Evaluating A Child's Behavior

A thorough assessment of a child’s behavior is important to determine possible reasons for various aspects of certain negative behaviors. In this evaluation we will be taking a look at a six year old little girl, named Brandy. Brandy has two full time parents that are raising her and her siblings. They are a supportive family and are involved with their children the best that they can be. Brandy’s mom has just finished her degree from graduate school and is now working a job that has her away from home a bit more than before. Brandy’s dad works a full-time job, so therefore Brandy and her siblings attend an after-school program for a few hours after school. Brandy also has neighborhood friends that she plays with, along with her siblings. Brandy …show more content…
For example, “ A kindergarten age girl goes to school and expresses her feelings to a teacher or peer and the feedback she gets is not the feedback she was looking for, and when this happens time and time again, the little girl has her spirit broken and she no longer wants to share her feelings.” This is only a small example of so many reasons why a young child internalizes their feelings, due to mass socialization; this causes internal stress, which comes out as behaviors that can be seen in public places, such as school. This also causes anger in a child because they do not know what to do and how to express the buildup of emotions.
Although Brandy is now being pulled out of class for speech therapy to help her, the stigma of having to do so is another reason that children pick on her and tease her. Children can be cruel to those with special needs and because of Brandy’s lisp; she is labeled by her peers. The significance of being rejected by one’s peers is based on a child’s acceptance and successful interactions with said peers (Berns, 2013) and those that do not get accepted, are those that tend to be withdrawn, dishonest, socially unskilled, disruptive and unable to communicate easily (Berns,