Case study

 CASE STUDY

SECTION A: PERSONAL DATA SUMMARY

PERSONAL DATA OF THE CHILD

NAME: Jello Mae Gudio Daligcon                                          AGE: 2 ½ years old

NICKNAME: Mae-Mae                                                          GENDER: Girl

BIRTHDAY: July 08, 2008                                                    NATIONALITY: Filipino

BIRTHPLACE: #2255 CBY Barracks Malaria Caloocan City        RELIGION: Catholic

ADDRESS: #2255 CBY Barracks Malaria Caloocan City             CONTACT NO(S): 09078048884

PROVINCE: Ormoc, Leyte                                                                             09079744604                        

MEDICAL RECORDS

HEIGHT: 90 cm.

WEIGHT: 18 lbs.

BLOOD TYPE: AB

ALLERGIES: Asthma

PARENT’S DATA

FATHER’S NAME: Rogelio Daligcon Jr.                                 OCCUPATION: Bus Conductor

MOTHER’S NAME: Maria Luisa Daligcon                                OCCUPATION: Housewife

NUMBER OF CHILDREN PRESENT: 2: 1 boy and 1 girl

NAME(S)                                                                                 AGE(S)

John Mark Daligcon (Boy)                                                      5 years old

Jello Mae Daligcon (Girl)                                                        2 ½ years old

FRIENDS OF THE CHILD:

1.      Sophia Dela Cruz (Girl)                                                  2 years old

2.      Joice Sevilla (Girl)                                                        1 year old

3.      Jay Sevilla (Boy)                                                           3 years old

4.      Jemimah Nicole (Girl)                                                   5 years old

5.      Angelo (Boy)                                                                 8 years old

SECTION B: JOINING PROCESS

            Jello Mae is one of our neighbors. Ate Tess referred “Mae-Mae” to be my client.

SECTION C: PRESENTING THE PROBLEM

          

              Jello Mae is one of our neighbors. She is a cute child. She always plays with my niece and her other friends. She is so hyperactive.

           

      According to Mae-Mae’s mother “Si Mae-Mae naku napakakulit niyan. Napapagod nga ako kakaalaga dyan eh. Nauubos lahat ng lakas ko tapos minsan sumpungin pa yan. Kapag sinabi niyang ayaw niya ayaw niya talaga.” (“Mae-Mae is so hyperactive. I lose all my energy in taking care of her and sometimes she experience temper tantrums. If she said I don’t want to do that she will not do that anymore.”)

          

      Another problem of Jello Mae is her being aggressive. “Alam mo ba minsan nangangagat yan si Mae-Mae kapag nagagalit”. (“She often bites other children when she is angry”) Her mother said.

          

      According to the friends of Mae-Mae “Si Mae-Mae ang lakas niyan mang-asar at saka minsan kinukuha niya laruan ko kapag nagustuhan niya ito”.(“ She always bullied me and then she gets my toy if she wants it”.)

           

    “Talagang makulit yan si Mae-Mae kaya laging nasusugatan kasi takbo ng takbo.Super hyper. Pero minsan maayos naman siya kapag nasa mood siyang makipaglaro”(Mae-Mae is so hyperactive. She always run and run that’s why she has lots of wounds, but sometimes she is in the mood to play”). Her mother added.

           

      “Meron pa pala, minsan nagseselos si Mae-Mae kapag may kinakarga o kapag may kasama akong bata.”(“Also Mae-Mae gets jealous whenever she saw me with other children”.) Her mother added.

SECTION D: PSYCHOSOCIAL HISTORY

 D1: TIMELINE

This timeline pertains to the major life events of Jello Mae. The first one is the day she was born. Second a Christmas Eve at her Grandparents house and the third one is her first birthday. On the fourth one Jello Mae attended the first birthday of her friend and in this event “Jello mae bit one of her friend because of the balloons” Her mother said. The latest event that Jello mae also shows this kind of behavior was on the birthday of her friend Jemimah last February.

BIRTH ORDER

            The sequence of siblings is part of the family constellation and a major influence on the creation of a person’s style of life.

            Jello Mae is the youngest or the last born child of Mr. and Mrs. Daligcon. Being the youngest child, she remains the baby of the family. She is spoiled and she gets whatever she wants.

D2: GENOGRAM
Mother side of the client

It is a genogram of the mother side of the client child. Saturnino and Rebecca Gudio are the parents of Maria Luisa G. Daligcon (mother of the client child). Her husband is Rogelio Daligcon Jr. and they have two siblings: John Mark and Jello Mae. They all have a good relationship with each other.

In this genogram it shows that Rogelio and Mecathe Daligcon has four siblings and one of them is Rogelio Daligcon Jr. (father of the client child) whose wife of Maria Luisa G. Daligcon and they have two siblings.

D3: SOCIOGRAPH

WELL LIKE BY THE FAMILY:

MAE-MAE       MA.LUISA       REBECCA            ROGELIO      JOHN MARK

Rebecca          Mae-Mae        Mae-Mae            Mae-Mae       Rebecca

Ma.Luisa         John Mark       John Mark           John Mark       Rogelio

Cristina            Rogelio            Cristina                Ma.Luisa         Ma.Luisa

          








  DISLIKE THE MOST

“Para sa amin wala kasi nasa probinsiya mga kamag-anakan namin,minsan nga lang kami magkita-kita eh aayawan pa ba namin ang isa’t-isa.” (“I have no relatives that I dislike most because they are all in the province it is once in a blue moon when we see each other”)

As we can see in this sociogram they have what we called mutual choice because they choose each other.

D4: PERSONALITY DYNAMICS OF THE CLIENT

v  SELF MASTERY (STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES)

According to Jello Mae’s mother “Mae-Mae has a good memory whenever someone asks her “Who is your mother?”She will easily reply “ My mother’s name is Malou”.

“Yung kahinaan naman ni mae-mae minsan nakakalimutan niyang mag po at opo.”( The only weakness of mae-mae is sometimes she forgot to use polite words”.) Her mother said.

D5: RELATIONSHIPS (Quality of relationships with people around him)

           
           Based on what her mother said on the previous interview, Jello Mae is so hyperactive, sometimes she bite her friends and sometimes feels jealous. But she’s okay whenever she’s in the mood.

            Jello Mae has a good quality relationship with her family. She uses language as away to express her feelings but sometimes she doesn’t.

D6: ACTION (Personality Dynamics)

            Jello Mae is on the process of mastering her fine motor skills (writing, drawing….) According to her mother “Jello mae can manage to hold the scissor, pencil and can manage to color but she does not know how to write yet but she do scribbling.

E. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

     The problem of my client child here is being aggressive, hyperactive and sometimes she gets jealous whenever her mother is with other children. Based on the problem of being aggressive, we can relate it to the concept of AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. So in here aggression refers to acts that are abusive that severely interfere with the activities of other people, objects and events in the environment. Examples of milder form of aggression are: teasing, clowning around, tattling and bullying. Severe aggression includes threat of physical harm, physical attack, destruction of property and cruelty.So in this case the client child Mae-Mae can categorize to have a milder form of aggression because according to her friends “Mae-Mae always bullied us”.

    On being hyperactive, we can relate this to ADHD OR Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in which the children exhibit significant differences in the ability to pay attention and engage in active work compared to their normal peers. Mae-Mae the client child is hyperactive based on her mother and friends.

   On being jealous, we can relate it to “Electra Complex” of Sigmund Freud. The major conflict of this stage is called Oedipal Conflict. Freud used the term Oedipal for both sexes but other analysts proposed the female variant to be referred to “Electra Complex”. In the beginning, for both sexes the primary caregiver and main source of their gratification is the mother. As the child develops, however, it starts forming a sexual identity and the dynamics for boys and girls alter. For both sexes, the parents become the focus of drive energy. So in this case the client child feels jealousy because of her strong attachment to her mother.

F. PROGNOSIS

      Maybe the client child is acting like that (jealous) because she is afraid that her mother will leave her and will take care of other child than her and also because they have strong attachment.

     On being hyperactive, she is acting like that because her friends and her brother are also hyperactive so she imitates what she saw.

     The last one on being aggressive, maybe because of her environment. The client child lives in an environment where almost everyday people are fighting and they always talks with a loud voice. So it has something to do with being aggressive of Mae-Mae.

G. THERAPEUTIC PLAN

            G1: KNOWLEDGE BUILDING

            At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her knowledge through continuous development of her self-mastery (having good memory skills).

            G2: SKILLS BUILDING

            At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her skills on tracing the vowels of the alphabet.

            G3: ATTITUDE BUILDING

            At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her attitude by using polite words.

H. THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

OBJECTIVES	ACTIVITIES	TARGET DATE/SCHEDULE
At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her knowledge through continuous development of her self-mastery (having a good memory).	Who am I? Direction: The client child will tell her name, age and where she lives. I am________________ I am_________ years old. I live at_____________	March 11 Friday 4:00-4:30 pm
At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her skills in tracing the vowels of the alphabet.	Vowels tracing Direction: Trace the vowels. Aa  Ee  Ii  Oo  Uu	March 12 Saturday 4:00-4:50 pm
At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her attitude through the use of polite words.	Polite Kid Direction: Use polite words to express your feelings. 1._____ I borrow your pencil. 2. Can you give me a glass of water,________. 3. _____ I know  your name?	March 14 Monday 4:00-4:30 pm

I. THERAPEUTIC PROGRESS

OBJECTIVES	SCHEDULE	PROGRESS
At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her knowledge through continuous development of her self-mastery (having a good memory).	March 11 Friday 4:00-4:30 pm	Because of her good memory, it is easy for her to tell her name,age and address.
At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her skills in tracing the vowels of the alphabet.	March 12 Saturday 4:00-4:50 pm	At first she traced the vowels with the help of her mother. Then, she traced the vowels by her own but it is not that’s straight
At the end of the case study, the client child should be able to build her attitude through the use of polite words.	March 14 Monday 4:00-4:30 pm	Also with the assistance of her mother, the client child successfully learned to use polite words like “po” “opo” and “please”

J. THERAPEUTIC RESULT

          We do the activity in the client’s house.

The first activity was entitled “Who Am I” in which the client child will tell more about herself like her name, age and address. The client child “Mae-Mae” finds it easily to tell the following information because of her good memory skills.

On the second activity, it is all about tracing the vowels. In this activity the client child needs the assistance of her mother. At first her mother assists her to trace the vowels and on the second try the client child traced the vowels by her own and she did it but it is not that straight.

One thing her mother noticed while doing the activity was “Mae-Mae does the activity patiently and she was happy to do it. And also Mae-Mae is not hyper and aggressive on that point of time. She focuses on what she is doing and gives her best.” Her mother said.

The last activity is using polite words. At first I and her mother taught her to use polite words like “po” and “opo” and after that Mae-Mae tries to use polite words.

On the next day, According to her mother “Mae-Mae use polite words” and she said “Mama pahingi po ng gatas.”

K. CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATION AND SUMMARY

I therefore conclude that the client child can lessen her being hyperactive by giving her activities that will catch her interest and let her focus on that activity.

I therefore recommend that the adults around her should be a role model to Mae-Mae and be patiently enough to understand her. I recommend to her parents that they should give Mae-Mae some activities that will catch her interest that will help her to lessen her being hyperactive and being aggressive.

To sum it up, the client child Mae-Mae can lessen her aggressiveness and being hyperactive if we (parents and educators) will patiently understand her on her behavior and also by giving her continuous activities that she will be focus on doing and also by assisting her to be a good individual.

L.IMPLICATIONS TO EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN

Conducting this case study makes the subject more understandable and clear to me. I understand why there are children who act out of the usual and I learned how to assess them to lessen such behavior. I learn the importance of patience in understanding them, responsibility to help them lessen their behavior and humility in dealing with different people so as to come up with the achievement of my goals. To know the problem of the child, to help the child and to l;essen her problem.