Case Study on Joining
A. Personal Data Summary
Name: Harold T. Reyes Father’s name: Raul Reyes
Age: 7 years old Mother’s name: Chona Reyes
Date of Birth: November 8, 2003 Youngest among four siblings
B. Therapeutic Relationship
Joining Process
When our professor told us about the case study on joining process, I'm thinking whose gonna be my client. I decided to make Harold as my client. Because I believe that there is something about Harold. So I started observing Harold as he playing, running around outside with his playmates. He is my neighbor, parents are close to our family. We are neighbors before but they moved to another apartment but not far from us. Every afternoon Harold went to his former house because some of his relatives are still there. He went there to play with his playmates.
Regarding the case study, his parents are eager to cooperate. They even told me if I can teach their son. They are willing to give necessary information that can help their child.
C. Presenting Problem
Statement according to:
CHILD:
“In our class I find it difficult to write specially if I have to copy long sentences written on the board. If I’m bored I cut classes. Sometimes I punch my classmates if they teased me. I am lazy when it comes to my study. I have difficulty in speaking.”
PARENTS:
“Our son has difficulty in writing; his pointer finger is flexible maybe that is the reason why he easily gets tired. Lack of calcium also a big factor why he has a weak bone, because he only drinks milk from birth up to one year old. Also lack of motivation from teacher, instead of encouraging him to write the teacher gets mad at him.
TEACHER:
· He should practice writing
· He is eating in the corner instead of writing
· Most of the time he ask his classmate to write for him
D. Psychosocial History
D.1 Timeline
- he stops drinking milk when he was 1 year old
- he grow up as a normal child
- he was never brought to hospital for major illness
- when he was six years old, he was enrolled to a day care center but he stopped
- when he was seven years old he was enrolled to grade one but he also stopped
D.3 Socio graph
D.4 Self Mastery (Attitude)
Positive Negative
He shares his food Saying bad words
Disobedience to parents
Fights with his playmates
D.5 Relationship
Positive Negative
he is very playful loves to be with he was not trained to say "po" and "opo"
his playmates he sometimes fights with his playmate,
because he was being teased as "little
monkey because he was hairy.
D.6 Personality Dynamics on Action
Positive Negative
he is good in Math he has difficulty in writing
he can read simple words
he can spell simple words
E. Theoretical Framework
The child is not able to learn to write very well maybe because he was not motivated by his environment. Vygotsky emphasized that effective learning happens through participation in social activities, making the social context of learning crucial. Parents, teachers and other adults in the learner’s environment all contribute to the process. They explain model, assist, give directions and provide feedback to the learner. Peers on the other hand, cooperate and collaborate and enrich the learning experience.
Other problem is his bad attitude regarding to his playmates. I believe that he got his unacceptable behavior through the people around him. Because the child is a great imitator, he can easily imitate what he saw whether good or bad. It proves the theory of Albert Bandura which is the Social Learning Theory. It says that people learn from one another, including such concepts as observational learning, imitation, and modeling.
F. Prognosis
My own assessment of the problem, like his problem in writing, he is able to write but maybe he is lazy to do it. He is not intrinsically motivated to do the task, maybe because he did not realize the significance of writing in his life. Another factor is the lack of extrinsic motivation coming from the people around him, specially his teacher. Which is supposed to be a good source of motivation, but we can’t put the blame to the teacher because we all know that the public teacher handles more students than the usual number of students in the classroom.
About behavioral problem of the child, nowadays it is very rampant that most of the parents allow their child to say bad words. Because whenever they hear their child speaking like an old person and saying unacceptable words they feel happy and they think that it’s cute. Another problem is that as the child grows they never correct that kind of misbehavior, so the child thinks that it is normal, especially if they also hear their playmates saying the same unacceptable words.
G. Therapeutic Plan
G.1 Knowledge Building
It is very crucial that at the very young age of the child he must know the concept of respect through saying the magic word "po" and "opo". It takes time to inculcate such concept to a child, but repetition and constant reminders will be of great help.
G.2 Skill Building
Learning new skills bring a lot of fun for every child. Especially if they completed the task by themselves with the guidance of the teacher or someone matured than them.
G.3 Attitude Building
The child must learn how to work with others, how to share with others, and how to appreciate the work of other children. The child must also learn to be patient in accomplishing every task assigned to them. It is also important that the child will enjoy the activity and be able to do the task creatively.
H. Therapeutic Intervention
ACTIVITY | SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES | DATES |
1. Knowledge Buildin |
| March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 |
2. Skill Building |
| March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 |
3. Attitude Building |
| March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011 |
I Intervention Progress
Intervention | Date | Progress |
| March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 | I teach them song about Jesus the good thing is, he is willing to learn and he participated very well. He can easily recognize the alphabet and the word written below. He know how to spell simple words but his having a hard time writing. Having fun while solving the puzzle together with other children. |
| March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 | At first he is hesitant to do the task because he thinks he cant do it but, as I continue to motivate him that he can do it, he started to do it, he even ask me if he can use other color or put something to his work. |
| March 15, 2011 March 18, 2011 | While we are doing the different task I keep on reminding him about saying the magic word po and opo |
I gathered the kids including my client. I involved the kids younger than him and kids older than him. In short it was a mixed age of children.
At first it was hard to call his attention because he was running away it seems that he doesn't want to join. But i said that we are just going to play.
We started the activity by singing the songs "Moshi, moshi" and " Oh I Love You Jesus". I'm happy that he is participating. After singing I distributed the clay but I let them to choose what color they want, Harold choses color blue. I demonstrated how to do the flower. As I expected my client said its hard and he doesn't know how to do. But I keep on telling him and the rest of the kids that "kaya niyo yan!" So they tried, and when they saw what Idid, they were so amazed and they were encouraged to do their flower. In the middle of our activity Harold said " Hindi tayo nagpray?" and I said I forgot, we will pray next time. I did not expect him to say that, but I'm happy to hear that word from him.
On the second day of the intervention, we started the activity by solving the puzzle. In doing that kind of activity the three domains are being developed the cognitive, affective, and psycho-motor. While engaging in the activity I keep on reminding him to say po and opo whenever his is talking to older people. After solving the puzzle, I let him read the flash card and spell the word. We also have spelling, adding and subtracting numbers.
J. Therapeutic Result
As a result of my therapeutic intervention, Harold is learning how to say po and opo. I also observed that he is now more wiling to participate when it comes to learning or things related to school. About his problem in writing he just need to practice.
K. Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendation
With all that I have observe with my client I can say that he is an amazing child. He is a diamond being covered with mud. The mud must be taken away so that he will shine to his maximum potential. Play and motivation will have a great role in achieving it. Guidance from concern people will help in molding the child to become a better person in the future.
I recommend that the parents must continue to encourage him to go to school,practice writing with proper motivation, they must also avoid saying unpleasant words in their home.
I also recommend that I will continue what I have started with him, I will continue motivating him that he can do things better, I will also keep on reminding him of the good things that he should do.
L. Implication to education and assessment of young children
As a future educator, God places a big responsibility in our hands. We will not only teach them to read and write but we play a big role in their critical stage of development. If the parents are not aware of what is happening with their children we are there to remind them. Parents and teachers must work hand in hand to help the child reach his maximum potential.
