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Instructions: • Read the case study of Fadeyah, Hamid, and Ahmed • Respond to each question in complete, grammatically correct sentences. • In your responses, be sure to address the concepts/ideas listed below.* • Cite any references using APA formatting. • Make as many connections to the course material as possible. • Provide specific examples to illustrate your points. Case Study: A new family has just been referred to your program. Before you meet, you review what you know about the family. Soha arrived 10 months ago with her children, sponsored by other family members. Her husband has found work in another city, but Soha and the children are living with their relatives and usually see the father only on weekends. They are a visible minority in a predominantly white neighborhood. Soha and the children have a room in the basement. Ahmed is 6 years old; Fadeyah is 3 and Hamid 6 months. Ahmed is enrolled in Kindergarten. Fadeyah was registered for Kindergarten recently. She appeared clingy and reluctant to leave her mother. She was unable to complete a simple puzzle or build a tower with 6 blocks. When you meet with the family, they have brought a younger female relative to act as interpreter. Hamid is bundled in several layers of blankets and quietly sleeps in his mother’s arms. Ahmed has just come from school. He shows you his artwork. He has made several shapes and connected them with lines. He is able to communicate in simple English, and tells you that he really likes the playground at school and that he is a good climber. He seems full of energy and happy to play with some toys you give him. Fadeyah is holding her mother’s clothes and does not want to leave her side. She is not making eye contact when you talk to her. When you ask through the interpreter if she would like to play with some toys, she does not reply and does not take any of the toys you offer. Finally her mother takes a doll you have offered and gives it to Fadeyah, saying something in her own language. Fadeyah lays the doll beside her. When you give her some crayons and ask her to draw a picture, she holds the crayon in her fist and makes a few dots on the paper. Questions: 1. What are this family’s strengths? 2. What can Ahmed do? 3. How does Ahmed’s development (physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional) compare to the development of a 6-year old? 4. What do you know about Hamid? 5. What else would you like to know about Hamid? Please explain why you would like this information. 6. What concerns do you have about Hamid? 7. What risk factors can you identify that might influence the children’s development? 8. What can Fadeyah do? 9. How does Fadeyah’s development compare to the development of a 3-year old? 10. What concerns do you about Fadeyah’s development? 11. How can you stimulate Fadeyah’s fine motor development? 12. How can you assess if Fadeyah’s development in the other domains is “on track”? 13. What factors in the family’s living conditions and history could be risk factors? 14. Which community services can you refer the family to for added support? *In your write up, be sure that the following are addressed in one or more of your responses: 1. Factors that can influence a child’s development. 2. Factors that contribute to developmental differences. 3. The role attachment plays in a child’s development. 4. Physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development for each child. 5. Cultural influences on a child’s development and parenting approaches. 6. Ways in which the environmental can impact a child’s safety and development. 7. The impact of trauma on a child’s behavior and development

Answer 1

Answer 1.

In the present case, the family appears to have a relatively stable and secure financial position with the caregiver as the sole earning member of the family and such an economic security can help ensure adequate physical and cognitive development of the three children by allowing an easy access to nutrition rich foods that promote development of elf hub one’s and teeth, skeletal and muscular and systems as well as vital organs in the growing children’s body. Recent studies point towards the notion that mothers’ and fathers’ roles as attachment figures and their influences on child outcomes may be different and complementary. In the present family, while the father may be working outside home, he takes equal responsibility in child care and spending time with his children. Moroever, th emother’s continuous involvement in caring and playing with the children can be said to promote more positive interpersonal attachment in the parent child dryads.

In addition to economic resources, the immigrant family has the priivlge of having a support group through rletaives who have provided accommodation and assistance in commincation with the host community. Thus, the family can rely on the rletaive who is fluent with English and help them in translation in their mother tongue. Other than this, the children’s accessibility to the educational institutions in the host society would help the family under case to become self- reliant and develop open and enduring social interactions in the host society. They are likely to develop better social competence, learn to match feelings with words in both English and their native language in dealing with what’s happening around them.

References:

Bretherton, I. (2007). Fathers in attachment theory and research: A review.  in Early Child Development and Care 180(1):9-23 ·

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