1.) Biological (including neurobiological), psychological, social, and developmental factors that are important for understanding the child’s behavior.
Some of the biological and neurological factors that would be considered in this case are the effects of trauma on the child’s brain development. Applegate& Shapiro (2005) explained, “Thus, while the brain is thought to remain plastic and responsive to new experience throughout life, early childhood experience is particularly salient because the neuronal organization and structure of the brain is still in its formative stages” (p. 15). The child’s brain’s development could have been hindered resulting in a decreased Hippocampus. The child’s reduced hippocampus is unable to effectively regulate cortisol, a stress hormone. Unregulated cortisol levels may be causing the child’s temper tantrums. Traumatic stress can also reduce the size of the child’s corpus callosum. The reduction in size of the corpus callosum may have caused the child to fall behind academically. Corpus callosum is also responsible for learning and memory. The Amygdala area of the brain could have been negatively impacted by the trauma of the abuse resulting in the child …show more content…
The child notified her mother of the abuse that occurred in school, which prompted her mother to seek assistance for her child from hospital, pediatrician, therapist and church. The limitation of the dynamic systems theory in assessing this case is that the child’s stable environment could not have prevented the abuse from occurring. Dynamic system’s theory does not take into account how other variables such as culture and biases may affect outcomes and functioning of systems. The child’s family had a different culture. Cultural differences may have influenced how the child’s father responded and dealt with the
Some of the biological and neurological factors that would be considered in this case are the effects of trauma on the child’s brain development. Applegate& Shapiro (2005) explained, “Thus, while the brain is thought to remain plastic and responsive to new experience throughout life, early childhood experience is particularly salient because the neuronal organization and structure of the brain is still in its formative stages” (p. 15). The child’s brain’s development could have been hindered resulting in a decreased Hippocampus. The child’s reduced hippocampus is unable to effectively regulate cortisol, a stress hormone. Unregulated cortisol levels may be causing the child’s temper tantrums. Traumatic stress can also reduce the size of the child’s corpus callosum. The reduction in size of the corpus callosum may have caused the child to fall behind academically. Corpus callosum is also responsible for learning and memory. The Amygdala area of the brain could have been negatively impacted by the trauma of the abuse resulting in the child …show more content…
The child notified her mother of the abuse that occurred in school, which prompted her mother to seek assistance for her child from hospital, pediatrician, therapist and church. The limitation of the dynamic systems theory in assessing this case is that the child’s stable environment could not have prevented the abuse from occurring. Dynamic system’s theory does not take into account how other variables such as culture and biases may affect outcomes and functioning of systems. The child’s family had a different culture. Cultural differences may have influenced how the child’s father responded and dealt with the