Photolisting of Siblings and Older Children

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Denis

Motor development: 

general: No change was observed during the past period. General motor skills, lags behind the age norm. Underdevelopment in the motor sphere is expressed in uncoordinated and inaccuracy of movements, non-rhythmicity, incorrect doing of more complex movements with the hands, difficulty in synchronizing actions between hands and feet. He can feed himself. The child moves unaided with good coordination and wide gait, no need of support. It is stable when squatting, standing up, jumping, getting on and off a chair, bench. Passes obstacles of different heights, being able to maintain balance when he stumbles; climbs and descends stairs independently without support. He manages to get around obstacles. Rolls a big ball.  Catches a ball with two hands.  Steps on different surfaces.   

Fine motor development: No change was observed during the past period. Poorly developed fine motor skills. When eating, he grabs and holds a biscuit, waffle, sticks. There is no built-in tweezer grip, it is difficult to grasp and hold a crayon, pencil, small objects. With guidance from an adult, he can transfer with spoon chestnuts from bowl to bowl, plays with certain materials and toys, pinches and pinches with a pin, looks for and find an object hidden in sand. He holds a pencil and leaves marks on a sheet of paper. He can feed himself with a spoon. Keeps mouth open but no salivation. He likes to paint with a brush and paints – he observes and accurately repeats the actions in a sequence. Takes the touch of foam, plasticine, bird feather with palms. He enjoys playing with sand as well as ropes. 

Psychological status

No change was observed during the past period. The child lags behind significantly in all indicators of neuropsychological development. Adaptive skills are greatly reduced. Learning and understanding skills are also greatly reduced. Social skills are underdeveloped. The child demonstrates behavior corresponding to moderate mental retardation – IQ – 35. He is psycho-motorically calm with stereotyped body movements and disorders of the sensory profile of development, he has hypersensitivity to noises, increased interest in smelling and touching objects. When in pain, Dennis becomes restless and sometimes reacts by shouting. The interest in joint activities with the psychologist is low, it shows attachment to the foster parent. Diagnosis: 71.1 Severe mental delay with significant behavioral disturbance requiring care. 

Perceptions and concepts: 

Poor, fragmented and undifferentiated. Shows interest and manipulates objects, but does not use them correct according to their functionality. 

Vision orienting reactions: Denis makes eye contact mainly when greeting. The child enjoys familiar faces and smiles at their appearance. Mimics observed actions. 

Hearing orienting reactions: The child does not understand and does not follow verbal commands. Sometimes reacts when called by name or to a loud noise.  

Attention span:  

Severe attention deficit. Low capacity for concentration and poor resistance to active attention. Limited volume and workability. Increased response time. Active attention is difficult to attract and it depends on the type of activity for how long he will remain focused. a purposeful activity may be performed mainly using the hand-over-hand technique for about 10-15 minutes, and switching activities. 

Memory: Severe violation of memory processes. Memory is unhelpful, emotional and situational.

Thinking: Thinking is visual-active. Poor understanding of concepts of a daily household situations. Understands some basic commands and perform them selectively. During a game, as well as in certain situations, his reactions indicate the presence of an intention and thinking. There is a strong interest in certain toys: spirals, cords, tombal. During a walk, he carefully observes the people around him, looks in the windows. The process of perceiving information is difficult.

Gabriel is 12.

General physical development:

Somatic status (body configuration and state of health): in good general condition; physical development apparently corresponds to age; glasses with a diopter are fitted, as a result of vision problems; with them, the child orients himself better; general: runs, climbs stairs and loves games; sometimes chaotic movements of the body in space are observed.

fine: not well developed for the age. Hold the pencil correctly, the pressure of graphic material is not always regulated. Draws figures and objects, having difficulty rotating the hand to execute complex details

Psychological status:

Perceptions and ideas: the perception of objects in the variety of their properties – shape, color, size, movement, contactability are not always observed. Recognizing some of their properties is in the game. It is often difficult to associate an object with the name of a word reflecting an action in a visually practical way.

Attention: (stability, concentration, switching) when setting Insufficient persistence and concentration for the overall performance of the task is observed on a specific task. In these cases, the child does not complete the task. Active attention is difficult to attract. In situations of assistance from an adult, in isolated cases it succeeds in switching and sustaining attention.

Memory: the level of memory processes, often related to past stored operations. Memorizing a specific task requires more effort and repetition by the child.

Thinking: there is a poor level of development of the thought process. Often the word order when speaking is broken, confused and even sometimes incomprehensible. Difficulty comparing, analyzing and synthesizing. When asking a specific question or task, the child does not always answer or the answer is not logically related to the question asked. He has difficulty comparing objects and phenomena that he does not immediately perceive. Hence Galin’s difficulty in moving to verbal,logical thinking.

JACKSON 

Moderate Mental Disability

Jackson is 14 years old boy, who is living in a Child Center in Eastern Europe. First 8 years he was living by his mother, but after she met her new husband, Jackson was treated badly by his new father. He was taken out from the family by the social services and placed in Foster family. After spending 2 years in foster family he was placed in the Child center with another 15 kids close to the area where he was born.

Jackson is physically well developed for his age bud has some difficulties in learning and sometimes behavioral issues.

The child is in good general physical condition. He is mobile, walks independently, can eat by himself. He can take care about himself without help. Jackson has some basic hygiene habits. Under instructions, he performs daily activities of everyday life, but he needs a reminder. He works willingly, but sometimes does not follow instructions. Takes part in all forms of activities, where he is active, executive, disciplined. Usually he is relatively calm and dosen’t worries about a new situation. He comes into verbal contact easily but has not so much to say.

Jackson loves to paint, likes to watch cartoons and watches news programs with interest. Contactable and friendly child, who maintains friendships. Seeks encouragement and approval from an adult. The child has good socially acceptable behavior, good integration into the team. In the academic year 2021/2022, Jackson is a student at 6^th grade at the local school. Classes are held at school by a resource teacher in strict compliance with the rules of disinfection, distance and use of personal protective equipment because of the pandemic. The child is enrolled in afterschool social services in a Center for Social Integration and Rehabilitation and in the Day Care Center for Children with Disabilities, where specialists work with him.

A male child with age-appropriate physical and neuropsychological development. Clinically sound.