How To Write A Case Study For Erikson's Stages Of Development

The topic of focus is Down syndrome (DS) teenagers between the ages of 12 - 18 years old. According to Erikson growth and development theory there are five stages, namely: Infancy, Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-ages and Adolescence (Teenagers) (Leifer 2011, p.365). The stage of development that we will be elaborating on is stage five, Adolescence. Erikson defines adolescence as “the period of life beginning with the appearance of secondary sex characteristics and ending with cessation of growth and emotional maturity” (Leifer 2011, p.451). Erikson continues in discussing that the major growth and development theory during the adolescence years in that he/she is trying to identify whom one is and because of their delayed physical and mental

2. Gain the client’ trust, avoid an overly warm approach; a neutral approach is less threatening, stay with client when he is frightened, and reassure client that the environment is safe.

Alonte’ is a nonstop toddler that can’t seem to stay focus on one participle tasks. He likes to jump around and do varies things in one setting. He has a short attention span. He is a very active little boy. He was quickly changing area to area to play.

Eric Erikson was one of the most famous theorists of the twentieth century; he created many theories. One of the most talked about theories is his theory of psychosocial development. This is a theory that describes stages in which an individual should pass as they are going through life. His theory includes nine stages all together. The original theory only included eight stages but Erikson‘s wife found a ninth stage and published it after his death. The nine stages include: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair, and hope and faith vs. despair (Crandell and Crandell,

The Erikson’s developmental stage that Michael was in when the crisis occurred was the intimacy versus isolation stage. The way that the crisis had an influence on Michael’s coping with the developmental tasks of the intimacy versus isolation stage was that he mentioned in the book that he still continued to isolate himself from his wife and son. While dealing with Parkinson’s disease and quitting alcohol, he did not meet those tasks because he would try to keep himself busy at all times by accepting new movie roles or doing other activities like exercise but not dedicating himself to his family. Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he didn’t know how to act around them so he kind of stayed in this shell where he didn’t let anyone in on

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with family members. We moved each year and never stayed in a home for more than two years.

I think the best age to be is middle adulthood (40s-60s). According to Erikson's stages of development the issue at this stage is feeling like you have a purpose in life or not. I feel that for me this would be an easy issue to overcome. There are so many different things to try in the world, I don't believe it would be hard to find a purpose. The greeting cards I saw for this age category were mostly birthday cards and most celebrating reaching a certain age like 40 or 50. The jokes and pictures were more mature than the children cards which mostly contained bright colors and pictures of cartoon characters. I think I reacted better to the adult cards because I found the jokes funny, and I didn't enjoy the children's cards beacuse I never really

According to Erikson's criteria for mastering Industry versus Inferiority a child between the age of 5 to 12 acquires new friends at school, able to complete higher level of school task, play games with peers. Through these task the child develops a sense of self pride in addition, the child receives praise from parent and teacher for their accomplishments.

As human beings age, according to Erik Erikson, they go through developmental stages that help to create and transform their personalities. If needs are met and the ego is gratified, then the individual is able to move on to the next challenge. Onward they march in life and in stage until they find the end level: integrity versus despair. This has been categorized as adults 65 years and older by Erikson. Here, people are to reminisce and judge their lives in terms of merit or disappointment. Erikson himself had a lot to comb through in his later years.

In Erik Erikson’s theory he explains that in every stage, a positive or a negative attitude is developed within an individual. During our developing stages we are either successful or we fail. Each stage will come to us whether or not we’re ready for them or not. You can think of the stages as learning stages where crisis occur .Only if we have learned from the previous crisis we are successful. You cannot avoid 1 stage and move to a next stage because of the developing process. The outcome of our lives depends on the way we chose to progress throughout each stage in life. Erikson had his own way in describing each stage in life that we all must go through.

Erik Erikson’s was born June 15, 1902, in southern Germany, His Jewish mother Karla Abrahamsen and to biological father, who was on unnamed Darnish man. Erikson’s biological abandoned him before he was born. Erikson was brought up by his mother and stepfather, Theodor Homberger, who was Erikson’s pediatrician. He never knew the true identity of his biological father. He always was in search of his identity; Erikson’s search for identity took him through some difficult experiences during his adult developmental stage.

Erik Erikson is most famously known for his eight stages of human development. As a former student of Freud, Erikson was interested in the going ons of early childhood development and what the outcomes can be. With such an interest came his eight stages, each with a positive outcome and a negative outcome, depending on the environment in which the individual develops. The first five stages are the ones that are dependent a lot on how a parent reacts with their child, considering it covers the first 18 year of life. The first five stages are the ones which will be discussed concerning baby Jude.

Erik Erikson believe that childhood is very important in personality development. He created a theory of psychosocial development that covers an entire life. I believe that Erik Erikson did a great job on creating these stages.

My client is a teenage girl; who has recently become pregnant. The daughter maintains that she does not know who the father is, she is 14 years- old; frequently skips school in a small town, smokes, and seems to think that everyone is out to get her. The teen also believes her mother hates her. Her mother is at her wits end and just wants what is best for her daughter. The mother is poor and can’t afford much in the way of psychological assistance for her daughter. I am going to review three theories and try and apply them to this case. The theories that will be looked at are Erik Erickson’s Eight Stages of development, Vygotsky’s development theory, and Schaffer & Emerson’s attachment theory.