PEPSI Screening Case Study

Noelle Uranga
EDU 220
Dr. Rochelle Hooks
May 1, 2016

BIOGRAPHY (Page 2)
Lindsey Marie Uranga is a fifteen year old female. She currently goes to
Bonanza High School, and is in the 10th grade, Sophomore year. Lindsey
herself does not have a job, so she does not have any personal income of her
own. Everything that she needs is provided for her by her parents. In the
household there lives six people. Her mom, dad, nineteen year old sister,
twenty one year old brother, and fifteen year old twin sister. In her household
her dad, older brother and sister all work, but only the dad's income goes to
the family, the sibling's small income goes to them for their own personal
spending money. By no means is the family rich or upper class, but they
aren't in poverty either. Lindsey and her family falls into the lower middle
class area in the economic stand point. Her and her family live in a four
bedroom, two story home, and have one family car that they all need to
share. Lindsey loves to spend her time drawing. She has a passion for
drawing animals and is working on how to draw people. She also has a love
for photography and often helps her older sister with her photos she needs
done for her special effects makeup. Lindsey loves to show her artistic,
creative side when she can with the few things that she loves to do. Her goal
in life is to be able to become a veterinarian, because of her love for animals,
and her want to be able to help them. Her giving personality with animals
carries over because one day she would like to volunteer with an

organization like ASPCA and help rescue and take care of the animals that
were left behind, abused, or just need her help.

P- Physical Development (Page 3)

At this age of fifteen the physical development part of her life begins to
come largely into play. Whether it is what she does physically or what she
looks like physically. This is the area where teenager girls become most
sensitive about what they physically look like. "Most girls will be physically
mature by now, and most will have completed puberty. Boys might still be
maturing physically during this time. Your teen might have concerns about
her body size, shape, or weight. Eating disorders also can be common,
especially among girls." (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2016)
Lindsey knows that she isn't skinny, and that she could lose some weight. But she is
okay enough with the physical aspect of her body that she doesn't feel the need to
be on a diet. She doesn't watch what she eats, counts calories, anything of the sort.
She never feels the need, and doesn't want to be sucked into an eating disorder.
"Nearly half of all high school girls diet to lose weight." ( American Medical
Association, 2001) Other than just weight she also deals with the oh so fun
aspect,"... and acne: 15 years old" (Stanford's Children Health, 2016) During this
age with all of the hormones and stress she deals with the physical development of
acne on her face. She says dealing with having it only gives her more stress, and
continues that never ending cycled for her. While most people her age are involved
in some sort of physical sport Lindsey is not. She doesn't like to do soccer,

basketball, football, running or any other type of sport that you can think of. While
talking with her she says that she has tried those sports before, but none of them
every click with her. She personally doesn't feel like she is fast or coordinated
enough to be able to play a sport with other people. She wants to be able to get into
running, but after trying once or twice with her older sister, she decided not to
anymore. Because of the little bit of extra weight she feels like that makes it harder
for her to do those types of physical things.

E- Emotional Development (Page 4)

As a fifteen year old female, Lindsey has been or is currently going
through the roughest stages of emotions right now. As a young teenager her
emotions can be all over the place, and that is just the process of
development at her age. "Early maturing girls tend to suffer the most
dramatic and long-lasting decreases in self-esteem. In general, adolescent
girls have lower self-esteem than do boys. Global self-esteem or feelings of
self-worth appear to be influenced most strongly by physical appearance..."
(Slavin, 2016, pg 62) Lindsey is very affect by her physical appearance. She
is not extremely overweight, but she is not stick thin like some girls her age
are, and that affects her self-esteem. She will sometimes call herself fat, or
that she is not as pretty as some of the other girls in school because of her
weight. She is going through that stage where appearance and self-esteem
play a heavy role in her emotions. When self-esteem is down, easily sneaks
in the fear, "..such as fear of not being accepted into a peer group or having

a best friend.." (Slavin, 2016, pg 63) Lindsey will sometimes get scared that
if she doesn't act a certain way, or look a certain way that someone might
not like her. She also fear about her grades in school. High school is an
important time in your life when it comes to grades. Lindsey knows that she
doesn't do great in school even when she tries hard and that leads her into
the emotional thinking of why do I even try to work hard when it doesn't
matter. "Delinquents are usually low achievers who have been given little
reason to believe that they can succeed by following the path laid out for
them by the school." (Slavin, 2016, pg 64) Lindsey has, and has shown
emotional passions in things like her art work that she has hanging around or
her photography that she also prints and proudly hangs up, but she still has
those doubts in her abilities education wise.

P- Philosophical Development (Page 5)

As the time goes on in Lindsey's life her perspective on the world
changes. As a child she would say that life consisted of going to school,
coming home and playing her games. Whether it was a computer game,
playing with her toys horses, whatever it was. Just school and games is what
life seemed to be to her. As she gets older though and at the age that she is
at, she is starting to ask the more important questions of life. "...attempt to
answer the questions "Who am I?" and "What should I be?"" (American
Medical Association, 2001) As a sophomore in high school she is starting to
see her friends figure out who they are and who they want to be, so she is
starting into those stages. She is starting to "Think long term, start setting
goals" (Stanford Children's Health, 2016) She is wondering what he purpose
is in her life, what type of legacy that she wants to leave behind. She doesn't
want to be remembered as the girl who went to school and played her games
on her kindle all day long. She wants to leave her mark by volunteering and
helping animals. Rescuing the animals, nursing them back the health.
"During the teen years, parents might be surprised to see the dramatic rise
in moral thinking. This doesn't mean that teens always do the moral thing,
but they can see why it is right and how it benefits and affects others "
(Global International News, 2016) Lindsey sure has made her fair share of
mistakes in her early life. She stole money from family members, had a
tendency to lie, but as she gets older and looks at the bigger picture she
realizes that those aren't things that she can do anymore. She doesn't want

to be known as someone who did that in her family. She uses those past life
experiences to help now shape her into who she currently is, and who she
wants to become.
S- Social Development (Page 6)
Lindsey has never been the one to have a large circle of friends. After
talking to her not too long ago about friendships and her social circle she
said that she didn't really have one. She talked about how she sees people
who hang out at school with large groups of ten kids, but she doesn't want
that. Lindsey loves having her close group of two or three friends that she
can rely and count on. She knows that those are the few that she can trust
with who she is, and what she says to them. She looks up to her friends now,
more than she does her family members anymore. "As early adolescents
strive to establish personal identities independent of their parents, they also
look increasingly to their peers for security and social support" (Slavin, 2016,
p 62). She uses them for advice, tips, or just to talk with more. Lindsey has
also had her fair share of bullying in her life, that sometimes will even
continue into now, which plays into her want of a small circle of close friends.
"Taunting, harassment, and aggression toward weaker or friendless peers
occur at all age levels, but can become particularly serious as children enter
early adolescences" (Slavin, 2016, pg 63) While she dealt with it more
heavily at her middle school age, she says things are no longer as bad for
her. She knows to not take that social aspect of life to heart anymore. A step

of life she just entered a few weeks ago she said is sexual identity. "It is
during adolescence that people begin to explore their sexual identity,
including young people who begin to identify with a gay or lesbian
orientation." (Slavin, 2016, pg 65) Just a few weeks ago she finally came out
and told her family that she was a lesbian. It was something had for her to
tell her family, it is just a different and new social aspect of life that she isn't
fully comfortable with yet, and is still working on to be. After asking her she
said she isn't afraid anyone will judge her for it, because she knows those
close to her won't care, and those why try to judge her for it don't matter to
her.

I- Intellectual Development (page 7)

At the age of fifteen teenagers know what is right and what is wrong.
They have a brain, they know how to use it, just whether they use it is
always the question. "Teens are better able to solve problems, think about
their future, appreciate opinions of others, and understand the long-term
effects of their decisions. However, teens tend to use these skills
inconsistently; as a result, they sometimes do things without thinking first."
(American Medical Association, 2001) Lindsey sure has the brains, but
doesn't always use it to her full extent that she could be using it for. Her
grades since middle school have always fallen short of what they should be
at. They range anywhere from low B's to failing the class. She hasn't seen
the full extent of what her schooling and her grades will get her to, and what
they will or won't do for her." During these years, adolescents increase their
ability to think abstractly and eventually make plans and set long-term goals.
Each child may progress at a different rate and may have a different view"
(Stanford Children's Health, 2016) After talking with her, she has realized
that this time in her life will affect the time that is to come, with how she is
thinking and what she is doing. She is making educational goals for herself
down the road. She wants to graduate high school with better grades than
she has now, she wants to catch up on her missing credits. Lindsey wants to
go to CSN to get her generals and move onto something better that will help
her in her want to help the animals who need it. "...Show more concern about
future school and work plans" (US department of health and human services,

2016) She plans to work hard and use that brain of hers to her advantage
instead of making the wrong choices from now on.

PEPSI GRAPH (Page 8)

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Recommendations (Page 9)

P- My best recommendation to our parents about Lindsey would be to

continually get her to be more active and find something that she enjoys
doing. At this age what she eats and does doesn't really matter, but
eventually she will get to that age where is does matter, and she will have so
many more problems then if she doesn't start now. Encourage her by even
doing something with her actively.
E- Emotionally the best thing my parents can do for her is to support her and
what she goes through. As a teenager she is going to go through that roller
coaster for awhile, and it is best to let her go through it, and just be there
when she needs you to be.
P- Guide her in this roller coaster that we call life. As parents you have been
through this before. You know the good decisions, the bad, the achievements
and consequences. Lindsey is just now going through it trying to figure out
what her life means, and what she is supposed to do. The best you can do is
try to guide her in the right direction, and give her the wisdom that you
have. In the end you support whatever decisions she makes, and help her go
far.

S- Socially you continue to let her know that it is okay to not have a large
group of friends. You don't need a bunch of rocks when you could have a few
diamonds. Continue to let her know to finds those diamond friends that she
can trust, and will have her back. It is better to have a few great ones than a
bunch of crappy friends. Continue to let her know that what others think and
say about her doesn't matter; to not listen to what others might say to push
her down
I- Give her the guidance that she needs. Push her to her fullest levels that
she can reach. Right now she doesn't believe that she can do it, and
therefore her grades aren't where they should be. As her parents you need to
stay on top of her and push her to do more. Show her how the grades can
affect her future. Show her that if she wants to work with animals, what she
will need to accomplish. Continue to show that support for her.

References (Page 10)

American Medical Association (2001), Parents & Teachers: Teen Growth &
Development, Years 15 to 17, http://www.pamf.org/parenting-teens/health/growthdevelopment/growth.html
Stanford Children's Health (2016), The Growing Child: Adolescent (13 to 18 years
old), http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=the-growing-childadolescent-13-to-18-years-90-P02175
US Department of Health and Human Services, (2016), Teenagers (15-17 years of
age),
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/adolescence2.html
Globalpost International News, (2016), Moral Development in Teens,
http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/moral-development-teens-2429.html
Slavin, Robert E (2015), Educational Psychology Theory and Practice. New Jersey:
Pearson Education, Inc