A Case Conceptualization: KD

Boubacar Balde
 Background of KD
Male
12th Grade
17 years old
African American
Lives home with mother, sister and brother

Father left the family when Kobe was 5 years old

 Strengths/Weakness
Extracurricular Activity
Football
Basketball
Music/Dance

Genuine

Moody

Academically poor

Anti-Social
Positive relationships with male intern
 Current Concerns
KD is currently placed on Academic Intervention Plan
Failing 2 of 5 classes
Missing Homework
Missing Classwork
Lack of class participation
Poor Attendance
Teacher and Student relationship very poor
 Preliminary Meeting

Discussed relationship with teacher and academics

Recommended weekly check-in
Parent teacher conference
Graduation plan
 Concern from Session
Relationship with Mr. Keegan

Threats from student to teacher

No relationship with father

Lack of motivation

Future plans conflict graduation plans

 Client Centered
Founded by Carl Rogers

Believed that all individuals have the natural capacity to self-actualize

Focus is on the person NOT the problem

Believed that therapy was more of a way of being than a technical process

Individuals are basically good

They have the capacity to understand themselves

 Client-Centered Therapy
Basic Views of Humanity

Individuals are basicallygood

They have the capacity to understand themselves
They are inherently driven toward self-growth
 Counseling Skills Utilized
Open and Closed Questions

Build relationship of trust and respect

Reflection

Summarizing

Paraphrasing

Reframing and Interpretation

Consulting and Collaborating

 Measurements
Decrease anti-social behavior

Client will report to school at least 70 percent of the time

Attend APEX

Client will use words when feeling frustrated instead of violence

 Ethical Considerations
Academic, Career, Social/Emotional Plans
Collaborate with administration, teachers, staff and decision makers to
create a culture of postsecondary readiness
Confidentiality
Explain the limits of confidentiality in developmentally appropriate
terms through multiple methods such as student handbooks, school
counselor department websites, school counseling brochures,
classroom curriculum and/or verbal notification to individual students.
 References
https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Ethics/EthicalStandards
2016.
pdf
http://www.powershow.com/view/81239-ODVjO/
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