Shalock's Five Domains

Hello, my name is Cassie Harris and I am a sophomore at Oklahoma State University. I am studying to major in Human Development and Family Science with an option in child and family services, with a minor in Psychology. I love being able to study here at Oklahoma State and experience everything that this great university has to offer. In this paper, I will be discussing Shalock’s (2013) Conceptual Framework of human functioning and describing the five domains: intellectual abilities, adaptive behavior, health, participation, and context. After describing those five domains, I will then transition to talking about applying them to the real world.
The first domain I will be describing is intellectual abilities. An intellectual ability is essentially a general mental
The fourth domain is participation, interaction, and social roles. Participation is the actual activities that a person is involved with. It is related to the functioning of that person in society. Social skills include interpersonal skills, social responsibilities, self-esteem, gullibility, follow rules, avoids being victimized, and social problem solving. Practical skills include daily living activities or personal care, safety, money, health care, travel, transportation, and a schedule or routine. Lastly, the fifth domain is context. Context essentially describes the interrelated conditions within in which people live their lives everyday. It includes personal and environmental factors that show essentially the individuals the whole background of that individual’s life. Environmental factors essentially go to create the physical and social environment that people live their lives. There are also personal factors that represent this as well. These include your gender, age, lifestyle, habits, as well as your upbringing and many more. Next, transitioning into supports and how having supports impact human functioning, supports includes both services, formal, and informal support that is expected