CASE STUDY

BY NANCY MILLER

FIRST OBSERVATIONS
Kamden McCord
Healthy
Age 6
in his home living room
Good lighting
He has 2 brothers and 1 sister living in home with him
He lives with both parents
The tv was on, Kamden was being rough with his sister and brother. He did not take
direction very well. He would use inappropriate language, always getting in there space even
when they asked him to move, lacked a lot of social ques.

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL

Accounting to Erikson I would have to say that Kamden lacks some skill in stage 3
and 4
He his temperamental
Lacks self-esteem
unaware of how to show his emotion
Dont know when peers have had enough

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Kamden lacks Piagetian The Concrete Operational Stage theory

He has trouble seeing how other think and feel
Trouble with his own feelings
Always vocalizing even when inappropriate

OBJECTIVES
Personal space

He seem to get in other space even when asked not to

Hand to yourself

He would touch anything or anyone even when asked not to

Emotions

He doesnt show his emotion very well

Has a hard time reading others emotion

FIRST LESSON
PERSONAL SPACE
What was personal space
Social story
Show him diagram
explain how far you
should be away from a
person; about an arm
length or hula-hop /bubble
Used object to show the
different

FIRST LESSON
PERSONAL SPACE RESPONDS

At first it was hard to keep his attrition due to other kids running around playing
Once the other kids got involved he did much better
He help explain it to the other kids
He like the objects better than he did the paper example
He picked up on it very quickly

SECOND LESSON
Show a short video of keeping our hands to our self
HAND TO YOURSELF
Why we keep our hands to our self

I will read a short social story's why we keep our hands to our
self
Give reason why others dont like to be touch or have there
things touched
See how he would feel if someone touched something of his
I brought different object and only told him he could only touch
three
It was very hard for him
He would reach over and try to touch the other ones until I
said something

SECOND LESSON
HANDS TO YOURSELF RESPONDS
He really responded to the video

Seemed to understand why we dont touch other or

there things
The object was a big hit with him
Didnt like that he could only have three
Tried to touch the others one and asked a few times
to trade
He understood we dont touch others people things but
has a hard time resisting when its something he really
likes

THIRD LESSON
EMOTION
What is emotion
Why do we have emotion
Watched a short video
Drew picture with different emotion
face/ acted it out
Being mad/anger/happy/excited/sad
are fine
How to help deal with emotion when
your mad/anger

THIRD LESSON
EMOTION RESPONSE

Knew what emotion was

Couldnt tell me how he feels when he gets hurt

Did really good with practicing the different types of emotion

Really liked the drawing activity

FINAL OBSERVATIONS

In his home
Four children in home/four other kids
2 adults
It was outside in the back yard, there was a bunch of space to run and a swing set
and bikes.
Had a few friends over

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL

Accounting to Erikson stages Kamden is behind a little when it comes to interacting

with peers. I could see that he was not as interesting in playing with the other
children unless they would do what he wanted them to.

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Kamden lacks some of Piagetian theory The Formal Operational Stage

He still has a hard time of knowing the emotion of others around him but he can
identify his own emotion now. Besides the lack of reading other emotion he is
doing pretty good in the congnitive development.

EVALUATION
During my first observation it was cold outside therefore Kamden was inside
basically entertain himself with fighting/playing with his siblings and watching tv.
The second observation was inside as well. Kamden was plying a made up game by
himself, his siblings where too. For this observation mom was not there it was the
babysitter. I could see a different with his behavior and how he was interacting with
other
While observing I notice that he was watching his space with other and also I heard
him ask before he got himself a snack.
The one thing I would do differently next time is not let him stay in his own home.

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