ANALYSIS REPORT CASE STUDY: IS KEVIN BLUFFING?

SYNOPSIS Based on attachment 8, my group and I have carried out a case study titled Is Kevin Bluffing by Carol Yake This article tells about the hardships of an experienced teacher named Carol Yake who have taught for 14 years, in managing the behavioural problems that occurred in her students. In addition, it also incorporates the internal conflict experienced by a student named Kevin. This story is about a student named Kevin who is a problematic student which has been diagnosed as psychotic, he should be placed in a behavioural classroom but due to some problems he has been placed in Miss Carol who is a kind and thoughtful person towards her student. In Kevin class there are 23 6th grade students which are at Lockhaven Elementary School. Kevin has a problem in controlling his emotion which resulted to be aggressive and like to rebel. Majority of Kevin classmates is afraid to approach him because they have seen how aggressive he could get and he also has even hit Miss Carol. There is also one situation where Kevin topples the desk, throw books and other equipments in the classroom. Even worse, Kevin also has threatened to break the class window in order to frightened her but has been foiled by Miss Carol. Due to the extreme behavior, the headmaster has asked John Patterson, the school assistant to take Kevin out of his class and taken into Miss Alison King class, which is a for students with behavior problems. Kevin was given a Time Out for his action and was locked in a wooden cage until he has learned his lesson. As a teacher, Carol loves all her students and cares for her student and paid close attention to Kevin problems. She always advises her class not to discriminate Kevin and accept him for what he is. Carol does not want Kevin to be left out in his studies only because he was having some problems in his personal life. One day during recess, Carol arrange a meeting with Kevin to find out the truth and Kevin finally confessed and tells Miss Carol that his biological father like to abuse him when he was a child but now her mother has remarried to another man. But the abuse has left a long lasting scar in his soul and it was a painful experience for him. By his story Miss Carol now knows why Kevin is acting out all the time, realising that old memories have influenced him to be violent and aggressive towards other people and this is shown clearly in school. Although no longer threatened by his father, the painful event still has an impact on him until now. Carol is very sorry for her students and sometimes she blames herself for what happened to Kevin. Based on my reading there are many factsconnected with the case study "Kevin Is Bluffing?".Among them is according to Hoffman (1996), the family has developed personality since childhoodand continues to give great influence on the behavior, attitudes and thoughts of a man inadulthood. This opinion can be seen when Kevinuses the same way in school and what to do whenKevin's father Kevin was a child. With experienceand a bad example of this, Kevin applied in selfand surroundings. In addition, according toJacobvitz et. al. (1996) and Vuchinich (1992), most anti-social behavior of adolescents alsomeans the failure of parenting style and familymanagement. Here we

can see when their parents divorced and the mother of Kevin Kevin is married to another person caused the familymanagement by parents Kevin and Kevinmarginalized chaos.