Child Psychology Case Study and Presentation
Child Psychology Case Study and Presentation
[Case Study (115 Points)
For your Case Study, you will produce and present your own case study. Your case studies should be about a child or adolescent who is struggling with one or more of the disorders/problems that we have or will talk about in this class. It should also focus on putting this child in a context, including how the settings the child exists in influence the child. For this assignment, it is expected that you will not only use the class textbook but also seek and cite other outside information.
Successfully completing this assignment will require you to do two essential things: 1) Produce a written case study to be handed in and 2) Present you case study as a 10-15 minute lecture/learning opportunity to the class.
The Case Study is worth a total of 115 points of your final grade for the course. The written case study will be worth 75 points and the lecture/learning opportunity will be worth 40 points.
1) Written Case Study (75 Points Total)
Your case study should be 6-8 pages in length not including references. Your case study should utilize at least 3 scientific references (e.g., peer reviewed articles, books, therapy manuals but not websites, magazine articles, etc.) other than our textbook. If you do choose to use a website, magazine article, etc, they can be used as secondary sources (e.g., NOT one of the 5) with prior approval.
All case studies will be due by June 26, 2018. A hard copy of your case study will be due at the beginning of class that day. A digital copy must also be submitted to SafeAssign by the beginning of class that day.
Case studies must be written double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font with standard (1 inch) margins on all sides. No title pages please. In addition to content, your case study will be graded for structure, clarity of thought, grammar, spelling, presentation of ideas, and proper referencing (APA style).
Case studies under the specified page limit, that do not utilize the minimum amount of outside references or that do not meet any other of the specified criteria will not be accepted and you will receive a zero for the case study component.
There are several ways that case studies can be written. Our textbook includes many brief examples of case studies and I will also provide several other examples. However, your written case study for this assignment should follow this format and contain these elements:
