“Children Underground” Group Assignment (20 Points)
The purpose of this assignment is to practice your observational skills. You will pick
a child from the movie and obverse their development in all of the four domains.
Remember to be objective and free of judgment as you record your observations.
Each table will turn in one paper with all of the group member names. Your final
paper must be typed.
Part A (7.5 points): Take a piece of paper and divide it up into four sections:
physical development, social development, emotional development and cognitive
development. You will record observations that relate to each developmental
domain. Pay close attention to the positive and negative outcomes with in the
developmental domains of the children as a result of living in the streets. Each
domain will need to have a minimum of 5 observations.
Example
Name of the child: Mihai
Positive Outcomes
Negative Outcomes
Physical
Development
(5 examples)
1. Able to
coordinate his body
to run and walk
comfortably
2. Miahi is 12 years
old but looks
smaller than his
age.
Social Development
(5 examples)
1. Goes to the park
with his friend to
swim in the
fountain.
2. Does not want to
go back home and
live with his
parents & siblings.
Has no relationship
w/family.
Emotional
Development
(5 examples)
1. Seen laughing
with his friends at
the park.
Cognitive
Development
(5 examples)
1. Seems to be able
to read and write.
2. Starts to cut
himself when he
gets upset with
Anna at the park.
2. Mom will not give
up his documents,
therefore he can not
enroll in school
with the social
worker. Can fall
behind.
Part B (5 points): Answer the following questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
How does your child get food, water and clothing while living on the streets?
Why do you think that your child ran away from home/orphanage?
List and discuss three specific concerns that you have about your child?
What are some ways that your child copes with the stressors of living in the
streets? Provide 3 examples.
5. If you were a social worker, how would you help/advocate for your child?
Provide 3 examples.
Bronfenbrenners’ Ecological Systems Theory (7.5 points)
Look over each system and provide 3 examples for your child.
Microsystem: parents, siblings, friends,
teachers. Those closest to the child.
Mesosystem:
Home, Neighborhood, School.
Interaction between the microsystem
and Mesosystem.
Exosystem:
Extended family, friendship networks,
workplace of parents, government,
Macrosystem:
Values, customs, laws, resources of the
country.
Chronosystem: the change in time that
affects the child’s growth and
development