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