Minnie's Social Emotional Functioning Case Study

Minnie’s social-emotional functioning was assessed using the BASC-3, the Conners 3, parent and child interviews, and examiner observations.

Internalizing Behaviors

Internalizing behaviors are negative behaviors directed towards the self (e.g. social withdrawal, nervousness, fearfulness). Ratings of Minnie’s internalizing behaviors were completed by Ms. and Mr. Mouse. Internalizing problems especially as related to anxiety, depression and somatization (e.g. health related symptoms unrelated to a health problem) were rated as concerns across raters.

Minnie may display behaviors that stem from worry, nervousness, and /or fear. According to parent ratings, Minnie is easily stressed, fearful, tense, and worries about what other children and

According to Ms. and Mr. Mouse, Minnie cries easily, changes moods quickly, is sad, irritable, and reports that nobody likes her. These rating are consistent with Ms. Mouse report that Minnie appears to become easily upset and has difficulty regulating her emotions. These ratings are also consistent with the examiners observations during the testing session. On occasion when Minnie encountered a difficult problem, she would cry “I want my

Minnie often displays disruptive behaviors including: interrupting her parents when they are talking on the phone, disrupting other children’s activities, not waiting to take turns, interrupting other when they are speaking, and blurting out the first thing that comes to her mind. Parent ratings of disruptive behavior are consistent with the examiners observations. During the intake interview, Minnie frequently interrupted the examiners questions to talk, interrupted her mother while speaking, and ran around the interview room. During the assessment sessions, Minnie would interrupt the examiner to tell an unrelated story or ask an unrelated question. Minnie appeared to make statements without thinking about the implications of these remarks for example, Minnie reported to the examiner that she should get a divorce due to not having children. Based on Ms. and Mr. Mouse’s ratings, Minnie also engages in impulsive behavior which include acting without thinking, acting out of control, and having little self-control. This is consistent with Ms. Mouse report that Minnie is accident prone and frequently engages in impulsive, risky behaviors such as jumping down from long distance and jumping into moving rivers, and runs and climbs when and where she is not allowed. Reports of impulsivity are consistent with examiners observation. On two