1. Parenting
    1. How does relationships with his parents affect John's development?
      1. Parenting Styles
        1. Authoritarian Parenting and Withdrawal Approach (Uncle Tony)
        2. Neglectful Parenting (Mr and Mrs Chan)
        3. Step Parenting in a blended family
        4. Violence and Aggression
      2. Bronfenbrenner's Socio-ecological Theory
      3. Importance of healthy functioning between parents and child (Link to Developmental Needs)
  2. Learning issues
    1. What are the learning problems John face?
      1. Motivation
        1. Different motivational factors
        2. Strategies to increase student's motivation
        3. Self-determination Theory
        4. Low motivation as contributing factor to learned helplessness (Link to Learned Helplessness)
          1. Floating Topic
      2. Self-efficacy
        1. Significance of self-efficacy in student's learning
        2. Strategies to increase student's self-efficacy
        3. Value and Expectancy Theory
        4. Importance of High Expectations by teachers
        5. Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development (Industry vs Inferiority)
      3. Information Processing
        1. Information Processing Approach
        2. Strategies to improve information processing
  3. Developmental needs
    1. How well are John's needs met?
      1. Importance of understanding needs in relation to motivation
        1. William Glasser's Choice Theory
        2. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
        3. Strategies to compensate for unfulfilled needs
      2. Importance of peer relationships
        1. Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development (Identity issues)
        2. Strategies to enhance peer relationships
      3. Developing learned helplessness
        1. Low motivation and parental dejection as causes of learned helplessness
        2. William Glasser's Choice Theory (How building internal motivation lowers chances of learned helplessness?)
        3. Strategies to help students who suffer from learned helplesssness