The aim of this case study is to discuss and develop an understanding of a child, the child that will be focused on will be unnamed and referred to as ‘Child J’ not only for confidentiality reasons but also to protect the child. ‘Child J’ is 4 year old child who lives at home with both mum and dad as well as two older sisters. Although ‘Child J’ been attending both Sunday school and the youth group for over a year, their academic capability has not improved. ‘Child J’ has also struggled to form bonds that would be considered appropriate for a child close to 5 years. (Meggitt 2007) ‘Child J’ does however, have strong bonds with their mother and female Sunday school teacher. ‘Child J’ demonstrates a number of behaviours that are outside what is expected of child who is close to five years old and has not reached a number of milestones that are also expected of a child this age, (Early Years Foundation Stage, 2008). In order to understand the …show more content…
It is clear that from all the observations (appendix A, B and C) that female figures play an important role in ‘Child J’s’ life. Although ‘Child J’ lives at home with both their parents and two older siblings, their father is not always within the home setting as he has to work away for most of the week, this means that for a large amount of the time ‘Child J’ is only surrounded by females. Due to this ‘Child J’ does not know how to interact with males within the setting and has struggled to form emotional bonds with important male role models. Struggling to develop key skills in dealing with
Brazelton, T. B. & Sparrow, J. D. (2001) Touchpoints: Your Childs’s Emotional and Behavioral Development Perseus Publishing, Cambridge: MA
Working with children, young people and their families can be seen as difficult and complex for many different reasons. However, before these topics can be discussed and explored fully, it is important to completely understand the difference between the words ‘difficult’ and ‘complex’. ‘Difficult’ implies that things are not easily or readily done, where it requires much effort much effort, labour and skill to be performed effectively. In the same way, ‘complex’ implies a hard to deal with situation, but also involves many interconnected parts or complicated arrangements that consist of emotional attachment.
First of all I would like to explain why the child observation is important for social workers. It is important because it focus on the problems that arise when a child‘s situation is not taken seriously and consequently have harsh consequences for both worker and child (Climbié Report, 2002). Observation is something that leads to formation of hypotheses and gives new insights about the child’s world. Child observations assist social workers understand, through assessments, the children’s communication between them and their carer or parents. The aim of the observation is to understand the child and his/her world (Briggs, 1992).
Suggested roles of all types set the stage for how human beings perceive their life should be. Gender roles are one of the most dangerous roles that society faces today. With all of the controversy applied to male vs. female dominance in households, and in the workplace, there seems to be an argument either way. In the essay, “Men as Success Objects”, the author Warren Farrell explains this threat of society as a whole. Farrell explains the difference of men and women growing up and how they believe their role in society to be. He justifies that it doesn’t just appear in marriage, but in the earliest stages of life. Similarly, in the essay “Roles of Sexes”, real life applications are explored in two different novels. The synthesis between these two essays proves how prevalent roles are in even the smallest part of a concept and how it is relatively an inevitable subject.
This essay will discuss the Key Person approach and its impact on children and their families. It will critically analyse some of the benefits, challenges and barriers that the key person system may have on an early years setting, its provision, the children and their families. It will discuss transitions that children may experience, and how practitioners can help to support them and their families during this process. This will have reference to appropriate theorists such as John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Supporting references will be shown throughout this essay to support the writing.
Therefore, the constrictive American ideals of male and female gender identities inhibits growth and acceptance of gender expression. Each gender is separated by rules and guidelines that they must abide by. This, in turn, creates inner tensions that inhibit personal growth. For males, this may be, or is, an extraordinarily arduous task. More often than not, it is other male figures, such as the father, that administer and enforce these certain rules.
Munro, Alice ““Boys and Girls” Viewpoints 11. Ed, Amanda Joseph and Wendy Mathieu. Alexandria, VA: Prentice Hall, 2001. Print.
The study of children and their development is a new interdisciplinary field unifying research from sociology, anthropology, development psychology, law, and healthcare. Childhood studies emerged from the universal need to understand children’s development, their susceptibility to external factors, and what it means to be a child from the child 's perspective. Children differ depending on many factors, such as place, time, social status, religion, and tradition, and each of these aspects
To say that girls are different from boys is an understatement. Boys and girls are treated and raised differently while growing up in a patriarchal environment(Chesney-Lind & Sheldon. Chapter 6); the diverse ways in which they mature physically and emotionally, boy’s and girl’s involvement or path that leads to their potential delinquency are worlds apart. In addition, bombardment by role models and advertisements of society plays a large aspect in the differences between boys and girls. The majority of female role m...
It is essential that a child’s development is viewed in a holistic manner, so that practitioners can identify a child’s physical, personal, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing- not just focusing on their intellectual
Children, try to make sense of what is happening within the family while lacking a great deal of vital information. This process of figuring out roles and meaning unveils two themes. First, is the “need for meaning making” and the second is “sensitivity and caregiving”. The child’s
For 12 weeks I observed a young pre-schooler Child C aged 31/2 years old, through my account I would give an observer’s view of Child C, three theories peculiar to Child C and my the emotions evoked in me as an observer. My observation assisted in my understanding of the changes in Child C as the week progressed over the 12 weeks.
Woodhead, M. and Montgomery, H. (Eds) (2003) Understanding childhood: an interdisciplinary approach, Milton Keynes: John Wiley and sons in association with The Open University.
In this era, males and females both uphold household duties. Children watch and learn from their environment. A boy watching his father care for an infant is going to want to imitate his father. Playing with a doll is simply following what he has seen his father do. Taking away the doll is taking away that child’s future as a nurturing father (Gioia, 2010). Many men feel that their male child playing with a doll is not teaching him to be tough and will negatively impact their future, when in fact the boy will learn how to care and use their imagination by playing with dolls (Epand). Females are often praised when they are gentle and nurturing, while boys are not- causing boys to r...
Beginning at the influential ages of six to eight when children are meant to be exposed to caretakers that meet all their needs, mentally, physically, emotionally, and educationally, some are left wanting. When caretakers fail to instill the child with the basic fundamentals they, more often than not, veer off the path of ’normalcy,’ or what can be classified as normal child behavior on a basis of a scientific standpoint, to a teenage life of delinquency.