¶ … 10-year-old boy, Alec. The child has had pervasive relocations in his life, beginning at age 2 and endured a challenging separation between his parents. Since the separation he first experienced 50% split parenting, living with his mother one week then his father and stepmother the next, until such time as he was school age. He then began to live full time with his mother during the school week and visit his father and stepmother every other weekend, until age 7 when his mother relocated to an area which is a seven hour drive from his father at this point the mother also remarried. From that point to the present he has stayed with his mother and stepfather the majority of the time and traveled to visit his father and stepmother on the Christmas holiday, spring break and through the summer, which usually works out to be about 2 months. Prior to age seven he the time that he moved away with his mother he also changed schools 4 times, as she relocated in the general metro area several times. Alec has two siblings from his mother, a half-sister (8), and a half-sister (3) and two siblings with his father, a half-brother (3) and a step sister (15). Prior to age 5 the half-sister (now 8) also lived with his father (not her biological father) on the same 50% schedule but since then has been barred by the mother from spending time with Alec's father's family for her own reasons mostly associated with the father's remarriage and attempt to have another child which began when Alec was between 5 and 6.
Part One: Physical Development Description
Alec's physical behavior is age appropriate. He is in the 60th percentile for weight and the 80th percentile for height. He has excellent fine motor and gross motor skills. He has good coordination, balance, agility and strength and his body awareness is also age appropriate. He rarely falls, can lift heavy objects and play coordinated physical games such as sparring and play sword fighting with his siblings and father. He is also very aware of his physical body, being able to be both quiet and move rapidly simultaneously. He plays both gross motor physical games and has excellent hand eye coordination, with a propensity to play and enjoy computer and videogames.
Analysis:
By age 5 it is reported that Alec could hop on one foot without falling. According to Janssen et all (2012) the ability to perform complex and coordinated asymmetrical movement should be present in a child about the age of 8 and movement improvement increases with age, declining slightly for some boys especially when they enter the period just prior to puberty, where the rapidity of growth can accelerated to such a degree that body awareness is slightly compromised. Alec has not seemed to be affected by such a period as of yet and his fine and gross motor movements are all age appropriate and within normal to advanced stages, especially considering the ability to move rapidly and quietly simultaneously and perform complicated rapid movements while playing, with only a very occasional loss of balance.
Part Two: Cognitive Development
Alec seems to interact well with others his age, but is rather reluctant in settings where he does not know the other children. He interacts well with children in his class but is reluctant to play with new students or unknown children especially in novel situations. When staying with his father he has few friends to play with and only reluctantly begins play with unknown peers. Alec is a thoughtful child when alone and often makes statements about the feelings and needs of others. He often waits a long time before expressing his own needs, such as when he is hungry, thirsty or even cold or hot. When with other children he hangs back and waits for others to ask for needs and then follows suit by agreeing with them that he also has this need. Alec waits for others to make suggestions about play when deciding what to do next. If he takes the risk to direct activities and is not agreed with he often disengages completely in play. Alec can play at the same game (on the videogames or the pc) for hours but when engaged with physical play he loses interest as soon as any conflict arises. Alec has a game he plays with his cousin about zombies, it is a memory game where they talk endlessly about the demographic characteristics of zombies and often it becomes part of physical play. He relates a great deal of collaborative collective information...
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