MY CASE STUDY

Section A - PERSONAL DATA

name: Cyryll James L. Rubio
birthday: October 8, 2004
age: 6 years old
gender: male 
grade: one 
parents:  Andy Rubio and Cheryll Rubio
sibblings: Cathleen Angelica L. Rubio and Cassandra Angeline L. Rubio
grandparents: Jesus C. Liwanag and Angelita Liwanag
address: Pajo, Caloocan City
School: Andres Bonifacio Elementary School 

Section B - JOINING PROCESS

The people who are involved in these process are the parents Mr. and Mrs. Rubio, grandparents, the tito and tita and of course I as the therapist. First I let the family know that I have a purpose why I am interviewing them about their child. I explained to them that I am not just an observer but also a therapist to their child. That with the help of them we can change the behavior of thier child.

Section C - PRESENTING PROBLEM

According to his Mom and other member of the family, he has a difficulty in obeying his parents. He will follow only when you will allow him to do what he wants. And he always having a tantrum when his parents do not follow what he wants. Cyryll is a middle child and the only boy in the family. The parents are having a hard time to make him follow them. If the parents will force him to follow, he will not obey unless he will just cry.  He is also disrespectful to the elders. And there are other problems that i got according to his parents:

• disrespectful
• always having a tantrums
• naughty
• not obeying his parents
• selfish
• boastful
• hard to feed 

Section D - PSYCHOSOCIAL  HISTORY

D1 - TIME LINE
       Cyryll's mom told me that she delivered Cyryll in a breech position but in a normal delivery. He is a middle child and during his two years of age, Cyryll had an asthma but now they already cured it. And he also have an allergy when he eats an egg and chicken.

D2 - GENOGRAM

  
D3 - SOCIOGRAPH in Home and School

    HOME

                                                                                  

          
    SCHOOL

          
 D4 - SELF MASTERY

• Good in math
• good when in computer games
• he can keep his things after using it
• fast learner

D5 -  RELATIONSHIPS
        Cyryll's relationship with his father is good, they are closer than with his mom. Just because he is the only boy and a middle child, he also plays with his sisters but more on his peers. he love his younger sister Cassandra because he always hug and kiss her. But when it comes to her sister Cathleen, they always quarell when they play together. Even Cyryll is always teasing by his uncle, he also love to go with them in the mall. He also talks to his grandparents but not using po and opo but still he hace a nice relationship with them.

D6 - ACTION

       When Cyryll is in the good mood, he can do things organisely and properly even his parents do not tell him to it. He can keep his things on its proper place and after he made his assignments, he will be the one to place it on his bag. Most of the time he want to do things on his own, he dont want to be guided or assisted by someone. Cyryll can do things right just don't make him mad. Because when he became mad, he will have a tantrum.

Section E – THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

In Kohlberg’s Theory of moral development, under pre-conventional level in which moral reasoning is based on the consequence/result of the act, not on the whether the act itself is good or bad. It is related to Cyryll’s  case in which he will not obey his parents if there is no punishment or if there’s no reward.  

Section F – PROGNOSIS

I think it’s because he was previously the youngest in the family and not doing any task at home but to play. But now that he has a younger sister, his parents started to prepare him to do a simple task at home. He feels that he was neglected because most of the attention is on the youngest. So that when his parents tell him to do something, he don’t want to follow because he thought that his parents don’t love him anymore. I also feel this way when my second sister came but as time goes by I learned to understand that having a sister or brother is one of the greatest thing in my life.

Section G – THERAPEUTIC PLAN

G1 – Knowledge

• ·         Teach him to understand that he needs to follow his parents.

• ·         Make him understand that he is a big boy now and he can do simple things on his own.

• ·        Encourage him to study his lesson.

G2 – Skills

• ·         Teach him to keep his toys on it’s proper place after he played.

• ·         Teach him the proper hygiene.

G3 – Attitude

• ·         Explain to him that or obeying your parents is being a good boy, a good boy is loved by GOD.

• ·         Teach him to respect the elders.

• ·         Make him believe that his parents love him so much that’s why they are teaching him the right manners and good conduct.

Section H – THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS

OBJECTIVES	ACTIVITIES	SCHEDULE
Teach him to follow his parents.	Ask him if he love his parents or not. If he answered yes then prove it by obeying his parents.	every sunday morning Monday - friday
Teach him to do simple things.	Let him keep his toys after he play.	4:00 – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday
Teach him to be obedient.	Applying the marsh mallow test.	9:00 – 10:00 Every Saturday

 Section I – THERAPEUTIC PROGRESS

ACTIVITIES	SCHEDULE	PROGRESS
Assisting him in every task that his parents tell him to do.	4:00 – 5:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday	He has a progress in obeying his parents without a punishment or rewards.
Assist him in keeping his toys in its proper place.	4:00 – 5:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday	He has the initiative to do task at home like keeping his things on their proper place without ant assistance
Repeat the marsh mallow test.	9:00 – 10:00 am every sunday	He can control himself to eat the marsh mallow as what I have said to him.

Section J – THERAPEUTIC RESULT

Based on section I, there is a progress that can be seen in Cyryll. Although not all the time, he is obeying his parents or the elders. He is also using po and opo in responding to the elders. He is also trying to follow the rules and regulations in their home and in the school. His grades became higher than his previous grades because his mother always reminding him to study his lessons specially in English. He can also clean himself like taking a bath alone. As what I have observed in the marsh mallow test, ha can control his self to eat it. His mother also noticed the changes in his son’s attitude and behavior. 

Section K - SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION/CONCLUSION

SUMMARY

As a summary, my client was a middle child and the only boy in the family. His parents have many problems about him. They said that he always having tantrums, he doesn’t obey his parents, disrespectful to elders and hard to feed. So I ask his parents to let their child undergo a therapy in which we can change his habit of having tantrums and disobeying parents. I together with the parents did some activities and therapeutic plan that could make progress to his attitude and behavior. As you can see in section G to I, our plan was successful but it needs maintenance of the therapeutic plan for full changes of my client’s behavior.

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      RECOMMENDATION

• ·         Parents should know what to do if ever they have a problem with their child.

• ·         Seek for the help of therapist if ever needed.

• ·        Parents should treat their children equally to avoid favoritism and jealousy.

• ·         Make some therapeutic plan to change the bad attitude of the child.

• ·         Give attention to the child if you think that would be the solution to the problem.

• ·         Don’t make the problem worse.

• ·         Ask some advice to the experts if needed.

CONCLUSION

I conclude that in every case study that you are going to handle, make it sure that your therapeutic plan will be effective and it can make a change to your client. In the case of client, I made some activities that can help my client to change his behavior. It is a big help for his parents and also to child that their son change a lot and adopt a good behavior. Although it depends to the parents on how they are going to handle this kind of problem to their child. In this case study, I as a therapist and also a teacher, learn a lot and it is a big accomplishment for me to make a change in a family’s life.

Section L – IMPLICATIONS TO EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN

               

Being a therapist is like a teacher in which you are molding a child to have a right behavior, not only for a good behavior and attitude but also in terms of knowledge in which you are teaching them what they need to learn. In solving a case like this, you as a therapist are involving yourself to the problem. It is important for us educators to learn how to assess young children so that we can understand what kind of cognitive problem, behavior problem, and other problem that we might encounter in the future.