Social Competence

According to Newman and Newman (2015), negative feelings stemming from rejection cause children to withdraw socially. This is the child’s method of protecting themselves. In this case, social competence seems to play a major role in Tracy’s described behaviors. Parent-child relationships play a very important role in social competence for children. The reflection of parent’s behavior and discipline carries out into the child and can have a negative or positive effect in the children’s social interactions with others. Confidence and performance work hand in hand in this case. Tracy seems to be ignored by her parents and excluded. With positive social competence, he can learn to manage these social complexities. Ways that Tracy’s parents can enhance social competence is to provide more different social experiences, supportively talking about emotions and communicate, and being role models for him. …show more content…
Tracy is receiving pressure from his parents to excel academically. Tracy is not able to express himself and do things he would like to do that make him happy as a result of the pressure placed on him.
The family has had major stressors in the last year and it would be beneficial to weigh out all options in this case. From a professional perspective, this family would benefit from family counseling as well as marriage counseling for the parents. According to McAllister et al. (2011), multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are common in mental health services. MDTs are basically members of different professions working together to provide care for the individual client. An MDT can consist of a case manager, school counselor, family counselor, and mental health