Case Study: The Behavior Assessment System For Children

Anna was examined using The Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC-3), The Thematic Apperception Test and an additional sentence completion test. These were used to assess Anna’s cognition about others, cognition about herself and future, her emotional regulation, and behavioral regulation. Anna’s scores were inconsistent as they ranged from the low to a clinically significant range. Anna’s scores on her Cognition about others ranged from average to high average. Anna’s Cognition about others are adequately or more developed in comparison to her peers. Anna’s scores on her Cognition about herself and future ranged from the average to high range. Anna’s cognition about herself and future are adequately developed and typical in comparison
to her peers. Anna’s scores on the Emotional Regulation scale ranged from low to clinically significant. Anna scored in the at-risk range on the Atypicality scale from the Self-Report and Somatization scale from the Parent Rating. Anna scored in the clinically significant range on the Somatization scale on the Self-Report. Recommendations have been made in responses to these scores. Anna scores on the Behavior Regulation test ranged from the low to high range. Anna’s behavioral regulation are adequately or more developed in comparison to her peers.
Recommendations:
The following recommendations are in regards Anna scoring in the At-Risk range on the Somatization scale of the PRS:
• Teaching Anna how to analyze her feelings in terms of whether she is truly sick or not, these thoughts may often affect how she really feels.
The following recommendations are in regards Anna scoring in the At-Risk range on the Sensation Seeking scale of the SRP:
• Teaching Anna that participating in risky behaviors may have negative impacts on her life.
The following recommendations are in regards Anna scoring in the At-Risk range on the Atypicality scale of the SRP:
• Ensuring that Anna’s repetitious behaviors doesn’t have a negative impact on her life, and helping her find a way to break the cycle.
The following recommendations are in regards Anna scoring in the Clinically-significant range on the Somatization seeking scale of the SRP:
• Further testing Anna in terms of the sources of her anxiety and stresses, as this are commonly linked to somatic complaints.
• Further testing Anna for any possible environmental stresses that may contribute to her somatic complaints.
• Assisting Anna with controlling her thoughts so that she can recognize the difference between the feelings of being sick and the thought.