Child Observation Paper

Nathaniel Bowditch is a school in the Salem Public school district. This school currently educates children from kindergarten through the eighth grade. Within the school, I volunteer my time with the adjustment counselor for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing the counseling services at Nathaniel Bowditch through a client’s perspective. I will be discussing this client under the pseudonym of J, to ensure the privacy of the client. All of the information I will be using throughout this essay is from the client herself or her counselor. The goal of this paper is to discuss a background of the client, why and how long the client has been using this agency, the significance of the services

I did the case study with a girl named Clara Duong. She is eleven years old. She is a Vietnamese American. She was born on January 17, 2003 in the United States. She has an older brother and a lot of cousins. She can speak four different languages which are English, Vietnamese, German, and Spain. She is very friendly and funny, so she gets along very well with other people. She makes friends easily and keeps relationship with them very well. She has a lot of friends and often spend time with them beside school. She likes playing video game and reading a book. She is very active and outgoing. She enjoys being with people. She is attending in some clubs or teams such as TIGAR, student leadership, and Snow Cats. She like to help others and takes life easy. She does very well at school. She follows rules at school and home. Clara’s religion is Roman Catholic. She goes to the church every Saturday and Sunday. She studies a bible on Sunday.

This counselor was able to met with Tonya at school on 11/7 as she had the day off work. Tonya has not been to school in awhile as she has been working a lot at Meijer. When this counselor asked her how things are going she stated,

To begin with, Ana is the oldest child out of seven. The way Ana grew up with her family was very different than most people. Since she is the oldest,

The peer I am conducting this write up for is Jaclyn Mihal. She is Caucasian, and she has completed her bachelor’s degree in health studies. She works full-time as a nanny for a family, and she reports in her demographic information that her family is together. Jaclyn mentions that her relationship with her parents is very good, and she appears to be very thankful that she has an open, communicative relationship with her parents. She says that she can bring anything to them and that they provide her with unconditional love and support, and that they push her to do her best in whatever she chooses to take on in her life. Jaclyn listed that she has a brother, who is 25 years old, making her the youngest sibling. Jaclyn also says that her friends

This experience was chosen to encourage the children to explore and participate in growing their own food in order to extend their knowledge and understanding of where food originates from and present the importance plants have on earth’s eco-systems. The activities in this learning plan are designed to assist children in connecting with the natural environment and understanding their world around them through sensory and hands-on investigation (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR], 2009). When children are connected with and contribute to their world, they develop environmental values and become socially responsible citizens who show respect for the environment (DEEWR, 2009). Altering the connectedness of children

Counseling is a crucial part of our program because it directly connects the child to a counselor. Our counseling sessions will be taken place in our program building. The children based on their last name will be assigned a counselor, but will have the opportunity to change if requested. The session will be ordered depending on the preference of the child’s most comfortable arrangement, selecting between face to face or laying on a chair not facing the counselor to avoid any worry and judgment the child may fear. In allowing the child in the beginning to choose, we hope to make their confidence and comfort ability grow as the sessions continue. By providing a counseling service outside the school system we are able to follow the modern view of learning and development by structuring the learning experiences inside and outside of the classroom.

Based on observations through note-taking/making, C.G. interacts only with the female students in the classroom, with the exception of one male student. When asked if she would prefer to work with groups or alone, C.G. states. “I would rather work in groups.” Socially, C.G. is at the typical developmental range for a third grader. Emotionally, C.G. shows her emotions in class. When “punishment” is directed towards her in class, she feels discouraged, and according to her family survey, C.G. is motivated by, “encouragement and feeling accomplished.” Physically, C.G. is not very physically active while at school, however, in her student interview when asked what she likes to do she said she loves to swim. C.G.’s fine motor skills are

Ana is growing positive and confident as a human being; she feels loved and capable of doing many things. She is receiving positive reinforcement from her mother, teachers, and tutors. And she is very aware of getting their recognition for her accomplishments. Thus, she feels proud of it. Ana is receiving many opportunities in developing the feeling of success, she would like to be a pediatrician, so far she has developed a good self-confidence that may lead a good industry.

I would approach the counseling session from a cognitive-behavior approach. It appears that Isabella is suffering from anxiety and the cognitive behavior approach to therapy would be a good match for the student. There are a number of aspects of the therapy that coincide with my belief system.

Summary of Progress: Bryan has consistently participated in weekly counseling sessions since January 2017 with this writer, Erika Aceves, MSW Intern. Since his transition from his former school based counselor, Amanda Perez, in December 2016, Bryan has been open and able to express his feelings, thoughts, and interests during counseling sessions. Bryan actively participates in all session activities; maintaining consistent eye contact, proper body posture, and contributes to session discussions. Per student’s self-report, he has made significant progress in class and in the playground. When social scenarios are discussed in sessions, Bryan is readily able to indicate a positive choice and how he would resolve a conflict with a peer or handle

Today is Tuesday, February 07, 2017; I met with the school counselor at my amateur to discuss the area in which the counselors work with students after graduation. Introductions were made and the purpose for the meeting was addressed. The atmosphere was pleasant and the staff was really cordial. Mrs. Sandwich stated she has a master’s as an educational specialist and is licensure in the state as both an NCC and NSCA. She has been in her desired position for 15 years. Mrs. Sandwich described the school’s vison is for each students to receive the education and tools needed to fulfil lifelong dreams; her job as a counselor is to prepare students in learning how to accomplish their dreams.

The student I choose for this case study is a second grade student at Mortensen Elementary School. I will refer to her as M.B for privacy sake. M.B. is a seven - year old student who has three other siblings: a younger sister who is the age of 2, a younger brother at the age of 4 and an older sister at the age of 10. M.B lives in Littleton Colorado with her mother father and all of her siblings. M.B enjoys being outside jumping on her tramp, and she is currently in gymnastics where she finds herself loving to play on the rings. Her favorite books to read are My Weird School and she is currently starting to read the Harry Potter books with her family. M.B’s favorite subject is writing because she enjoys writing stories about princesses and

On November 13, 2015 at 9:00am School psychologist Natasha Noel was interviewed. She currently employed at Ridgewood Park Elementary school in Orlando Florida. Works for and hired by Orange County Public School (OCPS) for a few years. At the present moment she has stated her “clientele depends on students being referred, it varies (Noel, 2015).” She also is a certified Bilingual Phycologist for OCPS. During the week she comes two days weekly to Ridgewood Park to help children who had been referred for several of reasons. She picks up the child from the class and counsels him or her one-on-one. Her job duties are helping children and teens achieved academically, social, behaviorally and emotionally (Noel, 2015). However, it is not an easy task to understand an emotionally disturbed child and to turn him or her around participating in positive feedbacks. This job takes a lot of time, hard work and dedication.

Nikki Rhodes is a 35 year old married female born female and identifies as female. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and later moved to Williamsburg, VA with her husband and three children. She and her family moved to the state of Virginia in order to care for her parents who were ill. Currently she is a part time associate working in retail at one of the nearest department store and is currently living her husband and their two sons. Nikki’s mood is quite enthusiastic and congruent to the content and has a mostly stable mood. Nikki Rhodes is Oriented x4 and her speech is relaxed and within normal limits. She is neatly groomed, dressed in a white shirt tucked into her navy blue linen pants and gray cardigan, her hair is neatly cut and curled. Rapport with Nikki and the student social worker is becoming easily established through weekly home visiting and being a stable person entering their environment. Nikki follows the appropriate set and has no problem in providing the necessary information pertaining to her concerns of a mother but concerns shown through both of her children’s development. Nikki was referred to Child Developmental Resources in 2013 to address concerns of her first son by their family pediatrician. She is currently seeking services for her second son two