Movie of a Youth with Mental Disability (Coursework Sample)

Behavior Assessment assignment
I AM ME
Main focus brief summary
The main focus of this movie ‘I am me’ is to bring to awareness of disability hate crime. Like for example from the movie it is clear how bystanders are always trying to bully the main character Charlie, the bystanders are seen mimicking Charlie whenever walking in the streets and throwing words at him. The other case that was inhuman is throwing stuff into Charlie’s house just to disturb him since they are very much aware of his disability.
Charlie is a young man who is psychologically disturbed, this is clearly seen in the cases where, Charlie being an introvert, a very serious introvert who likes spending time alone, doing his own stuff quietly and also picking litter from his compound and the streets, a behavior that is always associated with mentally disturbed people (mad people)
The hidden message of the movie ‘I am me’ is to try to educate people how to live with those who are suffering with various types of disabilities in one way or the other instead of mistreating them and making them feel marginalized.
In case of dealing with a schizophrenic person, one needs to understand how to handle them and how to help them to calm down. Like clearly in the movie we are able to see how Tom an older brother to Charlie knows how to treat Charlie when angry, so it is very important to try and understand on how to handle insane times of a schizophrenic person.
In conclusion the movie is passing a clear message on discriminating the disabled in the society which is against the law. It is very wise to treat the disabled with love and acceptance rather than bullying them and throwing a bunch of words at them. Mentally disabled people are to be treat like any other normal person and taken to professionals like psychiatrists for treatment
Behavoiural
DEPTH
Emotional

Situational SPREAD Pervasive


1. Behavioral Incident
Charlie ignores food that was given to him by his brother and prefers to sort his books after thinking for a long time while holding food.
Strangely picking litter from the streets and his compound because he does not like dirt. Spending too much lonely time sorting his flower garden.

2. Pattern of Disordered Behaviour
Charlie talks a lot giving unnecessary information and closing his eyes and opening them momentarily. Talking without focus moving his head up and down every single time he is talking.


3. Crisis Reaction
Charlie is angry in the supermarket when his brother bought something that he did not like. Charlie throws it down angrily saying “I don’t like this one”

4. Pattern of Distorted values, attitudes, feelings
Charlie prefers sorting his books and spending time in his flower garden. A serious introvert who likes staying alone. Although Charlie is not violent, he likes doing abnormal things alone.

Depth and Spread Chart
Summary paper
From the beginning of the movie, Charlie and his brother Tom are seen being bullied by a group of boys where one said that Charlie was retard. This made Tom angry as he pushed and warned the boy never to repeat those kind of words ever again. Since they were kids Charlie is seen to have some kind of disabilities which looks like he was born with it.
Charlie’s main issue is the behavior of sorting books after and after even when they are already sorted, as well as spending most of his time in his flower garden fixing it every single time. Charlie does not like shou