Lawrence Case Study Essay

A. Brief Physical-Personality Picture:

• Lawrence is a tall, built, attractive young man who is very religious and has an outgoing personality. He seemed relaxed and interested in the interview in which was getting to take place.

B. Gestation, Delivery, and Post-Natal Period: Lawrence was a healthy baby born in Stone Mountain, Georgia. To his knowledge his delivery was normal, there was no problems or unusual circumstances. He remembers his mother telling him that he was placed in the incubator, but he is not sure for what reason. His mother’s pregnancy was a normal delivery and a full nine-month term.

C. Development: Medical Problems: Lawrence had no developmental medical problems. He was uncertain of how old he was when he first sat alone. Around the same time he starting saying his first word, which was “mother”, is when he started walking as well. He stated that he was about 8 to 9 months when he took his first steps. It took about another or two after taking his first steps for Lawrence to get toilet trained.

D. School History: Lawrence moved around a lot all throughout elementary, middle and high school, but he was able to stay focus and decided after high school that he wanted to take his education to a higher

Current Social/ Emotional Elements: Lawrence described his social life as being selective with which he considers as “friends”. He feels he has a lot of acquaintances that he is friendly and cordial with, but only has a very small inner circle that he trusts. No he doesn’t consider himself to be a lonely person. Lawrence’s major interests, activities, and hobbies include playing basketball, recreationally playing football, and he doesn’t have any current hobbies. Lawrence considers that he is generally considered as a well-known person, whether do to playing a sport or for his friendly personality. Typically he is regarded to be popular, but he does not consider himself as a popular person he just enjoys communication with his