Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to apply Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological model to understand risk and protective factors, and to support healthy child development. As we have learned so far in this course, Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model discusses the importance of the many different levels of context that influence a child. This model also stresses the importance of bidirectional influences. For this midterm, you will consider the thousands of Syrian or Afghan or Ukrainian child refugees who have recently moved to Canada. You will do so by reading two articles, and then answer the question prompts in the form of an essay. For each of the prompts, make sure to consider evidence from the course materials when building your argument. It is recommended that you include an introductory paragraph that summarizes the main purpose of your essay, and a concluding paragraph that summarizes your argument.

Essay Prompts

1. Use Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model to present a case conceptualization of the factors that might contribute to the struggles that Syrian or Afghan or Ukrainian refugee children may face as they adjust to their life in Canada. Be sure to discuss one factor at each level of the model: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem.
2. Use your knowledge of developmental psychology to briefly outline an intervention plan that addresses how some of these concerns could be addressed or mitigated.
3. Discuss how you would evaluate whether your intervention plan was successful.