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Into Everything Abnormal Psychology
Into Everything Abnormal Psychology
INTO EVERYTHING
IDENTIFYING DATA
PREMORBID PERSONALITY
The client has shown difficult behavior since toddler and had been unbearably restless and
demanding
The client is fidgety and hyperactive. He also shows inattention behavior and difficulty
concentrating in task.
HISTORY
Since 3 year old the client has been difficult, required little sleep and been awake before
anyone else(woke up at 4:30 or 5am) and “demolished” the living room or kitchen. When he was
4, he wander off into a busy main street which fortunately was rescued by a passerby. In
preschool program, he was rejected due to his behavior. In kindergarten, he was placed in a
not popular with other children and prefer outdoors activity when he was home (playing with
dog or riding bike). He tends to get messy and destructive with his toys and games.
confidence performing or participating school activities. However, some of his action caused
harm and discomfort to his peers and teacher. Impairment was found in his cognitive, adapting
difficulty adapting with his school environment due to his hyper activeness. The client show
dislikes in games or toys that require any concentration or patient resulting him to be messy and
destructive
Eddie showed persistent pattern of inattention, hyperactivity and impusivity. This was shown in
his dislike in things that required attention (toys or games), his fidgety behavior, unable to stay in
his sit and roam around classroom, and suddenly doing something outrages (swinging from
(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The assumption is that children with ADHD present
deficits in the development of the construction of operational notions, such as space-time
RECOMMENDATION
The assessor suggest the client and the parents to seek Behavior therapy as it is an effective
behavior, self-control, and self-esteem. Treatment involves teaching children different methods
of responding to situations more positively. A central part of this therapy is rewarding positive
behavior and punishing negative behavior. Parents must help to reinforce this in the child’s day-
to-day life.