Case Study Process

SECTION A

A.   Personal Data Summary

Name: Jayhans Tulio                                        

Age: 6 years old                                                                   

Eldest child

SECTION B 

   
Therapeutic Relationship

Joining Process

           She is currently a grade 1 student at GOMBURZA Elementary School . She is the eldest of our neighbor. Jayhans is one of the closest friend of my niece. I ask her mother if she can allows me to make jayhans as a subject for my case  study. She agreed and told me that she is willing to cooperate in this process. 

SECTION C

C.     Presenting Problem 
    She is just an ordinary kid who love to play. She's responsible both in school and at home.  Her teacher said that jayhans is one of the brightest student of her. Aside from that she is also polite in many ways.  At first i thought that this case of mine will just turned out to become a boring story, until, such incident happens. One day, her friend Valerie went to our house and play with my niece, and then Jayhans came. Since our door was closed, she went to our window and called Angel's (my niece) attention and ask her if she can join them. Then I hear Valerie told Angel to not allowed Jayhans to join them because according to this kid, Jayhans is a bad girl because she does not share her food with Valerie. I look at Jayhans reaction. In her dismay, she just leave and look embarrass for what happen.  Therefore, that could be the problem in this process. 

SECTION D

D. Psychosocial History

D.1 Timeline

When Jayhanns was 3 years old she already wants  to play with other kids. She was shy but still manage to get along with them. At the age of 4, she was bullied by her friend in bulacan, (where they live, before they move at Caloocan City) she never fight back but instead she run to her mother crying and complaint about what happen. After that incident, her mother not allowed her to play with that kid again. At the age of 5, she enters kindergarten at GOMBURZA Elementary School. She enjoys being in school. She was really smart according to her teacher. When it comes in social interaction Jayhann's can get along with them, but most of the time, her friends are jealous with her and don't want to include her in their play. Most of the time, she played with her young sister instead. 

D.2 Genogram

D.3 Sociograph

In this sociograph, as you can see, Jayhans is at the middle. The circles indicate her closest friend. Blue circles represent Jayhans friend at home, and the green circles represent her closest friend at school.

D.4 Self-Mastery

 Jayhans is very responsible at her young age. I can't even see any problem with her behavior at this moment. Maybe the problems may not occur at this stage but there is a possibility that it can manifest when she gets older. That is why Children like her case should also be given much attention, because it may cause them a poor self-confidence that will lead to poor interpersonal skills. 

D.5 SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP 

Jayhans can freely play with her friends, but there is a time limit. She only allowed to play outside at 3pm to 6pm. They are not allowed to go elsewhere. She can play with other kids but she will left if her playmates got annoyed at her. At school, she is only allowed to play with kids that she thinks are good to her. She isolated her self from kids that will troubled her. Inside the classroom, her teacher said that she is bright student but needs to be encourage to interact with other classmates. After class, Her mother pick her up at school before the time they will dismissed.

D.6 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ACTION OF THE CHILD

The positive behavior that i observe on Jayhans is that, she can independently do some household shores without any complains. She also a very polite little girl and knows how to respect elders. She is also sweet in her own little way. 

The negative attitude of her maybe is her being shy and not showing her real emotion when somebody bullying her. She doesn't fought back. I can see to her that she's afraid to be rejected by her playmates.

SECTION E

Theoretical Framework

Theories of Self-Concept emphasize how identity is constructed through interaction with others. In Jayhans case, she might be having a problem in constructing self-concept if she isolated herself from interacting with other children.

According to William Kohlberg children like Jayhans falls at his theory of moral development, In Stage one (obedience and punishment driven), jayhans focus on the direct consequences of her action. For example,  her action is perceived as morally wrong because she  was being punished. According to kohlberg children at this stage might tell themselves that "The last time I did that I got spanked so I will not do it again." The worse the punishment for the act is, the more "bad" the act is perceived to be.This can give rise to an inference that even innocent victims are guilty in proportion to their suffering. It is "egocentric", lacking recognition that others' points of view are different from one's own. It can be seen in Jayhans case.

Theory of  Erik Erickson psychosocial stages under stage 4; Industry vs. Inferiority

Children who are encouraged and commended by parents and teachers develop a feeling of competence and belief in their skills. Those who receive little or no encouragement from parents, teachers, or peers will doubt their ability to be successful. Which is true, Jayhans need to be accepted by her peers. She needs encouragement not only from me but also with the help of her parents.

SECTION F

Prognosis

From my observation, Jayhans might have problem in sharing her problems with other people. Even though she is nice kid, but still the problems may exist if she reach adolescent. It is important to teach her how important it is to share her thoughts or emotion. She needs to become competitive in a sense that she will not be afraid to become a better leader someday. Maybe she's a little bit scared of consequences that she might be facing as well as the punishment that she can get in that action. 

In social aspect, Jayhanns seems to be a victim of bullying. She never fought back instead she chooses to avoid it. Maybe her playmates misunderstood Jayhans being a nice girl. She needs to build a strong interpersonal skills for her to gain a lot of friends. She also needs to learn how to trust not only other people but also herself.

SECTION G

Therapeutic Plan

My plan is to help her to mingle with other kids and also to develop her interpersonal skills. The first activity that i plan to do with her is to measure her thinking ability by means of giving her some print out that she will solve. Next I will try to involve her to some activities with valerie. My goal is to build a strong foundation of friendship between the two of them.  Maybe I will conduct an activities that both of them will work as a team. And as for interpersonal skills on Jayhans I will try to encourage her to share what she wants to say. I planned also to talk to her mother about her situation.

SECTION H

Therapeutic Intervention

My way of intervention to her case is in a form of games. It happens one day, when i saw them playing outside our house i ask them if i could play with them. I invite other kids to join us and play with them. I will be the leader and our game is called "the Boat is Sinking" wherein only one survivor will win. It is nice to see them happy in that kind of game most especially Jayhans. I find myself enjoying the game as well. Then the other day I invite Jayhans, Valerie and Jana to our house to play with my niece. I saw paper dolls of angel, I ask them to if they like to play paper dolls, in a form of  dramatization with the use of those paper dolls. I acted as a mother and they are my children. My eldest will be Valerie, second is Jayhans, jana is my 3rd child and angel will be the youngest. The scenario is, the mother will go to the market and leave her children alone. I give some words to Valerie to take care of her sisters. We don't have script. They just need to say anything they want. And Im happy with the result, as the story goes on I appreciate how Jayhans and Valerie work as a team. At that moment I let Jayhans share her thoughts even it is only a play. After that I talk to her mother about it. I suggest to her that it is better if he let Jayhans to play with other kids, and give Jayhans another time to spent with them. I told her it will help her child a lot to believe on her self and also improve her interpersonal skills.

SECTION I

Therapeutic Progress 

At first I was afraid i cannot help this child. There was a lot of idea that I was planning to do. But instead, I ended up playing games with them naturally. As if Im not having an intervention at all. It flows out naturally. As her parents are concerned, I think that they appreciated what I advice them. Her mother was very open-minded person. She really loves her children. She just doesn't like her children to get harmed. Just like a normal mother will do.

SECTION J

Therapeutic Results

As a result to her case, letting her to mingle and share her feelings with her playmates,possibly she can able to develop her self-confidence. She can able to say something about her opinion and also her thoughts. She maybe scared of being punished, its normal, but with the help of her mother, and understanding her feelings, she will excel. 

SECTION K

Conclusion

Therefore i conclude that it was a success on my part with the help of play. I think it help this child to develop her self-confidence as a start.  She still needs a continuous motivation and a lot of encouragement from his environment. If she continue to build a good relationship with other she will develop a better interpersonal skills.

Recommendation

Play means a lot to children. We should not forbid it to them. I hope for continuous development on Jayhans in terms of socializing with other kids, as well as, believing at her self. Parents should team-up to  help kids like her. We should always pay attention on children not only to those whose misbehaving but also those children who needs encouragement and understanding from us. We should always boost children self-confidence and employ to them the value of self-concept.

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Implication to Education

As a future educator, we should always be flexible in handling of problems in any situation. We should show empathy towards our students. It was really hard to involve parents to cooperate with teachers. But if we believe harder, and we care about our students it will be possible. Patience and love with children, we should have it, for us to guide them properly. A deeper understanding in any situation we may encounter is also a big help. Most especially, with the help of God above. All things is possible.