Topic: Diagnosis to Treatment Planning: Case Assignment 1

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Diagnosis to Treatment Planning: Case Assignment 1
Resources
• Diagnosis to Treatment Planning: Case Assignment 1 Scoring Guide.
• iGuide: ePortfolio.
• Child Case Study Backgrounds.
Your assignment is to describe how you would diagnose and treat one of the clients from the Child Case Study Backgrounds.
The clients in the media piece are the same children with whom you have been working during several of the courses in your Play Therapy specialization. However, in this course, each child is a few years older, and each has now encountered a specific type of trauma, similar to those addressed in this course.
For this assignment, you should select the child who you will work with, read the updated case, and research the particular trauma involved. Considering our discussions in this course related to unique issues involved in particular types of trauma, identify those issues for the case that you will choose. Then write about how you would prepare and follow through on treatment, including:
• Using what you learned from the literature in the process of diagnosis.
• Articulating your rationale for the use of play therapy in this instance.
• Considering any legal and ethical issues that are likely to arise in this case.
• Developing specific goals for treatment of this particular child.
• Developing a treatment plan for this particular child.
• Reflecting on how you might handle what you consider to be the most likely difficulties you expect to encounter.
Review the Scoring Guide for this assignment to make certain that you have addressed the most important criteria.
Name Jared
Gender Male
Age 4
Heritage African American-Scottish
Spirituality Baptist, practicing
Presenting Symptoms Hitting and cussing in pre-kindergarten
Strength Areas Loves rap music, loves to dance to rap music, very close to his mother’s younger sister; relationship strong and positive, Sorita and mother are doing well in school
Developmental Moderately delayed in several developmental areas: social skills, awareness of feelings, slightly lagging in large and fine motor skills
Diagnosis NA
Family of Origin —-
Mother Malita
Father Not present, not involved
Caregivers Living with mother and grandmother
Siblings None
School Public pre-kindergarten
Socio-economic Status Making efforts to transitioning to working class
Interests / Hobbies Loves to dance and sing
Pets None
Other Jared hits and cusses at pre-kindergarten. He presents as a very angry little boy. He has never met his father and he and his mother have lived with his grandmother and his mother’s younger sister, Sorita (who is 15) all of his life. His mother Malita has recently graduated from a community college and is in training to become a registered nurse. His grandmother has cared for him with his aunt, while his mother has worked and attended college since his birth.

Jared’s mother is working and attending school and reports that she feels terrible about not spending enough time with Jared. Jared spends a lot of time with Sorita, who is an, highly motivated student, like her older sister Sorita enjoys her time caring for Jared although she wishes she had more time to go out and see her friends. Jared’s grandmother reports that she regrets her daughters did not have relationships with their fathers, and she thinks that this is the root of Jared’s problems. She Grandmother has sought some help from their church minister, who has suggested that he spend time with a male mentor from their congregation. The grandmother is experiencing some chronic physical problems that sap her energy.

Grandmother also reports that men have not been present in the family going back as far as she can recall. She feels both angry and helpless about this history. She herself reports that her own mother was an alcoholic and that in spite of this history, She has improved her life from that of her siblings (three brothers and two sisters), whom she has little or no contact. Two of her brothers have been imprisoned, and the third died in gang violence as a teenager.

Mother, Auntie, Grandmother
RESOURSES
Diagnosis to Treatment Planning: Case Assignment 1 Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished
Analyze a particular case of childhood trauma using background from professional literature focusing on play therapy applications.
16% Does not use background from professional literature focusing on play therapy applications. Describes, but does not analyze a particular case of childhood trauma using background from professional literature focusing on play therapy applications. Analyzes a particular case of childhood trauma using background from professional literature focusing on play therapy applications. Analyzes a particular case of childhood trauma using background from professional literature focusing on play therapy applications, and cites specific research conclusions to support the analysis.
Identify legal and ethical issues that arise when working with special populations.
16% Does not identify legal and ethical issues that arise when working with the special population involved in the case. Identifies one legal or ethical issue that arises when working with the special population involved in the case. Identifies legal and ethical issues that arise when working with the special population involved in the case. Identifies legal and ethical issues that arise when working with the special population involved in the case and describes appropriate professional handling of those issues.
Describe the relationship between treatment planning and brain development in specific cases.
17% Does not describe the relationship between treatment planning and brain development in this specific case. Identifies, but does not describe the relationship between treatment planning and brain development in this specific case. Describes the relationship between treatment planning and brain development in this specific case. Describes and explains the impact of the relationship between treatment planning and brain development in this specific case.
Develop specific goals and treatment plans appropriate for the special population involved in a particular case.
17% Does not develop specific goals and treatment plans appropriate for the special population involved in this case. Identifies, but does not develop specific goals and treatment plans appropriate for the special population involved in this case. Develops specific goals and treatment plans appropriate for the special population involved in this case. Develops specific goals and treatment plans appropriate for the special population involved in this case and explains the rationale for them.
Describe how issues encountered in specific cases of childhood trauma impact treatment planning.
17% Does not describe how issues encountered in this case impact treatment planning. Identifies issues encountered in this case, but does not describe how they impact treatment planning. Describes how issues encountered in this case impact treatment planning. Describes how issues encountered in this case impact treatment planning and provides examples.
Communicate in writing in a professional manner.
17% Does not communicate in writing in a professional manner. Communicates in writing in a professional manner, but inconsistently. Communicates in writing in a professional manner. Communicates in writing in a professional, thorough, and scholarly manner.
Books
Gil, E. (2010). Working with children to heal interpersonal trauma: The power of play. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781606238929.
Halstead, R. W., Pehrsson, D., & Mullen, J. A. (2011). Counseling children: A core issues approach. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association. ISBN: 9781556202834.