old Emma‚ a Euro American ‚ preadolescent female‚ from a two parent household in the midst of a divorce and custody battle‚ who was sexually abused by a worker at her preschool‚ is a perfect example of the critical/interconnective role of the Mesosystem. It is evident that Emma’s personal and social identity is based on her family perspectives/relationships and her traumatic life experience. While unfortunately child sexual abuse and children being raised in divorced household has
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Multi-agency Working The aim of the essay is to show an understanding of the value of effective multi-agency working in supporting children and families. It is mentioned in the department of education (2012) that multi – agency working is a way of bringing together practioners from different professions to give additional support to children and family who need it. Because children and their family needs can be very different it is ensured that right professionals are involved in the service provided
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Bronfenbrenner’s theoretical framework challenged deficit perspectives. The author demonstrated that a range of inter-related factors may impact on an individual across different systems at any given time (e.g.‚ microsystem‚ mesosystem‚ exosystem and macrosystem). Ecological systems theory emphasises the interaction between more proximal individual factors (e.g.‚ biology‚ personality)‚ immediate environment (e.g.‚ family‚ school‚ peer group)‚ wider environment (e.g.‚ children’s services‚ socio-political
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Lifespan Development Human lifespan development is the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues throughout the life span. Studying lifespan development is extremely beneficial to understanding who we are‚ how we came to be this way‚ and where our future will take us. Knowledge of the study of development can be obtained through five theoretical approaches. These approaches include psychoanalytic theories‚ cognitive theories‚ behavioral and social cognitive theories
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Organizing and providing family centred care may seem as an easy and simple task. However‚ in practise and in a system as complex as health care we really have to consider the different ways‚ we as professionals can provide family centred care to our patients. The following assignment will focus on one case study about a father. Mr. Fleming recently had a heart attack and was admitted to hospital. The essay will discuss the patient’s social and health care needs as well as providing an eco-map to
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My Life Story In Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Model he describes 5 different stages of development. Stages in which he believes affect people through social context as well as interpersonal interactions. Bronfenbrenner’s first stage is Microsystem‚ Which is each person’s immediate surroundings such as; family members‚ classmates‚ and/or church groups. Growing up my parents made sure me and my brother attended church every Sunday morning. For years we were one of the first people in and one
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A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives Heather L. Justice Psychology 104 Lisa Linkin May 6‚ 2009 A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives Developmental psychology is the study of human development and the changes that take place from conception on. Through the study of human development‚ scientists are able to uncover patterns of development in which they make hypothesis and theories from. In their observations‚ developmental scientists have offered many theories that explain the growth
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settings‚ Bronfenbrenner produced a series of environmental systems. Divided into five layers these nested circles each represents features which can influence development. The systems are as followed: The microsystem‚ the inner layer and immediate environment in which a person is operating; The mesosystem‚ two settings interacting‚ such as the connection between home and work; The exosystem‚ an environment in which an individual is not directly involved‚ but is nonetheless still affected; The macrosystem
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Section 1: The Case Study Section 1: The case study Today‚ in western industrialized nations‚ the decision whether or not to have children is‚ as Berk (2004) describes it a " .matter of individual choice" (p.460). This contrasts with many non western nations where what Michaels (1988‚ cited in Berk‚ 2004) describes childbearing as‚ " an unavoidable cultural demand" (p.460). Research on the New Zealand population suggests that couples are having children at a much later phase of life.
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Systems Theory contains five systems which are: the microsystem‚ the mesosystem‚ the exosystem‚ the macrosystem and the chronosystem. (Berk E. 27) The picture book‚ A Chair For My Mother‚ can be used to explain that system theory. (Williams B.) The microsystem is the system closest to the individual and the people with which the individual has regular‚ direct contact such as school‚ home and daycare. An individual’s actions or reactions in the microsystem affects how the others treat that individual in
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