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Mahaley Mahe: New Student Overview

Mahaley has gone to school and lived with her family for the last five years in the town of Ludlow. In May of last year, Mahaley’s parents separated and her mother accepted a new job in the town of

Harcourt

, which is over 300 miles from Ludlow. Mahaley moved with her mother, causing Mahaley to miss the last few weeks of classes at her old school. This fall, she is beginning third grade at Harcourt Elementary, and we want to make her transition as smooth and constructive as possible.

Mahaley’s mother, Nori Mahe, has told guidance counselors that she remains close with Mahaley. However, Mahaley is having a very difficult time adjusting to the distance from her father, her brother (who stayed with her father), and other family members who lived nearby in Ludlow. She was an excellent student in her old school, with many creative and athletic interests. While Mahaley says she is still enthusiastic about these activities, her mother notices that Mahaley is being hesitant to get involved since the move.

Mahaley has a mixed racial and cultural background. Her father’s family is Polynesian and her mother is Japanese and Scandinavian. In Ludlow, Mahaley had a diverse group of classmates from all kinds of backgrounds—some similar to hers. While she spoke English with most of her family, she was learning Japanese from her grandfather, who lived with her family in Ludlow. He has stayed in

Ludlow

and moved to her aunt’s home. Mahaley’s move to Harcourt Elementary will likely be a cultural adjustment, as well as a geographical and social change.

Demographic Breakdown of Ludlow and Harcourt:

Ludlow

Total town population: 889,235

Hispanic/Latino: 37.3%

Non-Hispanic white: 19.1%

Asian: 17.3%

Black: 12.9%

Multiracial: 8.1%

Other: 6.3%

Harcourt

Total town population: 205,118

Non-Hispanic white: 69.5%

Hispanic/Latino: 20.1%

Black: 5.2%

Asian: 2.1%

Multiracial: 1.9%

Other: 1.2%

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Overview
For this Performance Task, you will explain how ecological systems and family systems theories apply
to Mahaley’s current family situation. In addition, you will imagine that you are the director of Harcourt
Kindergarten and Elementary School—the new school that Mahaley moves to after a drastic change
takes place in her family. You will consider how both ecological and family systems theories can be
applied to better support Mahaley and her family.

Your response to this Assessment should:

Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric, which provides information on how the Assessment will be
evaluated.

Adhere to the required assignment length.

Use the APA course paper template available here. All submissions must follow the conventions of
scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where
appropriate.

Professional Skill: Written Communication is assessed in this Competency. You are strongly
encouraged to use the Writing Checklist and to review the Rubric prior to submitting.

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Instructions
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use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master
the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the
rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.

Rubric

Mahaley’s Story: An Ecological and Family System Perspective

Access the following to complete this Assessment:

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). Mahaley’s Childhood Web [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD:
Author.

Mahaley Mahe: New Student Overview

Note: While the names and interviews in the video are authentic, the information in the document and
the scenario in Part II of this Performance Task are completely fictionalized. The scenario was
created to assess important Learning Objectives within this Competency, but bear no reflection on
Mahaley’s real life or the Mahe family.

The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. (2014). Theory: Eight concepts. Retrieved from here.

Based on information from the video, Mahaley’s Childhood Web, and the “Mahaley Mahe: New Student
Overview” document, write a 3- to 5-page response that addresses the following:

Describe Mahaley’s microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem.
Explain how at least three of these systems influence Mahaley’s healthy development and learning.

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Choose at least one concept from family systems theory, and explain how Mahaley’s story relates to
that concept. Then, explain why understanding the concepts of the family systems theory can help
support positive outcomes for Mahaley and her family.

Using the ideas from the family systems theory and ecological systems theory, explain how the
changes described in the “Mahaley Mahe: New Student Overview” document might impact Mahaley’s
healthy development and learning.

Explain the importance of respecting Mahaley’s family culture in this new environment in order to
support her healthy development and learning.