Question

PSY 336 Case Study: Fadeyah, Hamid, and Ahmed

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

1. The family's strength is 4 members.

2. Ahmed can help with fadyehs development and independence in the kindergarten

3. Ahmed seems to be developing at the average rate of a six year old, and seems to be physically and cognitively as well as so oo emotionally at the level.

4. Hamid is a 6 yeard old baby.

5. There should be more information about Hamid behavior with respect to his mother, his pattern of feeding and sleeping. This would help assess his development, and his motor skills with respect to grabbing.

6. Hamid, being the youngest, could be influenced by Fadyehs behavior, and her clingy nature with the mother, could hamper the attention he needs.

7. The probable risk factors can be the fact that there is drastic and evident shift from the cultural roots and into an unknown society of people with starkly different cultural practices. The other being, the miniscule contact with their resepctive father.

8. Fadyeh has an insecure type of attachment with her caregiver that can be attributed to the absence of her father.

9. Fadyeh, when compared to an average 3 year old, should be more curious and exploitative, she can go through speech and art therapy to help develop better.

10. If her insecure type of attachment does not shift, she will have sundry problems in her teen and sulthood with respect to people and her relationships that would exude insecurity and instability.

11. Fadyehs fine motor developement can be propelled by art therapy and a probably dance therapy as well, which would help her open up and come out of her shell.

12. By giving her a TAT test to gauge her response.

13. The socio Economic conditions, the family structure and the absence of a father figure.

14. The society community center of the area they live in, or volunteering for the poor community center