James Matthew Garrison Case Study Summary

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On September 4, 1997, James Matthew Garrison was born prematurely in a hospital. His parents are Tyler and Anya Garrison (a young couple 23 and 27 years old) who unexpectedly conceived James on New Year’s Eve at a party at an upscale hotel in New York City. Tyler and Anya Garrison are a wealthy couple and are well-known in their professions. Tyler is a successful entrepreneur in the technology field, and Anya is a world famous, traveling fashion designer and model. They are both well-educated and brought up in high socioeconomic status backgrounds. Anya attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing (FIDM) and Tyler attended the California Institute of Technology. Their home is a mansion valued at 7 million dollars located
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The news was a surprise, and Anya was forced to quit her modeling career early. During these 4 months, Anya went out and drank often with friends unknowing of her pregnancy. When James was born, Tyler was in Germany speaking at a technology conference. James was kept in the hospital for three weeks due to his premature birth, and Anya used that time to vacation and de-stress in Mexico before she had to take on the responsibility of having a child. While she was in Mexico, Elena would visit the hospital daily to ensure that James was getting the care he needed and update Anya and Tyler about medical information. Elena brought James home and started taking care of him for a few days while Anya and Tyler were traveling back home to start their unexpected journey with …show more content…
They provided him with the best technology embedded with educational apps and many toys with academic purposes. They did not want him to go to daycare because they thought other children would be a bad influence. They hired many in-home tutors to make sure he was getting the best education possible. They had heard that children pick up on language well, so they hired English, French, and Spanish tutors to help him in his language and literacy skills. James seemed to enjoy learning and his intelligence seemed to be significantly above average. They made sure to give James many opportunities to bring out his natural intelligence. When James went through struggles and experienced failure, they would take away privileges to make sure he would learn his lesson. They hired a well-known piano instructor for him and found that he was gifted with musical abilities. Anytime he spent not working on language or academic development he would spend practicing on the piano. He developed a passion towards music and writing because it helped him express his feelings since he could not do so to his parents and even

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