COUN-5004UNIT-5Early School Age and Middle Childhood Through, Lecture notes of Accounting

Download COUN-5004UNIT-5Early School Age and Middle Childhood Through and more Lecture notes Accounting in PDF only on Docsity! COUN-5004 UNIT-5 Early School Age and Middle Childhood Through the Lenses of Counseling Specializations The purpose of this discussion is to consider how different specializations within counseling might address issues of school-age development. Use the readings in this unit, along with the ones you found in your own independent research, to help you think through and write about these issues. For your initial post, choose one of the cases below and address the following in relation to that case: Sonia, 9-Year-Old Student Sonia is 9 years old, and she reports feeling lonely all the time. She seems to be isolated from her peers and reports feeling different from everyone around her. She says that she does not like the feeling of being vulnerable and has a hard time opening up to others. She reports hating school and only wants to stay at home with her mother. She cries every morning when her mother gets her ready for school. She will also cry each time the teacher indicates that the next upcoming subject is math. Sonia's parents are concerned for their daughter and are unable to ask for assistance because of a language barrier. ● Identify the challenges that the student, family, or individual client may be experiencing, based on your specialization. ● Identify any psychosocial conflicts that may be present, and the transitions related to early school age or middle childhood that may be considered. ● Choose one theory of personality development and explain how that theory helps you understand this student's behavior. ● Describe specific ways of helping the student, family, or individual client from your professional perspective. One of the biggest challenges facing the family and student is the language barrier that separates them from the rest of the school community and makes it challenging to ask for and receive help with their concerns. I would recommend seeking a translator or using tools to translate such as google translate or having the daughter who speaks English help facilitate a conversation with the parents. Two way communication between the counselor and the family is crucial to the success of the patient because the needs of the family must be communicated clearly and with great detail, which is difficult with language barriers. Perhaps a trusted family friend or other family member who speaks both languages can step in to help with translating. A challenge that ties into the language barrier is the students’ feelings of not belonging and being different than those around her. Transitioning from a young child in a family speaking one language to a middle age child in a school setting which requires complex social interactions in the child’s second language with cultural differences and different responses to emotions is the biggest challenge facing the student. Feeling like she does not belong, becoming isolated from her peers, and struggling to open up to others and