Jackson's Developmental Niche Model

Understanding Jackson’s living environment is essential to understanding his developmental niches and needs. Super and Harkness’s (in Gardiner & Kosmitzki, 2010) developmental niche model asserts that the human developmental process is influenced by the individual’s unique environment, which shaped through integration and interaction among the person’s physical and social settings, culture, and caretakers. Therefore, having discussions about his family’s ethnocultural, reginal, educational, and socioeconomic background will be essential. Through such reflection on his environment, we will be able to get a sense of his individual as well as his family’s values, which is most likely a source of conflict among them.
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