The purpose of this assignment is to understand the ways that trauma can organize into a child’s life and have a lasting effect throughout development. In addition, this assignment addresses the ways that early neglect can profoundly impact a child’s capacity to development empathy and compassion.
Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 3: Describe and give examples of how pre-existing protective and promotive factors (e.g., positive attachment relationship with primary caregiver, family cohesion, social support, adaptive coping, social competence) can reduce the adverse impacts of trauma exposure across development.
CO 4: Recognize and name how trauma exposure may generate adverse life events and circumstances (secondary adversities) that may continue to transmit the adverse effects of trauma over time and across development.
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth 100 points.
Due Date
You are to submit a written paper by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT, at the end of this module.
Requirements
The Case Analysis: The Coldest Heart (Leon) assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded on use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
Create your exercise using Microsoft Word (a part of Microsoft Office), which is the required format for all Chamberlain College documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in “.docx”
Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your assignment may be posted under the Q & A Forum.
The length of the exercise is to be no less than 3 pages and no greater than 4 pages excluding title page and reference pages.
APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headings (upper and lower case, centered, boldface):
Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Guidelines
Students will write a 3-4 page case analysis The Coldest Heart in chapter 5 of The Boy who was Raised as a Dog. Students must address the following prompts in their papers:
Recognize and analyze effects of that early experiences with adversity can have on a child’s ability to form relationships.
Recognize and examine the ways that early neglect can profoundly impact a child’s behaviors.
Recognize and examine the ways that a stressful and chaotic environment can impact a child’s development.
The student provides an excellent analysis of the effects that early experiences with adversity can have on a child’s ability to form relationships and identifies multiple examples from the case of Leon.
The student provides an excellent analysis of the ways that early neglect can profoundly impact a child’s behaviors and identifies multiple examples of this in the case of Leon.
The student provides an excellent analysis of the ways that a stressful and chaotic environment can impact a child’s development and identifies multiple examples from the case of Leon.
