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Assessment of Child’s Behavior

A thorough assessment of a child’s behavior is a very important and involved task. Too many times individuals look at the child’s behavior and label the child as angry, aggressive, troublesome, etc. In this assignment, you will begin to apply many of the different dynamics that could be in play in a child’s life. You will analyze a case study (the one that you identified in Module 2: Working Ahead) to create an assessment of a child’s behavior by identifying the child’s role in the family, school, and peer groups.

In this evaluation, you will ascertain the possible determinates of his or her behavior given what you have learned about the influences on a child such as family, peers, school, and community. You will review what type of role he or she may be playing in the family as well as in the school based on these dynamics. Keep in mind that this is an assessment of an individual in a community and not an introspective psychological type of assessment. Support your answers with information cited from at least two peer-reviewed academic sources and your textbook.

• Choose a case study from the list provided, if you have not done that already.
• Present the case by explaining the child’s behavior in light of your understanding of the ecology of the child. Give special attention to the following:
• Family and social environment
• Economic circumstances
• Health care access
• Physical environment and safety
• Behavior
• Education
• Health

Apply your knowledge of these indicators to explain possible determinates of various aspects of the stated behaviors in the case study.

• Given your understanding of the ecology of the child, of the family, and of socialization, identify the top three areas that seem to be the most influential in this child’s behavior. Support your answer with professional information from the text and two peer-reviewed research articles.
• Review the role this child plays in his or her family and how that correlates with the expressed behavior.
• Analyze the different theories of macrosystem and microsystem influences including parenting orientation and parenting style and how that impacts children. Then apply the theory that might best fit your selected case study.
• Review the role this child plays in his or her school and peer group and how that correlates with the expressed behavior. Analyze the impact of the school and the peer group as a socializing agent, and identify the key areas of impact of both in this case study.

Write a 6–8-page paper (in addition to the title page and references page) in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources, including use of in-text citations and full references. Academic sources could include your textbook, required readings for this module, or academic journal articles found in the Argosy University online library. Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M3_A2.doc.

Pick a case study

Case Studies for LASA1 and LASA2

Pick one case study and use it for completing both assignments:

Case study 1:

Brandy is a Caucasian girl, who just celebrated her sixth birthday, and is one of the youngest kids in her

first-grade class. Most of the school year has gone fairly well, but she lately has been having trouble at

school. Last week she disrupted class and threw her pencil across the room.

The teacher explained to the parents that she has been a bit “emotional” lately, but did not know why. Her

mom wondered if it was because she has recently transitioned from graduate school to a new job that

keeps her away from home a bit more than before.

Brandy generally likes school, but gets pulled out once or twice a week for special speech therapy as she

occasionally has some problems with a lisp. Her parents were hesitant about Brandy being pulled out of

class, but when she reported she was getting picked on at school by some classmates, they agreed to the

speech therapy.

At home, she has a supportive family and siblings (younger and older) with whom she gets along well.

Occasionally she will get into trouble for lying, but most often feels pretty badly about it once she is caught.

Her father also has a master’s degree with a full-time job, and she and her siblings attend an after-school

daycare program for a couple hours. She plays with the neighborhood kids and her siblings; however

sometimes Brandy has communication struggles with others due to her lisp. She loves sports, and just

finished playing soccer and is set to start t-ball within the next week or two.

Case study 2:

Brandon is an African-American eight-year-old child in third grade, who is in danger of having to repeat the

grade. He continues to struggle with being able to concentrate in class, and says he is “bored” when

students have to just sit and read; sometimes he talks and walks around the class and other times he draws

pictures and pays no attention at all. He frequently gets sent to the principal’s office for this behavior, but

does not seem to mind because the principal lets him play and gives him snacks (as he always complains

about being hungry). Often the principal compliments him on his artwork.

When his parents were told about his behavior, they were exasperated. The parents said he behaves even

more poorly at home, stealing and breaking his siblings’ things and sneaking food into his room. He even

has nightly bed-wetting accidents on a fairly regular basis (the doctor has ruled out physical problems as a

reason for these).

His mother works a part-time job at a local gas station when the kids are in school. His father used to come

home around dinnertime and was often tired; but he was recently laid off and is depressed and spends a lot

of time in bed.

Case study 3:

Jayant (or “Jay”) is a seventeen-year-old Indian student in his senior year in high school. He is taking

several classes at the local community college as part of an accelerated honors program. He never really

wanted to take these college classes, but was pressured by his extremely domineering father, who is a

professor of physics at one of the local universities.