How often do you have these bad dreams? …show more content…
It would be especially important to focus on and improve the areas of education, play, sleep, and social participation. The case study states that she has difficulty concentrating in class. This prevents her from learning properly and that is key to a developing child. She also has a dysfunctional way of involving herself in play. She plays alone and always has a sad life involved for the dolls and that is not typical child behavior at that age. Also, having little to no interaction with peers leads to a lack of development in friend making skills. It is also stated that she wakes up crying for bad dreams. That is one area of occupation that affects all other areas of occupation: sleep. It is well known that without a good night sleep it is difficult to be well prepared to take on the day. All the symptoms that she displays would lead to an increase in depressive moods and anti-social behaviors. This unhealthy for a child her age be so enclosed to herself and become detached from …show more content…
To me the most important area to focus on is her sleep patterns. I would start with talking her through her dreams to find the root of why she is constantly having these bad dreams. Talking her through these dreams might lead to more problems that she deals with unconsciously and is bringing them to the conscious part of her mind. This will help find more deep issues that she struggles with and bring them to fruition. This will bring up more issues to discuss in a variety of interventions. I would then go into her play habits to see how she typically engages in plays. For starters, I would spend time observing her in her natural environment during her play times. After observing her and testing her play style against the typical style of play for her age and see where she needs improvement. Her current learning capabilities are much lower than they should be. To help find a solution I would calculate how long her average attention span is through having her complete a variety of tasks. This test would focus on how long she keeps her attention and at what point she loses her focus and why she lost
Case Study #3
1. What are some good questions to ask the family and the child? Meaning, what else do you want to learn?
a. Family: How old was she when her father passed away? What did her and her father have in common? What do her teachers say about her performance and behavior in class? What has changed in her personality since her father died? Have you had any big changes happen since 911? What seems to trigger her depressing moods? What classes does she struggle in the most? Is she developmentally delayed? How old was she when her dad died?
b. Child: What kinds of bad dreams are you having? Do you have any friends now? What do you do for fun? What did you do with your father for fun? How often do you have these bad dreams? …show more content…
It would be especially important to focus on and improve the areas of education, play, sleep, and social participation. The case study states that she has difficulty concentrating in class. This prevents her from learning properly and that is key to a developing child. She also has a dysfunctional way of involving herself in play. She plays alone and always has a sad life involved for the dolls and that is not typical child behavior at that age. Also, having little to no interaction with peers leads to a lack of development in friend making skills. It is also stated that she wakes up crying for bad dreams. That is one area of occupation that affects all other areas of occupation: sleep. It is well known that without a good night sleep it is difficult to be well prepared to take on the day. All the symptoms that she displays would lead to an increase in depressive moods and anti-social behaviors. This unhealthy for a child her age be so enclosed to herself and become detached from …show more content…
To me the most important area to focus on is her sleep patterns. I would start with talking her through her dreams to find the root of why she is constantly having these bad dreams. Talking her through these dreams might lead to more problems that she deals with unconsciously and is bringing them to the conscious part of her mind. This will help find more deep issues that she struggles with and bring them to fruition. This will bring up more issues to discuss in a variety of interventions. I would then go into her play habits to see how she typically engages in plays. For starters, I would spend time observing her in her natural environment during her play times. After observing her and testing her play style against the typical style of play for her age and see where she needs improvement. Her current learning capabilities are much lower than they should be. To help find a solution I would calculate how long her average attention span is through having her complete a variety of tasks. This test would focus on how long she keeps her attention and at what point she loses her focus and why she lost