Paladapte Deprivation
Natalie often sleeps through the majority of the class and is underweight. She does not respond to any enforcement of involvement in class and chooses not to participate. Natalie’s stomach growls in class and she has claimed that she sleeps on the front porch of her house. Natalie is failing a majority of her classes due to her environment at home. Abnormal behavior is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressing for a long period of time. Natalie’s behavior is deviant from her bedroom is porch, she does not sleep, and and has a lack of food. The students actions could also qualify as maladaptive because she is failing her classes and lacks receiving enough food. Her circumstances are distressful due to the fact she sleep deprived (which