Case Conceptualization

Complete the Case Conceptualization of the following scenario.(The format is attached to the order)

In the Classroom
• Samantha is struggling academically and reads at a third grade level.
• Samantha’s English and math teachers report that she cannot keep her hands to herself and is
constantly out of her seat, disrupting the classroom.
• Samantha loves art and chorus and has had no problems in those courses or with her other elective
teachers. However, she almost never participates in P.E., rarely even changing into her gym clothes,
and she is failing this class.
• Today in English class Samantha pushed another student, who fell and scraped her knee, badly
enough to make her cry and have to be sent to the nurse. Samantha was sent to the principal’s office
because of this incident.
Background
• Samantha is an overweight sixth grade student who has a history of missing a lot of school. (Last year
she missed 19 days—more than 10% of the school year.)
• Samantha does not have any close friends and is often seen alone at school.
Family Interactions
• Samantha lives with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. The mother’s boyfriend is often the one
to drop her off at school when she has missed the bus.
• Samantha’s mother works nights and sleeps during most days, so the school has had difficulty
contacting her to discuss Samantha.
• When the school has been able to speak with Samantha’s mother, she seems exasperated, saying that
it is the “teacher’s job to teach her.” She indicates that she has no problems with Samantha at home
and the teacher must not know how to work with her.