Advanced Educational Psychology: Case Studies and Analysis

This homework assignment focuses on three student case studies, each presenting unique challenges and developmental stages. The first case involves Jamie Okiro, an eight-year-old student from an African cultural background facing social and academic difficulties after relocating to the United States. The second case examines Daniel Smith, a nine-year-old boy with autism, highlighting his struggles with reading, writing, and social interaction. The third case study presents Emily Richards, an eleven-year-old student with a mischievous nature and facing challenges due to her socioeconomic background and peer influence. The assignment requires an analysis of each student's social, emotional, and academic development, along with proposed strategies to support their learning and address their specific needs. The references provided offer evidence-based practices and research to support the analysis and proposed interventions.

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Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:

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First Student:
Jamie Okiro is my cute little girl who is only eight-years-old. She belongs to an
African cultural background. She used to stay in Johannesburg, in South Africa. Her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Okiro, have just shifted to the busiest place, the United States of America for
adopting better occupation. Jamie is a very attentive girl who is studying in the 3rd standard in
Staten Island Technical High School. She used to face a lot of humiliation from other
students that have drastically changed her and has affected in her studies as well. She is
excellent in English and painting and has always been a diligent student. She has ranked
second in her 2nd standard but still, her parents got disappointed as she did not rank first. She
has enough potential and dedication towards her work. Yet, she has not been appreciated by
her teachers accurately so being a teacher, and it is my responsibility to attend her with
special care. Nowadays, she has lacked concentration and communication.
Firstly it is essential to know about her social, emotional, and academic development
so that I can effectively help her in her difficult situations. It is quite challenging to handle as
she has been lacking in communicating with me and has been facing difficulty in her studies
especially in history and mathematics.
Jamie has excellent potential so she needs more focus and proper guidance such as
improvement in her abilities, encouragement in her studies, and development in her
personality. In this way, social development will effectively help her in gathering significant
growth.
As being a teacher, I help her to gain prior knowledge about the surroundings,
cooperative nature, emotion regulation, gender equality, and capacity in the field of intimate
relationships.

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Now coming to the academic development, she has lacked in the previous week, but
somehow, she has regained her spirit and has been developing in her scorecard. She has
scored seventy-four out of a hundred. Thus, I know she will reestablish her position in the top
ten rankings.
Second Student:
Daniel Smith is a boy who is suffering from autism since childhood. He is nine years
old and still studying in 2nd standard in Townsend Harris High School. He has been living
with his father Mr. Tom Smith and his mother, Mrs. Jane Smith, has been working in the
United States of America. He used to live in Canada with his father, but he frequently visits
his mother in the United States of America. He has been visiting at his mother’s place. I have
been given the responsibility to submerge his fears and develop his reading and writing skills.
In the case of autism children, it affects their growth as well as development (Wong et al.,
2015). It creates a problem like having a critical issue in social interaction with other people.
They used to get attracted to unusual objects and things. They have been blessed with a
variety of abilities. They create repeated actions as well as abnormal body movements (Baio,
2014).
Yet, Daniel is a smart boy, but lacks in writing and reading skills and always lacks in
assembling his self-confidence while responding to all the questions. It is quite challenging to
cope up with his unusual hitting movements with his legs and he tries to concentrate on
studies by utilizing different kinds of objects and paintings.
It is more important to understand his social, emotional, and academic development,
where society has ridiculed him because of his hyperactivity disorder. Yet, he has been
developing his writing skills and has scored passing marks in every subject. Therefore, he
needs to improve his reading skills by utilizing lovely storybooks.

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He has been receiving emotional support from his close friends, family members, and
school teachers. Thus, being his tuition teacher, I try to help him in developing his academic
scores, engagement in activities and crafting events.
Third Student:
Emily Richards is an active and naughty girl who is eleven-years-old. She has been
born and brought up in New York City, the United States of America. She has been studying
in 6th standard in Brooklyn Technical High School, and her favorite subject is Science and
gaming activities. She has been living with her divorced mother, Mrs. Richards and has been
living under poor conditions. She is quite famous in her school because of her gaming
activities such as basketball, volleyball, and painting. Yet, she is a very naughty and
mischievous student, but she lacks in putting tremendous efforts just a few days before her
examination.
All the rich kids have surrounded her, and therefore, she has been leaving her studies
behind and has been gathering less attention to her studies. So there is a different kind of
strategy that helped me to improve her situation.
Therefore, some essential strategies are developing writing skills, reading skills, and
enhancing their personality (Perso & Hayward, 2015). It will help them to approach and
understand their essential activities by utilizing their pro-activeness and potential.

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References
Baio, J. (2014). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years-autism
and developmental disabilities monitoring network, 11 sites, United States, 2010.
Perso, T., & Hayward, C. (2015). Teaching Indigenous students: Cultural awareness and
classroom strategies for improving learning outcomes. Allen & Unwin.
Wong, C., Odom, S. L., Hume, K. A., Cox, A. W., Fettig, A., Kucharczyk, S., ... & Schultz,
T. R. (2015). Evidence-based practices for children, youth, and young adults with
autism spectrum disorder: A comprehensive review. Journal of autism and
developmental disorders, 45(7), 1951-1966.