Case study of Hanah, 5years old (part 3 - Sections I, J, K and L)

Section I : Therapeutic Progress

Section J : Therapeutic Results

     To develop the communication skills of the child not only to her peers but also to the adults is the aim of the activities that is being presented to the child as well as to the develop the ways of thinking of the child in terms of how the family works on. so as the study goes deeper, the progress can be seen little by little. The child relationship to the other peers is better than before. Their quarrel is less and their misunderstanding is seldom. In the aspect of her family, I think she realizes what she should be as a part of the family. As I ask her relatives where they are living now, They say that she is less stubborn than before. She follows the task as what the others is asked. And when it comes to her father, she i always reminded of what her father wants to be. She thought how important of the others to her. I also notice that she build a good relationship with her sister as we go through some of the activities.
     If this will be continued, The child may built a good relationship among others as well as she will develop her personality as she grew up. With the help of the other members of the family , this will be possible to happen.

 Section K : Summary Conclusion

Summary: The 5 year old child named Hanah, is living with her mother and sister but not with their father as of now. They are living in the house of their relatives while her father is in their province to seek for some job. the presented problem is about on how she will deal with the others. She is not neglected by others but she feel some difficulties in dealing with them. Not in her peers with her same age or even younger than her, but into the adults that she's living together. As a result, she become stubborn and hard headed. Yet they can still control them. Her mother points out that she thinks the main reason behind her problem is that they are not living together with their father. A the study goes on, I made up to the developmental theory of Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development and Sigmund Freud's personality development, the id. I develop some of the activities that may help to encounter  some of her problems that I don't think she is aware of. As we go through the activity, I find it hard to initiate the activity to her, although some of the activities caught her interest. Even though she shows a few of her interest in some activities,. still she accomplish it.

Conclusion: I therefore conclude that my client's child maybe shows some mistaken behavior because of what her mother points out to be the cause of the problem. As children seeks attention, usually they cannot distinguish whom the persons that gives attention to them including the reason that she is searching for the care and guidance of her father. There are some tendencies somehow that the care that the other lay to their children is misinterpreted with the young ones and makes them think that they are restricted. So in this case , I also conclude that adult should explain clearly to the child what they need to know for a better understanding.

Recommendation: I recommend that it is better if the child will have writing journal so that she can write the things that she feels or the things that happen to her everyday. Even though writing is a difficult one, the important thing here is that she knows how to write. At least whenever she doesn't feel to say what she feels, she can write it with her journal. Even the simplest sentence or even word will do. As long as there is something that she can tell of. I suggest that it is better if she will be guided by some adults in doing it.


Section L : Implications to Education to Assessment of Young Children


     Education plays a vital role in each individual. To impart the knowledge to the young ones and help them develop their skills and abilities in many aspects is the primary goal of the teacher. As a teacher, a catalyst, a facilitator and an educator, assessing young children is one of our responsibility. As we assess, we learn things about the child's behavior and how they deal with their environment. As far as we can observe this young ones, the more that we become an effective teacher. Because we can easily deal with how the child behaves therefore, we can go beyond their learning.
     In relevance with this case study , we can use this as a basis in the teaching and learning styles to a better development of skills and knowledge of p. We all know that case study is based on an in-depth investigation of a single individual in connection with the behavior of its subject. In using case study in teaching, we can provide opportunities for the development of key skills of the students in terms of communication and problem solving allowing the active learning together with the application of theoretical concepts that connects the gap between theory and practices. Most of all, it can increase child's interest and enjoyment to the topic and hence their desire to learn. In Bonwell and Eison 1991; Sivan et al, 2001, it is documented that students can learn more effectively when actively involved in learning process and case study approach is one way to have active learning strategies.

Case Study Of Hanah, 5 years old ( part 2 sections E, F, G, and H )

SECTION E : Theoretical Framework

     The case of Hanah, age 5, she is in the stage where they begin to plan and initiate activities with other. as a result they feel secure in their ability to lead others and make decisions (Erik Erikson's Psychosocial development) As like Hanah, since she is in the point of adjustment that she needs to adapt with her new environment. She can initiate activities with her friends as well as in the classroom. A child as a part of learning where in there is an interactive mix of intelligence, motivation, experience and other psychological factors. It is ongoing process of continual adaptation to our environment, assimilation of new information and accommodation of new input to fit with prior knowledge.
     In the process by which behavior is either modified or changed through experience/training. In this sense, learining refers not only to an outcome that is manifestly observable but also to attitudes, feeling and intellectual processes that may not be obvious. According to Hanah's mother, she is a kind of person that is stubborn yet active and lively. Even without her father, she still living in a natural way. But there are times that they cannot avoid it.
     In one study, of Sigmund Freud, psychoanalytic theory. psychoanalysis emphasize unconscious forces and unavoidable conflicts in early childhood. He levels the personality known as the iceberg point of view of personality where he link the mind to an iceberg. The conscious it the portion above the surface of the water. It describes as the limited aspect of the personality because only the small portion of our thoughts, sensation, etc.exist unconscious awareness at any time. And this is what the other is observed to the child, how she behaves and what the other sees is the personality that makes her distinguished. The middle part is the pre-conscious which describes as the storehouse of memories. This is what is being observed. As some of her experiences are described during the gathering of the information those that only she remembered can be considered in this part. While the last part which is not observable yet not stated is consider as  the most important part. This is where the driving power behind all behaviors are placed. Involving personality may described or the ways of behaving of an individual adjustments to his environment. It also includes characteristics that are important in the person's adjustments and maintenance of self-respect. 


SECTION F: Prognosis

   

     Children of the age 5 are egocentric, they think only about their own side of the relationship consequently, they focus on what they want the other child to do for them. The thinking is in the here and now within the act at hand. So whoever the child is playing with at this very moment is the friend. As like in one Hanah's experience about her friend. When she is with Allona they hate Andrean and when she is with Andrean, they hate Allona.

     In the aspect of how the child do activities like eating, she usually eat well but not every meal. At her age, most children will able to like only the familiar foods. They also become aware of other family member food dislikes and declare that they too dislike this foods.

     Aside from the indicated data that is being gathered and the problems according to the persons involved the child describes as a 5-year old which lives together with her mother and sister to the house of their relatives. Since the child is not living with her father, emotions and attitudes on the child may around. Before they transferred here in Manila, the child is living happily with her family and relatives in Negros. But that was before her mother got sick and her father need to go back to their province to work on for his family. Through this problem, the child may feel the difficulties when it comes to adjustment here in manila in terms of her lifestyle, the people around her and of course living without his father. As what the data tells , she is often misses his father and maybe the cause of being her sick as as they go here. The feeling that her mother is by not her side. Because she is sick as well as his father which is not also here. Because of this reason her father needs to work to sustain the family needs. Well maybe. it is good that he gained a lot of friends in a short span of time. But the reason behind her being stubborn is maybe because his father is not around although there are other people that can't took care of her, but the guidance of her father is another thing.

     This case of problem is natural for those in the adjustment period and who are living without their father. But at the young age that it happens, I don't think so. Maybe a five year old child may don't have enough understanding for this, but I think its enough to say that she feels that something is missing with they way she lives. In the time line, most of the events that she described is particularly happen in Negros. the place where she lives before they moved here and on the interview about who is the closest friend with her in the school she also says all the friends that she knew in their province without knowing that all I need is inside the classroom. At this point, maybe there is something in her mind that creates. Maybe it is all about how will she cope up with her knew environment with the help of the other people around her she is soon on the right track as she go on. But what if as the time goes by that she realize everything? Now we can observe that all she's doing can be described in her conscious personality.

     Research on the children of depressed parents clearly documents that depression in parents is associated with problem of adjustment, disorders and depressions in their children. Depression in childhood, it is more likely more pervasive problem for female. John Bowlby (1989), believes that insecure attachments a lack of love and affection rearing on the actual lost of parents in childhood leads to a negative schema. The schema that is build during early experiences causes children to interpret flatter and loses has yet other failures in producing, and during and use positive relationships. From Bowlbys view early experience especially those involving loss, create cognitive schema that are carried forward to influence the way flatter experiences ate interpreted. When this new experiences involve further loss the loss participates depression.

SECTION G: Therapeutic Plan                       

 G1- Knowledge building

     At the end of the case study, the child must build knowledge about her role not only as a part of her family but also her part for others, She should know that she has still a role or part in the family even though she is consider by the others as the youngest one. Another is that how will she control herself when she was looking for her father. She should realized that even though her father is not around, she still have her mother and sister and other relatives.

G2- Skills building

     At the end of the case study, the child must build skills about how she will speak or talk with adults in a nice way, that she still shows  her respect and it will not look like that she's saying nonsense thing although if you will make some sense, you can see her point. Aside from that, the child should also have the knowledge on how she will interact in a nice way. Although she gain a lot of friends, she should be careful on how she will interact with others.

G3- Attitude Skills

     At the end of the case study, the child must learn the attitudes toward her sister, how she will deal with it as the older one, her relatives on how she will interact with it in a respectful way as well as to the adults. And of course, she must build the attitude skills toward her peers, on how she will cope up for them to build the trust toward her.

SECTION H: Therapeutic Intervention

Case Study Of Hanah, 5 years old (part 1- sections A, B, C and D)

SECTION A : Personal Data Summary

Name: Hanah Tambirao

Age: 5 years old                                                                    Gender: female

Height: 118 cm                                                                      Weight: 21.5

Birthday: April 4, 2005                                                           Birthplace: Camarin Caloocan City

Religion: Roman Catholic

Address: 655 Area-A Camarin Caloocan City

School: Camarin Main Elementary School

Father’s Name: Bonifacio Tambirao                                             Occupation: Driver

Mother’s Name: Maria Marylou Tambirao                                   Occupation: Sewer

Birth order: 3rd

Role of the Child: youngest

No. of Siblings: 1

Name of Siblings: Hazel Tambirao

Interests: Eating, Playing, Watching tv, Biking

Brief description of the Child:

          To look a Hanah, you will see a healthy and alert girl. She has a confidence that makes her stand out among the others. Tall enough for her age. She has a long black hair with a clear eyes. She is anxiously aware of all around her and with a warm and smiling face, she can be fiend with all the child in the neighborhood.

SECTION B:  Joining Process

  

   Hanah's Family is one of our closest neighborhoods. She is really an energetic person.  She is a picture of a child that seems to have nothing to worry for. But it makes me think that what if behind her smiles is a problem she always thinks of. I heard some of the stories about her and her family. And that’s the reason why I chose her to be my subject in this study.  I think no one will think that they will not going to like this young girl and so her family if ever they will meet them. They are really nice. This is also one of the reasons why I choose her as my subject.

    I expected not to find the thing that makes her sad for some time but to find the thing that gives her strength even though she and her family faces some challenges in their life. As I go further with this case study, I might notice some of problems but I am hoping that with the help of her and her family together with the other people as well, I will understand deeper this case study.

 

SECTION C: Presenting the Problem 

                       

     As I conduct this study, Mrs. Tambirao is the one who presents the problem of Hanah, her child. Well there is no doubt that Hanah is an energetic, lively and jolly person. First the problem that is presented is that Hanah is stubborn and hard-headed. She follows if only she like to follow. It seems that she is hyperactive or maybe she is just an active and lively child. She also always has some quarrels with her sister. But one time, she got sick and she is looking for her father at that time. She also asks her mother when they will go home.     

     According to Mrs. Tambirao, her family is living with their relatives here in Manila but last year, they are living in Negros. Hannah, together with her mother and sister, choose to stay here because of the reason that before, Mrs. Tambirao got sick and they need a good hospital that will treat her. Aside from that, they need a big amount of money to sustain their expenses and bills in the hospital. And so his husband still needs to work to help in their expenses. He left his family here together with their other relatives. With the help of many people and of course the God from up above, Mrs. Tambirao got cured. But Hanah’s father is still staying in the Negros. They decided to stay here even without the only man in their family. 

     Now they are happy living here but they cannot avoid that they need money for their expenses especially now that Hanah and Hazel is studying here so Mr. Tambirao cannot move here to Manila because he needs to work for his family. So she thought that this is the mail reason why her child become stubborn and hard-headed and have some difficulties in dealing with others.

SECTION D: Psychosocial History

D1 - Time Line

• Three years old when she first got dent
• At the same age, she remember the she was running in the shoreline in Negros when she stumbled and got a wound on her knee
• At the age of four, she remembered her birthday party with the whole family.
• At that age again. she remembered her Grandfather's birthday
• Because of  her broken tooth, at the age of four, she go to the dentist for the first time. She remembered the pain that she felt after that.
• Age the of five, She remembered her first birthday without her dad.
• At  the age of five, she got an achievement and have her first speech.

  

 D2: Geno gram

• Filemon and Felicicima get married but Felicicima died at the age of  70 on the year of 2005.
• Filemon and Felicima got 10 children. five boys and  five girls.
• There offsprings are Crispina, Lucila, Mercy, Myrna, Narciso, Marylou, Eddie, Oscar, Rey and Noel
• The youngest (Noel) at the age of 29 and died on the year of 2004.
• Erlinda and Mamerito got married and they are now both 70 years old.
• They have four offspring, namely: Bonifacio, Marlyn, Analiza and Christine
• Filemon and Felicicima's daughter, Marylou got married with the first-born child of Erlinda and Mamerito, Bonifacio
• Marylou and Bonifacio got married and bore 2 girls
• Their daughters name , Hazel and Hanah

D3: Sociograph

D4-D5-D6: Personality Dynamics

D4: Self -Mastery

     “I’m naughty and stubborn” she said. She admits she is that kind of girl. She love to make friends as many as she can. And by playing, she gained friends. One time, she tells that when she is with Allona, they hate Andrean and when she is with Andrean they hate Allona. She loves to interact with so many children out there. She also said that sometimes she feels timid but it it’s only from the start. When the hours passed by she did not feel that anymore instead she wants to play again. And she also said that sometimes she misses her father so she tends to call her uncle as Papa. In relevance with this, she also misses their lifestyle in Negros and also her cousins, playmates, and all the other people there. But now, she did not feel this often because she loves the way she lives here.

D5: Personality Dynamics Relationship

      Everybody who knows Hannah says that she is energetic and a jolly kid. Her cousins who lived with her say that she is naughty but nice. Even her uncle and auntie say the same way. She is also stubborn, they added. Her mother says that her child is also friendly even a one-year old child became her friend. She noted that every time her playmates will go across to their house, they always ask “Si Hanah  po?”. Her mother also added that she is kind of pedantic person. One time, her mother asked her if she already eat her medicine, and then she answered “Ma, nakakain ba yung gamot? Diba, iniinom yun?” In another incident her mother asked Hanah that her school called, she answers, “Ma, nakakatawag ba yung school?”. The other persons in the house agree with it, her mother added that she and her sister always have a quarrel but it will not last long. Her teacher says that Hanah is intelligent and an active child in their discussions and so her classmates say the same way. Hanah is the youngest in their house so when someone is commanding her and she did not follow, it is alright with them.

D6: Personality Dynamic Actions

     Hanah loves to play with her playmates. She is more often outside of their house rather than staying inside their house but in times that she has an assignment and she have to study, she still do it. Actually, sometimes she can answer her assignments without the help of others. Maybe she really loves to play but still her interest in studies always there. When it comes to household chores, she follows her mother and other adults in their house only if she wants to follow. But because she is the youngest, they were not able to ask some commands to her. She eats only the food that she likes. You cannot force her to do something if she did not like to.