ECED13-Final exam

ECED11- (Flores, Epino and Bembenuto's questions)_My Answers

Flores' Questions:

1.How are you going to maintain good interaction with in your family?

           - according to a survey the good relationship of the family starts with the simple bounding, by giving time for each other and spending it wisely for communicating with the each members.for me it is our practice to take our dinner together, through that we will know and range our family member's mood.that's it by spending some significant and quality time for my family.

2.Is it good to have a pattern of leadership and power manifest in the family? Why?

           - for me it is a YES, I can say that it is important to established the pattern of leadership inside the family in order for us to know ho to set our limitations and to give the utterance to the respect that we must give and we also gain.

Bembenuto's Questions
1. What is the biggest problem that your family encountered and how your family overcome with that problem?
                 - Financial problem...As always...

      - I think the biggest problem that my family have encountered was when my parents decided to be separated. that took 2 years,since my brother didn't attend his schooling and decided to  live with my father in our province. My mama and papa finally choose to be friends again.And until now they were going stronger this coming Marh30, 2011 they will be going to celebrate their 25th anniversary.

2. Are you ready to have a family in the near future, and we as future parents also, what were going to do to build a good relationship with in your children, are you going to establish also a rules and regulations around your family?

        - no I'm not yet ready...but of course it is expected that for the very near future we will be parents. as future parent, i think I am going to set rules for my family but not to the extent that my family will be in jailed with that because i want them especially my children to feel the freedom that they needed.

Epino's Questions:
1. What do you think is the reason why expertise attitudes and as well as specific concepts are important categories for the family therapy practice?
       -maybe because there are bigger problems that may arise and we must gratify ourselves out of that problems.
2. What is the importance of knowledge about ethical issue in a study of family therapy? 

       - knowledge is really important for that matter,it may help the person in doing things correctly. Without the knowledge the means of the decision appropriateness is nothing it is a must.

 3.What is the difference between naturalistic change and therapeutic change?

        - from the word itself naturalistic means the factor of the nature or environmental factors are considered.While the therapeutic change it is about handling a problem in our own ways.   

ECED13-"Summary of My Report"(existential approach)

Existential Therapy

   

Historical Development

         -Existential therapy is rooted in the philosophical writings of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.they introduced existential thought to Western Europe,and it was their work to established the footing for several influential philosopher, including Albert Camus Jean Paul Sartre,Martin Heidigger and Martin Buber.

View of Human Nature

       -Existential is alternately religious,aesthetic and anti religious. it emphasizes hope and optimism as well as despair and nothingness.in short the existentialists do not agree on the basic view of human nature.

Goals of therapy

-help the clients to know their purpose in life.

Function of The Therapist

       -help the clients be aware that they have the worth to live by.And help the clients restore ethier personal meaning of life.

 

Major Methods And Techniques

     -The methods used by the therapist are varied. however typical course of the therapy begins with the client's circumstances at the moment. paradoxical intention which requires the clients to act against their anticipation of fear, is sometimes used. Dereflection is an approach on treating excessive self observation, obsession or self attention.

ECED11-"My Case Study"

A.       PERSONAL DATA OF THE CLIENT CHILD

Name:  Maria Raizen R. Somook

Birthday: May 18, 2005

Birthplace: Caloocan City

Gender: Female

Age: 5 y/o

Address: Phase 3, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City

Guardians:

Marife Somook

Wilfredo Somook

Religion: Baptist Christian

B.  JOINING PROCESS

     

      Maria Raizen R. Somook was preferred by her auntie named Gina Somook Hiquiana as she witnessed her behavior towards them everyday. She strongly believe that the client child should be given a chance to change her attitude gradually by means of making her aware of her negative side while she is still young and easy to be molded.

     Mrs. Hiquiana told me to observe her niece (Maria Raizen) because she gets very “attention seeker, “she added that maybe the reason behind that was when    her mother gave birth for her youngest sibling last June 2009. She used to call her niece “salbaheng bata”. According to Mrs.Hiquiana that was just her own impression towards her niece’s behavior as well as her mother and father. Aside from the elders that surround the client child at their area, I also asked her teacher  Ms.  Lorenzo about the child’s attitude, the teacher told that the child was active and sometimes behaves as overly active that makes her classmate become annoyed at her but Ms. Lorenzo include at her statement that she didn’t want to subject the child but she was just being honest.

C. PRESENTING PROBLEM

 THE PROBLEM STATED BY MRS. GINA SOMOOK-HIQUIANA

       A sunny afternoon that was February 21, 2011 Mrs. Hiquiana and I discussed about Maria Raizen’s behavior problem. Mrs. Hiquiana almost sound complaining about the problem to her niece, she said that there are a lot of instances that she observes that the child making things that are badly annoying. At their house his eldest brother (assuming 15y/o) who’s often taking care of her was very lenient at the client child that was another idea for Mrs. Hiquiana, to think that the child mislead for being so stubborn aside from being attention seeker.

     The client child’s auntie told me that one morning she have seen the child running because her playmate get hurts by her, although that was very typical to a child to be sometimes “makulet” Maria Raizen is really different according to her auntie. She added that Maria Raizen is fond of making others angry with her because of her attitude. Another observation by her mother, Mrs. Somook said that she observe her daughter’s attitude last 2009 after her delivery of her youngest child at first the client child seen as excited one to see her new sibling but when she give a lot of attention to her youngest child as needed and she said honestly that she just let the client child to play outside and do whatever she want and it seemed that she is a bad girl since then. Mrs. Somook also thought that she’s lacking the guide her child needed to be like that. She add that even inside the classroom when she ask the teacher of the child of how she behaves towards her classmates she said that the child is always in troublesome, the child grabs her classmates’ things, she hurts her classmates and according to her teacher she finds difficult to take her down for sometimes.

D. PSYCHOSOCIAL HISTORY

    D.1 TIME LINE

Description:

     The time line above showed some of the significant events in the life of the client child. At the age of one to three every birthdays of the child, her parents spent effort to celebrate the child’s birthday and that was valued by the child but at her 4^th birthday there was no party anymore because according to her mother she is still lying on her bed that time because she delivered her youngest child 1 month ago that was one of the saddest birthday according to the child. The child sent to the preschool as kinder last June 2009 at first she cried because she doesn’t want to go to school but as times on and on she used to go at their school alone. But last Nov. 2009 her mother called at the school because the child got hurt her classmate because the classmate of hers did not want to show her answer. Last June 2010 the child transferred at the other preschool because a lot of parents there at her old school tend to be angry with her. Dec. before Christmas the child become angry with her grandmother because she scolded the child because as usual the client child hurts her playmate so to take her down her grand mother scolded the child in front of the other children outside there house. Recently the child was again in trouble for the same reason.

D.2 GENOGRAM

          

     

Description of the genogram:

            The genogram above have showed the 3-generations relationships. The arrows above are the interpretations whose they want to be with among their households. The encircled names above are the names of the female family members and the name inside the rectangular shapes are the family members that are males.

D.3 SOCIOGRAM

At the classroom:

                                      

Description of the sociogram in the classroom:

      The sociogram above tells who the friendly among the pupils are, the fewer the arrows the lesser the number of friends. Obviously Maria Raizen is one of the fewest arrows that may also help to formulate an idea that her classmate think negatively about her. Therefore, even inside the class she is gains no friends because of her being. 

D.4 SELF MASTERY

               Maria Raizen Somook is already aware of her identity to what things belong to a girl like her. The child can tell her complete name, her father and mother’s name as well as her sibling’s name. She can identify her age, birthday who are her playmates and friends. According to her mother she knows when is a person gets angry with her, and for her that’s the time when she must do exaggeration to make that person become more angry with her. She didn’t know how to say “sorry” to others when they get mad with the child. The client child didn’t know to

D.5 RELATIONSHIP

       The client child at her age she with her family is not that close because most of the time her parents are busy to take care of her. Although they have no time for their bonding with each other what’s positive with their family relationship they spend partial of their time to pray together at night. Their family type is extended  her grandmother and grandfather are living with them. Family members find the child as brat that’s why they said, they did not want to waste their time taking care and doing something about the child’s attitude another reason was that they have no time because of their own responsibility inside the house.

    Maria Raizen’s relationship towards her cousins and peers was not good shown as they play and they choose to leave the child because she was harmful as they think. That’s the point really formulates an idea that the client child has the notion of being negatively described by people that surrounds her.

D.6 ACTION

     Maria Raizen acquires some skills that are very useful to her study academically, she can count objects, she can identify figurative signs and symbols, she can add numbers gradually and subtract as well. Orally she can present short poems, she can led prayers at their classroom, she can recite higher than 12 nursery rhymes, she can dance with creative steps aside from that she can write, she can read by syllables and she can draw things according to her own way like scribbling. She can do adaptive skills like self clothing and taking a bath on her own, she can eat alone and she can described things around her not constructively, meaning she used to criticize people around her by bullying them.


E. THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

·        The specific problem in the child’s behavior.

        The child’s behavior problem arises at her age of four. And the possible reason stated by her parents is when they cannot utter attention to the child and so the child becomes more stubborn to the elders, to her peers and even to her own parents. The child as I observed the child she is really aggressive, the client child tends to hurts her playmates as most of the times. And other observation the child is attention seeker, she seeks attention when she need something her grandmother make her realize how to feel embarrass in front of her playmates.

·        The treating process

      After keen observations on the child’s behavior problems some activities have identified. I give some activities to the child wherein she will reflect herself in loving and caring for others as she did not do to the other individuals around her. the client child respond to the activities based n her own belief towards given situations on the activities.

·        The expected outcome

      In the beginning of the observation the child is seen as an active client, she can respond to the people around her in so many ways, she may show change behavior at a very same time. The child is therefore showing dynamism in her attitudes. Towards the activities the child did want I intend her to do and she express want I expect her to express by reflecting on the situations in the activity. As the process is already through the child is on her gradual change by knowing her own weakness toward socializing with others and most of all to her own household. She has reflected herself to enthrall not to harsh her peers and to make friends with them. One of the activities is to know how to love others as God loves us, and the child may realized that she  needs to be kind with others and she must feel the acceptance.

·        The relevant studies

       The relevant theory on the client child’s problem behavior is one of the most useful studies in the field of education. According to Erik Erikson the early ages of the child is very important because it may contribute good and bad fixations to the child’s social development. The Autonomy vs. Doubt the child may develop the autonomy when caregivers permit the child to explore and manipulate his or her environment. The chances are the child may develop the sense of independence, self control and self esteem like the client child at the age of three she can able to do some actions she is often doing things that are not that guided by her mother or father because of so many reasons. But the fixation that may arise is the child being impulsiveness she may be willful with the tendency to jump into things without proper assessment of ones abilities. Another problem pattern from psychosocial theory is the Intimacy vs. Isolation at the early age the child may develop the ability to be close with others as a lover, a friend and as a participant in the society or a good member of his or her own family. On the other hand the child may also develop the isolation wherein the child may chose to stay alone and do things for her own without accepting others as her companion, the same way with the client child she do thing referring in her own choice others’ choice not to be with her because of her developed problem behavior. The child may feel not close even to the people that are supposed to belong with her like her grand mother she was embarrass by her grandmother  every time that she did wrong that’s why the child chosen to give a large boundary to those people. And the chance is the child may develop feeling of exclusion or the tendency to isolate oneself from love friendship and community over the tendency to become love to freely, too easily and without any depth to intimacy.

F. PROGNOSIS

         Some of the observable behavior of the child is her being attention seeker and her being aggressiveness that has something to do with being self directed actions. As I observed the child shows problems in her behavior and relevant to that the formulated concept that cause the child’s being attention seeker is that the client child was the middle child of her parents and so that idea conveys that her parents are not thoroughly given their guide to their child unlike the attention given to the youngest child that they believed that really needing attention as of now and the eldest that is needing keen support because he will experience significant things that may arise during adolescent age. And that may also the root of the child’s being aggressive to whoever that she may spot at her way like her playmates, another factor is the child’s experience of embarrassments to her grandmother who hurts the child even outside. If the child becomes immune to being embarrass she or he is expected to do the same thing. In the other hand the child who is confronted personally in a private way may feel ashamed and become aware that he or she must take changes to her behavior because she reflected herself through the elders that make him or her realized.

G. THERAPEUTIC PLAN

    G.1 KNOWLEDGE

     At the end of the case study the client child must be able to acquire the following knowledge

1.     Tell some names of the child’s closest playmates

2.     Recognize the significant family members

3.     Identify some ways of making good with others.

    G.2 SKILLS

   At the end of the case study the client child is expected to perform the following skills

1.     Classify the things that a child should have

2.     Draw a smiley before the number of the correct statement

3.     Act like a good caregiver in the given situations

       G.3 ATTITUDE

        At the end of the case study the client child is expected to build the following attitude

1.     Display obedience toward the elders

2.     Show kindness to the playmates and peers

3.     Appreciate the things that God has given

 H. THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

I. THERAPEUTIC PROGRESS 

J. THERAPEUTIC RESULT

           Maria Raizen R. Somook, the client child show some significant problems on her behavior, she is attention seeker and sometimes aggressive. The child had given attention to be observed in a period of time. After the observation and a therapeutic process the child’s negative behavior seemed to progress. Before, the child expressed different prospective about her own interpretations to the adults’ impression of actions toward her and because of that the child built autonomy including the notion to the client child that she has middle child syndrome. Last March 8, 2011 afternoon the child and her grandmother talk with each other and they talk closer than before. As I talk to the child and ask her what they were talking about, she said her lola ask her if she want to take a bath but she answer her lola ” opo maya na lang” I ask the child if she still angry with her lola the child said “ate magpapaligu ba’ko mamaya kung galet ako edi sana ako nalang mag-isa. ”  and then the child run. It is true that children are easier to along with even they get angry before. That instance show very significant part of the child’s changing behavior toward her Lola. According to her auntie right after the activities were held last March 3,2011 the child talks to her and ask “wala kayong baby di’ba? kame meron kaya mas maswerte kame kaysa sa inyo no,ate nga ako nun eh ni Richard. Si Aris nga hindi naman kuya yun eh. Sabi ni ate sakin, ni ate Safhaye kapag daw may mas batang kapatid ate nun ako”. Before the client child only felt jealous to her little brother but now she understand that her youngest sibling needs an ate like her. And that’s the client child’s respond to one of the activities given like the activity for recognizing the significant family members and knowing the role they play inside their house as the child’s reflection towards her neighbors.

K.SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

              

                                                              

SUMMARY

                    The client child’s name is Maria Raizen   R. Somook people close to her used to call her Zenzen. The client child is referred by her auntie to be observed.  Mrs. Hiquiana always observes the child behavior but the observation is done with the permission of the child’s parent. The child is being surveyed inside and outside their house including her environment in her preschool. The documentation is based on the observation of the people surrounds the child like her parents, sibling, Auntie Gina, her Lola and her teacher Ms. Lorenzo, according to them the child’s dominant problem that arise is being attention seeker, Zenzen also hurting her playmates often times. The parent explained that the child maybe become attention seeker and unguided since her youngest sibling was born (Richard). According to the parents they must accept the risk that the child behaves like that sometimes because aside from the child at her age as, they maybe also lacking on the child’s growth. As the information’s found out on the time line the child’s life’s significant events really denotes and stress the child behavior causes. The child celebrated her birthdays with parties for three consecutive years and for four year-old Zenzen expected the same thing but the child “dismayed” on her wrong expectation according to her parents they cannot afford to give party for the child that time because they spent their money for the youngest child’s necessities before the birthday of Zenzen. Another important event is her Lola scolds her last December outside the house so the child got embarrassed in front of her playmates, since then the child becomes “matampuhin” to her Lola according to the parents of the child. Regarding with the child’s relationship with her family aside from papa and mama she doesn’t like to be take cared by other adults. The child built not established relationships with her grandmother because according to the child her Lola always gets angry with her. The formulated concept and causes in regards with the child’s problem behavior  may caused of the lacking of guidance of the parents there are some needs of the child that are not properly sustained by the parents and other adults. The study that relevant to that is Erik Erikson’s  theory of psychosocial which lies on the third level that is about autonomy Vs. shame and doubt the child shows some fixations on her  behavior as she established the autonomy when she has have the freedom of doing things that she doesn’t know if it is wrong or not. To add more information about the child’s problem I prepared some activities. The child responds to the activities well according to her own knowledge, skills and attitude and dispositions. The goals are attained very well by the client child.

CONCLUSION

                   The client child, Maria Raizen somook after the observation is seen as a child that is just finding belongingness to her family, in fact Zenzen is having an advance progress in some ways, there are problems that arise because the child during three years of age is that building independence because of her explorations and impression towards the outside world and is unguided by her parents thorougfully, in some ways may misleading to making bad things as the concept of autonomy and the fixations that is also expresses by the client child, since she got no utterance of attention. Zenzen is doing thing that are disgusting for the others. The problem that arise was maybe the mark that the child starting to build an autonomy and striving for being the middle child. The client child after the observation have shown deeper understanding about the matter that she was given attention to be observed because there something not typical about how she is dealing with her family and peers at her age. It can be concluded that the problem that was shown by the child has something to do of how she is being treated by her family or rather there are factors that lack and is not sustained by the significant people to the child’s life.

RECOMMENDATION

     I therefore recommend to the parents of the child to spend much time for their child. It will help to make the child feels that she loved by family. The child is seeking attention so as parents it is good to sustain what the child needs. Remember that the child is building the autonomy which she finds there are moments that are willful to do something without knowing of the outcome and might lead to the isolation that the child feels that aside from her nobody cares about her decisions even it is made to harm others that’s according to the Erik Erickson’s theory of psychosocial including the personality fixations. I also recommend to the parents, to her teacher and other caregiver of the child that every time that she is uncontrolable of her aggressiveness make some touch to the child like the passive hug-bear that is usually done when the child act annoying for somebody, so that the client child will feel that she might harm others when she act like that. 

 L. IMPLICATIONS TO EDUCATION AND ASESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN

          The case study is about the client child named Maria Raizen R. Somook who shows significant problems on her behavior, based on the survey the child is an attention seeker and is aggressive to her peers. The main goal of the case study is to help the child by documenting the child’s problem behavior and identifying therapeutic result.

          The implications of this case study to education and assessment of the young children is the idea that addresses the child directly. Through the activities given to the child, Zenzen reflects herself to what are the things the she did before and understanding if that is right or wrong.

           The sample scenario at the grade four classroom: the teacher is speaking in front and explaining something, but suddenly the teacher stops she notice that there are three of her pupils are talking at the back. The teacher wants to intervene to that unnecessary conversation but the teacher doesn’t want to turn down her student by pointing them to listen to the lesson. Instead of turning them down she ask a reflective question to the whole class “dapat ba, while teacher is speaking here and talking about the lesson the pupils will talk and talk with each other?” ofcourse the students answered back  “hindi po” then the teacher continues. ”dapat ba mag ta-talk?”She asks to the three pupils at the back who are taking with each other. The teacher’s motive is just to reflect to their own mistakes.

       That instance is the same with Zenzen’s responds to the activities given and it is true that children will learn to know and to accept their marginal mistaken behavior if they can reflect through themselves with the help of the adults around them. As future teacher it is one of the integral parts of our task, to help the children deal with other people knowing the sense of morality. And as teachers whose given that responsibility, we can help them through letting our pupils reflected on their own way they will not feel being corrected if they are always rejected by the adults. We as adults mustn’t make them feel that we are dominant over them. And that’s the implication that can be applied to education.

ECED 13-" The Problem Checklist"

 PROBLEM CHECKLIST

Emotional Concerns

      feeling anxious or uptight

     excessive worrying

       not being able to relax

       feeling panicky

      unable to calm yourself down

       dwelling on certain thoughts or images

      fearing something terrible is about to happen

       avoiding certain thoughts or feelings

      having strong fears

       worrying about a nervous breakdown

      feeling out of control

       fears of being alone or abandoned

       feeling guilty

       having nightmares

       flashbacks

       troubling or painful memories

      missing periods of time - can’t remember

       trouble remembering things

       feeling numb instead of upset

       feeling detached from all or part of your body

       having obsessive/ruminating thoughts

       feeling unreal, strange or foggy

Behavioral and Physical Concerns

     not having an appetite

       having obsessive behaviors such as:

      hand-washing, checking, counting, etc.

      eating in binges

      self induced vomiting for weight control

    using laxatives for weight control

       eating too much

      eating too little

 Individual Problem Checklist

       feeling unmotivated

      loss of interest in many things

      having trouble concentrating

      having trouble making decisions

     feeling the future looks hopeless

      feeling worthless or like a failure

      being unhappy all the time

       dissatisfied with physical appearance

       feeling self critical or blaming yourself

       having negative thoughts

      crying often

       feeling empty

       withdrawing inside yourself

      thinking too much about death

      thoughts of hurting yourself

       thoughts of killing yourself

       frequent mood swings

       feeling resentful or angry

       feeling irritable or frustrated

      feeling rage

        feeling like hurting someone

       losing weight - how much?

       gaining weight - how much?

      avoiding being with people

      being tired and lacking energy

        excessive exercise

Behavioral and Physical Concerns Continued

       trouble finishing things

       cutting or harming self

       trouble sleeping

      trouble falling asleep

      early morning awakening

     sleeping too much

       sleeping too little

       number of hours I usually sleep:

     aggressive toward others

       impulsive reactions

      working too hard

      using alcohol too much

       being alcoholic

      using drugs

      driving under the influence

      blackouts - after drinking

      lack of exercise

Intimate Relationship Concerns

      feeling misunderstood in relationship

       not feeling close to partner

       trouble communicating with partner

      not trusting partner

      lack of respect by partner

       partner being secretive

       lack of fairness in relationship

       problems with dividing household tasks

       disagreeing about children

       lack of affection

       unsatisfactory sexual relationship

       lack of time together

       lack of shared interests

       lack of positive interaction

       lack of time with other couples

       jealousy in relationship frequent arguments

       not having leisure activities

       smoking cigarettes

       often spending in binges

       Have you ever felt you ought to cut down on your

       drinking or drug use? Yes No

       Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking

       or drug use? Yes No

       Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking

       or drug use? Yes No

       Have you ever had a drink or used drugs first thing in

       the morning to steady your nerves or to get rid of a

      hangover? Yes No

      trouble resolving conflict

      partner being demanding and controlling

       partner putting you down

       violent arguments

       emotional abuse in relationship

       physical abuse in relationship

       sexual abuse in relationship

       partner having alcohol or drug problem

       self or partner having an affair

      feeling uncommitted to relationship

       wanting to separate

      discussing separating or divorce

       problems with in-laws

       problems with ex-partner

       problems with step parents

        children having special problems

Sexual Concerns

       worrying about getting pregnant

      having miscarriage(s)

       choice of birth control and/or abortion

       not able to become pregnant

       not enjoying sexual affection

      too tired to have sex

       too anxious to have sex

       feeling a lack of sexual desire

      wanting to have sex more often

     feeling neglected sexually

When Growing Up to Present Time

    being physically abused - by whom?

       being emotionally abused - by whom?

       being sexually abused - by whom?

       having an alcoholic parent - which?

      having a drug abusing parent - which?

     having a depressed parent - which?

     having a parent with emotional problems -

      which?

      having parents separate or divorce -

       your age at time of divorce?

Stresses During the Past Several Years

     death of family member or friend - who?

       birth or adoption of child

       self or family member hospitalized - who?

       moved/changed address

      being harassed or assaulted

       frequent family or couple arguments

      separation/divorce