Debbie Case Study Examples

Debbie is an 8 year old girl who was recently referred for a psychological evaluation by her mother, who is concerned about Debbie’s levels of introversion, refusal to go to school, loss of interest in activities she once enjoyed, and perfectionism. A collection of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to gather information about Debbie’s social emotional and behavioral functioning in order to address the mother’s concerns. During the assessment, parent interviews were used to gather information about her social and developmental history and her ability to cope with adversity at home and in community settings. Standardized teacher ratings were used to assess Debbie’s social, emotional, and behavioral functioning to provide relative comparisons against normative expectations and/or peer behaviors. Classroom observations were conducted during the assessment to provide additional relative comparisons. Debbie’s mother also completed a standardized rating scale to quantify Debbie’s social, emotional and behavioral functioning in the home environment. Lastly, Debbie was asked to complete a

Debbie is a good follower and follows directions well. It appears that Debbie is very sweet but shy. Debbie’s has enjoyed participating in extra-curricular activities such as ballet dancing and appeared to do very well. Despite Debbie’s ability to do well, she consistently shows deficits in internalizing behaviors and personal adjustments which negatively impacts her functioning at home, school, and community environment. Debbie’s internalizing concerns were not only reported at home, school and community setting, but they were also observed during 1 on 1 testing with the school psychologist. All methods of assessment converge to indicate significant elevations of introversion with symptoms indicating depression and anxiety. This assessment is compared to Debbie’s current classmates as well as age-based