CAPITOL UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Cagayan de Oro City

Case Analysis for FINALS

in
Advanced Developmental Psychology
2nd Sem, S.Y. 2019-2020

Name: ____________________________
Course/Year: ______________________
Date of Submission: ________________
Permit No: ________________________
Score: _____/ 100

Instructions. DO NOT OBSERVE A CHILD. USE ONLY THIS INFORMATION to

complete this Case Study Analysis. (50 pts)
Write a developmental profile of a client. A developmental profile format is
provided for you. Guide Questions are given in each area for better analysis.
You do NOT have to fill out everything, but be sure that you include ALL
the relevant information.
Refer to a Child Development Checklist to help you identify the milestones
for a specific age and compare that to the client’s case to formulate your
answers.

CASE STUDY No. 1

Sam is a seven year old male who lives with his parents. He was born on the 20 th of
March 2013. You observe him playing soccer with other peers and notice that he has
difficulty playing ball. He struggled with his balance and was unable to kick the ball. He
threw a tantrum in the middle of the game and the other kids laughed at him. After he
was removed from the game and given some table top activities instead; he was able to
interact well with other children. He was observed to have a very clean and clear
handwriting and also draws images of cartoons quite well. However, he can only copy
images of cartoons, but not draw from his own imagination. Whenever you engage
Sam in watching a movie, he has a difficult time picking out the emotion shown in the
movie. He also showed difficulty in talking about what he saw in the movie. During
snacks break, he was observed to be able to feed himself and clean his area by himself.
Developmental Profile
I. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

Child’s Name (only use first name):

Date of Birth :
Gender:
Chronological Age at time of assessment:
Developmental Age (If available):
Placement (for children with special needs):
Diagnosis (If available from doctor):

Physical Development:
Strengths
 What tasks does the child perform well, with little or no difficulty? Be sure to
comment on gross & fine motor skills.
Challenges
 What tasks does the child have difficulty performing? (If you don’t know or did not
observe something, then you may state that this should be observed during the
next evaluation as something to look into.)
Cognitive Development:
Strengths
 Based on the tasks that were identified on the Developmental Checklist, what
stage would this child be on Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory? Justify
your answer. (Be sure to comment on reasoning, memory, imagination if
applicable and language skills.)
Challenges
 What areas might be a challenge?
Social/Emotional Development:
Strengths
 Based on the tasks that were identified on the Checklist, what stage would this
child be on Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental Theory? Be sure to support
your thoughts. (Be sure to comment on play, interaction with others and
emotions.)
Challenges
 Write challenges observed here.
Summary/Conclusion:
 (Instructions. This section should provide a short summary of your observations.
Do not simply restate what you have already said.
Example: “This child is performing in the average range of physical and cognitive
development according to developmental milestones. However, the performance in
social/emotional development is well above average for children her age.”
This is the portion that we find meaning. You are NOT diagnosing, but use what you
have observed to make conclusions about problem areas or areas that need to be
focused on to improve the client’s development. You could also include any factors in
the client’s environment that contribute to the client’s strengths or challenges.)