Fozia 2
Fozia 2
Fozia 2
Submitted to
Submitted by
Fozia Bibi
Roll No
BS-CP33F20
BS-VII
2020-2024
Lahore
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Table of Contents
No. Contents Page no.
1. Case Summary 4
2. Bio data 5
4. Presenting complaints 5
6. Background information 6
7. Psychological assessment 9
8. Informal assessment 9
9. Formal assessment 12
11. Diagnosis 15
15. Limitations 21
16. Suggestions 21
17. References 22
18. Appendices 24
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List of Appendices
Appendices
List of Tables
Case Summary
The client was a boy of 17 years and 9 months old, who was dressed neatly according to the
weather. He was enrolled at Rising Sun Institute of Special Education. He was assigned to
trainee clinical psychologist for his assessment and proposing a management plan to fulfill
trainee clinical psychologist course requirement. Client was assessed both formally and
Problematic Behaviors, Baseline Chart, and Reinforcement Survey Schedule were done. In
formal assessment, Slosson intelligence Test (SIT), Colored Progressive Matrix (CPM) and
Children Adaptive Behavior Scale (CABS) were administered on the client. His diagnosis of
severity Intellectual Disability was confirmed by the trainee clinical psychologist and
management plan was also proposed accordingly. The proposed management included rapport
building, psychoeducation, individualized education plan (IEP), play therapy and behavior
Bio Data
Name Z.A
Gender Male
D.O.B 02.04.2004
Number of Siblings 2
Religion Islam
The client was enrolled at Rising Sun Institute of Special Education with presenting
complaints of learning difficulties, slow academic progress, poor retention, not age-appropriate
Clinical Psychologist by the school administration for his assessment and to devise a proposed
management plan to fulfill the requirement of the course. Permission was granted from the
Presenting Complaints
Table 1.1
Complaints Duration
poor understanding Since childhood
learning difficulties Since childhood
poor comprehension Since childhood
slow academic progress Since childhood
poor retention Since childhood
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Client was born after consanguineous marriage. Client’s mother had poor diet during her
pregnancy. She has passed through some stress and emotional disturbance due to some family
and domestic issue. Client was delivered at home by midwife and few complications were
In 2005, when client was 1 year old, he suffered from diarrhea, despite taking treatment
he remained ill for one year. Client had delay in some developmental milestones. When client
reached schooling age, he tried getting admission in a school, but management refused to take
his admission because he could not pass the test. In 2010, at age of 6 years, he took admission in
Rising Sun Institute of Special Education with the complaints of poor understanding, learning
Background Information
Family History
Client’s father was 40 years old. He had taken education till primary school. His profession is
driver. His father is cooperative and friendly. Client’s father shared a congenial relationship with
the client and his brother. He had no history of any physical or psychiatric illness.
Client’s mother was 38 years old. She had taken no education and she worked as a house help.
She is cooperative. Client’s mother had caring relationship with the client. She had no history of
any physical or psychiatric illness. She had four pregnancies. Out of which 2 were abortions. Age
Client’s parents were first cousins. They had cousin marriage. Client’s mother had total
four pregnancies. Two of them were abortions. Client had one younger brother. Client brother is
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one year younger than him. Client reported that he had friendly relationship with his brother and
The client belongs to a low Socio-Economic Status family. He lived in a nuclear family.
Client’s General home environment is satisfactory. Client’s parents are caring towards the client.
client’s father is authority figure at home and take most of the decisions.
There is history of psychiatric illness in Client’s family. Client’s maternal 1st cousin had
Personal History
During pregnancy, mother had poor nutrition and was going through some emotional
stress due to domestic issue. Client was born through normal delivery at home. He had low birth
weight at the time of birth. Client had immediate first cry. At birth, he was diagnosed with tongue
tie. In 2005, at the age of one year, he had diarrhea. Diarrhea remained for one year despite
taking the treatment. Client had undergone surgery of tongue tie. Most of the developmental
milestones achieved were delayed as shown in table. The achieved milestones according to the
Table 1.2
Developmental Milestones, Normal Age of Achieving and Client’s Age of Achieving Milestones
The. Single word speech was achieved at 5 years of age; the normal age of achievement is 1
year. The developmental milestone of sitting with support was achieved at 10 months of age.
The normal age of achievement is 7-8 months. The developmental milestone of sitting without
support was achieved at 10 months of age. The normal age of achievement is 6 to 7 months.
She started walking at the age of 3.5 years. The normal age of achievement is 13,14 months.
He started crawling in 1.5 year and the normal age of achievement is 9 months. He complete
sentence in 10 year and normal age of achievement 4-5 year .He started bowl control in 1 year
The response, crawling and social smile were achieved at appropriate age. Client did
interact with some class fellows only when he wanted to but most of the time, he used to sit
idle in his chair at one corner. He liked to play racing games on mobile. He liked to listen to
stories. He liked to watch Doraemon Cartoon and the one that had panda in it. He used to play
football with his brother. He liked to ride 4 wheels bicycle. A few of his favorite eatables were
Educational History
refused to take Mr. Z.A admission because he could not pass the test. He had slow academic
progress according to fellows of his age. In year 2010, he got admission in Rising Sun Institute
of special education. He had learnt basic self-help skills until now. His academic functioning is
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of nursery level. He can write ABC till E. He can write counting till 20. According to her
teacher, he had also learnt few starting Urdu alphabets He can name all the basic fruits,
vegetables. He had concept of weather. All these things, he had learnt in Rising Sun Institute.
Psychological Assessment
Informal Assessment
Clinical Interview
Behavioral Observation
Baseline Chart
Clinical Interview
Confidentiality was ensured. The informed consent was obtained from the client’s
mother and the purpose and nature of the assessment was explained (See Appendix A for the
Informed Consent).
The clinical interview was conducted by the trainee Clinical Psychologist with the
teacher of the client to gather information regarding the client’s problem. During clinical
interview, predisposing factors i.e., parent’s cousin marriage, first cousin is ID, stress during
pregnancy, poor nutrition during pregnancy, delayed milestone, and perpetuating factors i.e.,
low SES. The clinical interview helped in providing a comprehensive picture of client’s life,
Behavioral Observation
Client’s behavior was observed during the session. The client was boy of appropriate
height and weight. He was wearing school uniform and a cardigan which was weather
appropriate. He was neatly dressed. He was wearing a cap. He was sitting comfortably on his
chair. At the beginning, he was not maintaining eye contact, but after rapport was built, he
maintained adequate eye contact. He responded on his name. When he was asked to do
coloring or write ABC or to do CPM, he looked at the paper or booklet very closely. After
coloring, he was asked the name of different fruits, vegetables, and other things of daily use
such as table, clock, chair, car, bicycle etc. While identifying bicycle, he said that he rode
bicycle. While recognizing boat, He told, that he had once rode a boat. The client was listening
The checklist based on DSM-V criterion of Intellectual Disability was used to assess the
Table 1.3
Criteria Yes/No
The therapist asked the child and her mother about the child's favorite food items and
games to identify reinforcers. According to the mother, the child enjoys playing games like
playing with dolls. She also likes observing other children playing. Her mother mentioned that
she enjoys eating bananas and chicken. (See Appendix B for Reinforcement Survey Schedule)
Table 1.4
Subjective ratings of problematic areas were taken from the mother of the client by the
trainee clinical psychologist on the scale of 1 to 10. 10 represents a severe problem, 5 represents
Table 1.5
Stubbornness 5
Disobedience 6
Baseline Chart
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To identify the frequency, duration and intensity of the behavioral problems, a baseline
chart was given to the mother of the client. Behavioral problems, i.e., fighting with children
and getting angry were identified. The client’s mother was asked to fill in the chart each time
Incident
Client’s Behavior
Intensity
Duration
Consequences
2. I slapped him, he cried for some time and then silently ate breakfast.
Formal Assessment
Sit was used to assess mental age and IQ of the client. The purpose of the Slosson
Intelligence Test (SIT) is to serve as a quick estimate of general verbal cognitive ability or
Table 1.6
age was lagging behind his chronological age. His scores indicate his IQ range was 40.77-
49.37. This show that her IQ range falls under mental retardashion (Weschler, 1997).
intellectual capacity of the client. Reason by analogy is used to solve the items of CPM.
Table 1.7
CABS was used to assess to current level of adaptive functioning of the client.
Table 1.8
Language Development 24 7+
Independent functioning 22 9-
Family-role performance 25 8
Economic vocational activity 19 7-
Socialization 22 7+
Total Score 111 8-
Table indicated that client’ s scores were lagging her chronological age in all the areas.
In language development, he missed on items reading or writing three or more letter words. In
Independent functioning, he could not answer address, time. On economic vocational activity
domain, he missed on items asking identification of money. As client’s age is 17 years and 7
months so these age equivalent scores are not appropriate to her chronological age, hence this
Client was assessed both formally and informally. SIT and CPM indicated deficits in
intellectual functioning. The result of Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) and Colored Progressive
Matrices were in line. CABS indicated deficits in adaptive functioning. It was revealed that
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client was lagging behind his chronological age in adaptive as well as intellectual functioning.
The assessment aided in confirming the diagnosis of the client. The assessment will help to
Diagnosis
Case Formulation
According to DSM-V, Intellectual disability is the disorder having onset during the
clinical assessment and standardized intelligence testing) and adaptive functioning deficits in
conceptual, social, and practical domains. Client suffered from these problems since his early
compared to peers if his age. Client has also little understanding of money and time, while his
concept of money and time is far behind the peers of his age. In social domain, spoken
language is primary tool of communication and much less complex than that of peers. Social
judgement and decision making abilities are limited. In practical domain, individual can take
care of personal needs such as eating, dressing, elimination, and hygiene as an adult, but an
extended period of time is required to become independent in this area. Client had been
enrolled in Rising sun Institute since 2019, age the age of six. Since then, he had been learning
all these basic self-care skills and had learnt skills such as buttoning, zipping the shirt etc. The
informal and formal assessment has confirmed the diagnosis of client i.e., moderate intellectual
disability.
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According to DSM-5, males are more likely than female to be identified with
Client parent’s had cousin marriage and his first cousin also had Intellectual Disable. A
study by Madhavan & Narayan (2001) indicated that if there is a history of intellectual
disability in the family and if the parents are consanguineously married, the risk of mental
As reported in history, client’s mother during pregnancy passed through some stress and
emotional difficulty due to domestic issue. Study has indicated that prenatal stress is associated
with reductions in brain grey-matter density. Such altered grey matter may be associated with
The risk of mild to moderate ID is highest among children of low socioeconomic status
(Szumski & Karwowski, 2012). As child belongs to low socioeconomic status, this factor
Client had diarrhea when he was one year old. Diarrhea remained for one year despite
taking the treatment. A study suggested early childhood diarrhea (ECD) has been associated
with impaired physical growth and cognitive function (Lorentz et al., 2006).
Client has achieved delayed milestones. A study showed that children with ID were
more likely to show delayed walking in the absence of autism spectrum disorder (Bishop et al.,
2016).
Proposed Management
Management plan will be included short term and long term goals and will be proposed
Rapport Building
Rapport will be built in order to make client comfortable. Rapport Building is extremely
important and is cornerstone in therapeutic process. Rapport building will make client
comfortable and will help in developing trust. Reinforcers will be identified by the trainee
clinical psychologist. Trainee clinical psychologist will build rapport with child by doing his
favorite activities like coloring, reading a story book, or giving him his favorite eatable.
Rapport will also be built with parents to the client. Rapport building with parents is also
important as parents are responsible for bringing child to the sessions. The relationship formed
between the trainee clinician psychologist and the parent can significantly influence the
outcome of intervention and is associated with positive intervention outcomes for young
children (Ebert,2010). Rapport will be built with parents by empathetically listening to them
Psychoeducation
fundamental understanding of the therapy and further be convinced to commit to more long-
term involvement (Bauml, 2006). Psychoeducation will be done with the rationale of reducing
stress, confusion, and anxiety within the family which in turn would be helpful for them to
manage the problematic behavior of client in a better way. Client’s parents and caregiver will
be briefed about the disorder, its severity, therapeutic techniques used etc.
Positive Reinforcement
more likely to occur in future (Miltenberger, 2016). In Positive reinforcement, the occurrence
Every time, client do a desirable behavior that will be included in client’s IEP like
writing English Alphabets correctly etc., identified reinforcers are provided to strengthen the
Chaining
In forward Chaining, Learner is taught first component first, then the second component, and so
on. Learner is presented the first (Discriminating stimulus) SD, correct response is prompted, and
after the response the learner is provided with a reinforcer. Prompt is faded when the person is
Forward chaining will be used to teach to fixing the sandwich. First, task analysis will
be done, and task will be divided into components. For instance, first he will be reinforced on
spreading sauce on bread, then on putting salad and chicken and after that placing the second
Chunking
Chunking will be used to teach client learn his parent’s phone number and his home
address. In Chunking technique, Concepts that are difficult or complex should be broken down
into more simple components. As the client learns each component, additional components can
be added until the larger concept is taught and learned (Colclasure, 2016).
Modeling
With modeling, the correct behavior is demonstrated for the learner. The learner
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observes the model’s behavior and then imitates the model. For this technique to be effective,
the client must be able to imitate and give attention to the model.
Modeling may be live, or it may be symbolic. In live modeling, another person demonstrates
the appropriate behavior in the appropriate situation. In symbolic modeling, the correct
Modeling can be used to learn skills like cutting shapes, fixing a sandwich, learning to write
English Alphabets, 1 to 20 numeric etc. For Instance, the model will cut the circle and the
learner will attend the behavior and imitate it. The learner could be reinforced if he imitates the
behavior correctly.
Shaping
target behavior until the person exhibits the target behavior. In shaping, successive
Prompting
A prompt is the behavior of another person that evokes the desired response in the
presence of SD. Prompt can be verbal prompt, gestural prompt, physical prompt etc.
Verbal prompting can also be used to learn to read three to four letter words. When the verbal
behavior of another person results in the correct response in the presence of SD, this is called
verbal prompt. For instance, if client will be learning to say “car,” the trainee clinical
psychologist can show him the flashcard with the word CAR and said car. By saying “car”
For identification of money, prompting can also be used. Visual and verbal prompts will
be used. The trainee clinical psychologist can use flashcard having pictures of 1, 2 and 5 rupees
coins. The psychologist will say 1 rupee every time, 1 rupee coin flashcard is shown, and
The IEP will be developed collaboratively. It will include input from many sources. The
curriculum will be designed around client's needs and abilities. The focus will be to help the
client to improve her academic skills. IEP will be made t make client learn the concept of time
and money, learn to write English alphabets, Arabic counting, cutting a shape, memorizing his
Continuation of short-term goals will be carried out in order to enhance the skills that the
Conclusion
The client was a boy of 17 years and 9 months old, who was dressed neatly according to
the weather. He was enrolled at Rising Sun Institute of Special Education. He was assigned to
trainee clinical psychologist for his assessment and proposing a management plan to fulfill
trainee clinical psychologist course requirement. It was revealed that client was lagging behind
his chronological age in adaptive as well as intellectual functioning. The assessment aided in
confirming the diagnosis of the client. The assessment will help to propose proper management
plan for the client. The child was diagnosed with moderate Intellectual Disability.
It was not permissive to interview parents. Due to this, limited information was gathered
There should be separate room for conducting session with client and parents to avoid
distraction.
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Appendix A
Permission Letter
معلوماتی شیٹ
میں تعلیمی مقاصد کے لیے آپ کے بچے کی مسئلے کی تشخیص اور عالج کروں گی مگر اس سے پہلے آپ کو چند
باتوں کا علم ہونا ضروری ہے جو درج ذیل ہیں:
معلومات حاصل کرنے کا مقصد -1
آپ سے اور آپ کے بچے سے جو بھی معلومات حاصل کی جائے گی وہ صرف اور صرف تعلیمی مقاصد
کے لیے استعمال ہوں گی جس میں آپ کے بچے کی موجودہ صورتحال کو بہتر طور پر سمجھنا ،مسئلے کی
شناخت اور اس کا عالج شامل ہیں ۔ ان مقاصد کے لیے آپ سے اور آپ کے بچے سے سواالت پوچھے جائیں
گے ،اور ذہنی صالحیت کا اندازہ لگانے کے لیے کچھ سرگرمیاں کاروائی جائیں گی۔
اس لیے آپ سے درکار ہے کہ آپ تمام معلومات مکمل سچائی اور ایمانداری سے فراہم کریں۔
آپ کے حقوق -2
مندرجہ ذیل حقوق ہیں:
اگر اس سارے دورانیہ میں آپ یا آپ کا بچہ کسی قسم کے ذہنی دباؤ کا شکار ہوتا ہے تو ہمارے ادارے
کی جانب سے مدد دی جائے گی۔
آپ اور آپ کے بچے کی شناخت کو مکمل رازداری میں رکھا جائے گا۔
اس دورانیہ میں بچے کی باقی سرگرمیاں معمول کے مطابق ہوں گ
آپ جب چاہیں اس عالج کو بغیر وجہ فراہم کیے چھوڑ سکتے ہیں اور آپ پر کسی قسم کا جرمانہ عائد نہیں
کیا جائے گا۔
رازداری -3
آپ سے یا آپ کے بچے سے جو بھی معلومات حاصل کی جائے گی وہ مکمل رازداری میں رکھی جائے گی۔ سوائے
ان چند حاالت کے:
آپ کی یا آپ کے بچے کی دی ہوئی معلومات عدالت کسی سلسلے میں طلب کر لے۔
ایسی معلومات جس سے یہ اندیشہ ہو کہ بچے یا کسی اور کو جانی یا مالی نقصان ہو جائے۔
اجازت نامہ
اپنی رضامندی ظاہر کرنے کے لیے نیچے دستخط کریں۔
1۔ میں نے تمام معلومات کو پڑھ اور سمجھ لیا ہے جیسا معلوماتی شیٹ میں فراہم کی گئی ہے۔
2۔ مجھے معلومات کے بارے میں سواالت کرنے کا موقع فراہم کیا گیا ہے۔
3۔ میں سمجھتی ہوں کہ میں کسی بھی وقت بغیر وجہ بتائے پیچھے ہٹ سکتی ہوں۔ نا مجھ سے کوئی سوال
کیا جائے گا نہ کوئی جرمانہ عائد کیا جائے گا۔
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4۔ رازداری سے متعلق طریقے کار کو واضح طور پر بیان کیا گیا ہے مثال کے طور پر ناموں کو خفیہ
رکھنا۔
5۔ مجھے معلومات کا مقصد اور طریقہ کار بتایا گیا ہے۔
والدین ( /استاد) کا نام_________________:
والدین ( /استاد) کے دستخط یا انگوٹھےکےنشان_________________:
نمبر______________:
تاریخ_______________:
Appendix B
Checklist for severity levels of intellectual deficits
Social Domain
کیا اس بچے کو سماجی اشارے سمجھنے میں مشکل
ہوتی ہے؟
کیا یہ اپنی عمر کے حساب سے بات چیت یا گفتگو کر
لیتا ہے؟
کیا یہ اپنی گفتگو میں مشکل ا ور بامعنی الفاظ کا
استعمال کر لیتا ہے؟
کیا یہ بچہ اپنی عمر کے حساب سے رویوں ا ور
احساسات کا اظہار کر لیتا ہے؟
کیا اس بچے کو اس بات کی سمجھ ہے کہ اس نے آپ
کو بتا کہ گھرسے باہر جانا ہے ی´´ا کس´´ی اجن´´بی س´´ے
کوئی چیز نہیں لینی؟
کیا یہ ا پنے گھر والوں کے عالو ہ باقی لوگوں سے
میل جول رکھ لیتا ہے؟
Practical Domain
کیا آپ ک´´ا بچہ اپ´´نے ذاتی ک´´ام خ´´ود ک´´ر لیت´´ا ہےجیس´´ے
کھانا کھانا ،منہ دھونا ،ہاتھ دھونا ،واش روم جانا ،کپڑے
بدلنا وغیرہ
کیا آپ کا بچہ اپنی صفائی کا خیال خود رکھ لیتا ہے؟
Appendix C
Baseline Chart
Appendix D
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Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Name: Z.A
Strengths
He was imitating
Draw circle,square,triangle
Colouring
Counting 1-20
Alphabet
Urdu harof
Weakness
Goals
Table
Showing behaviors and skills absent in the client, techniques that could be used to teach skills
Language
alphabets properly.
Independent Functioning
Economic-Vocational Activity
Socialization
Task Analysis
We will use reinforcement at any effort made by the client to do the tasks. Finally,
4. Z.A. will be able to count from 1 to 20 without any prompt 70% of the time.
5. Z.A. will be able to count without any prompt 100% of the time.
1. Z.A. will cut shapes in imitation of the adult, i.e., physical prompt is used.
5. Z.A. will cut shapes 30% of the time without any prompt.
6. Z.A. will cut shapes 90% of the time without any prompt.
7. Z.A. will fix a sandwich 100% of the time without any prompt.
1. Z.A. will identify money in imitation of the adult, i.e., physical prompt is used.
6. Z.A. will identify money 100% of the time without any prompt.
1. Z.A. will say first name of parents in imitation to adult (here physical prompt is used)
2. Z.A. will say first name of parents; we will now use shadowing to fade physical prompt.
4. Z.A. will be able to say first name of parents 20% of the time without any prompt.
5. Z.A. will say first name of parents 80% of the time without any prompt.
6. Z.A. will say first name of parents 90% of the time without any prompt.
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