1. Provide a diagnosis (make sure that you provide the actual disorder and not a category) 2. What Perspective (Model of Abnormality) do you feel best provides an explanation of the cause of the disorder? Provide support from the case study that supports your use of this perspective(s). 3. Provide the treatment strategy for this client. Your treatment strategy should align with your chosen perspective and etiology for the development of the disorder. Provide support for your chosen treatment.

QUESTION

Evan was born to working class parents who had longed for a child for years. After finally conceiving, they were ecstatic to find they were having a boy. "People used to say to me that they hoped they would have a baby just like mine," Sarah said of Evan, 3 years old at the time. As an infant, Evan smiled endearingly, laughed, and hugged. He uttered a dozen words by his first birthday. By 16 months he had memorized the alphabet and could read some signs. "People were very impressed." Sarah said. Gradually, things changed, but it took months for Sarah to realize that Evan had a problem. At the age of 2, other members of Evan's play group bubbled with conversation. Evan had abandoned words completely. Instead, Evan combined letters and numbers in idiosyncratic ways, such as "B-T-2-4-6-Z-3." This type of play had become quite repetitive for Evan. He would also play for hours with his toy cars. When his mother would attempt to remove the cars in an attempt to get Evan to interact with the other children, he would become very angry and hit his head with a car or throw them at the other children.

He grew increasingly withdrawn. His diet was essentially self-limited to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He often covered his ears and screamed due to the noises around him. This greatly distressed his parents. But the "symptom" that distressed Sarah most was impossible to measure: when she gazes into Evan's eyes, she no longer saw a "sparkle."