EDSP 370
Michael Jones Case Study
Overview
Personal Information
Age – 16 years old
Grade – 11th (IEP is written at beginning of 11th grade)
Identification: ID (Intellectual Disability); found eligible and began receiving special education services in 2nd grade
Parent(s) and Address: Susie Jones and Robert Jones
111 Main Street
Normalville, VA 22222
Home Phone – 434-434-4343
Work Phone – 434-344-3344
Demeanor
He is currently working on increasing attending skills and working independently on work. Working on being more positive with work – he can get frustrated but does try to improve. Frustration can lead to refusal to work, yelling, and throwing his pencil or shoving everything off his desk. He is somewhat behind peers in social development, particularly in interactions with others.
Strengths: improved attitude towards his work and his pride in his accomplishments.
Weakness: difficulty handling his frustration, difficulty learning new skills and generalizing skills to new/different environments
Logistical Information
For purposes of this assignment, you are writing the IEP and then viewing it as a new IEP, as if today was mid-November, soon after the IEP meeting.
The IEP meeting for this student was scheduled for November 1, 20__ (this year). In attendance were Dr. Sally Knowsalot (the school psychologist), Mr. Fred Disciplinesalot (the Asst Principal), ___________ (the IEP Case Worker and teacher), Dr. Dana Administersalot (from the School Board Office), one of the parents, Michael, and Carl Teachesalot (the Regular Ed Teacher). The teacher informed the parent and student of the IEP meeting on October 9, 20__ (this year). The last IEP meeting took place on November 2, 20__ (last year). A re-evaluation process occurred before the last IEP meeting (on September 1, 20__ – last year) and is not to be re-performed until September 1, 20__ (two years from now).
Academic Analysis
The following are notes provided on Michael’s progress in the previous school year.
Math
Improving addition and subtraction
Can do single digit plus and minus single digit
Needs reminding to regroup
Enjoys multiplication/ tries hard here (able to recite facts up to 3’s table but usually needs help)
Struggles with money
Needs work on recognizing money (paper and coin)
Needs work on making change (at any level)
Needs work on adding coins
Language Arts
Can recite, read alphabet.
Improving in reading (reading short k-1st grade level books)
Better in recognizing vocabulary in primer Dolch group (should continue to work on this level)
Better in phonetically sounding out unfamiliar kindergarten and first grade level vocabulary words (should continue to work on this)
Needs to work on writing
Tries to write complete sentences (recognizes need for capital letter and punctuation)
Poor spelling on vocabulary words at 1st grade and higher
Struggles with written expression
Needs to work on reading comprehension (cannot recall comprehension facts for stories of more than a few sentences)
Can be overly confident (tries to convince staff that he “has it” when he doesn’t)
Improving on reading directions before beginning assignments
Social Studies and Science
Needs work on direction and map skills
Needs to improve participation in classroom discussions
Continues to “day dream” and needs to prompting to pay attention
Questions often need repeating
He will answer anyway (mostly incorrectly)
Improved on positive attitude when class reacts to incorrect answers
Enjoys PE and competition with peers
Life Skills
Continues to make progress in personal hygiene skills
Washing hands and face
Brushing teeth
Independent table manners
No incidence of self-induced vomiting this year.
Needs to work on communication skills with peers
Exhibits difficulty with personal space and turn-taking when communicating with others
Difficulty handling frustration (but improving)
Responds well to praise
Responds well to one-on-one attention
Responds well to immediate consequences.
Loves to work alone and with his hands. Has an interest in automobiles.
Sees himself living alone after high school.
Diagnostic Testing
Brigance Diagnostic Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills
Test
September 20, __ (4 years ago)
September 20, __ (last year)
Word Recognition
Primer
Grade 1
Reading Vocabulary
could not do
could not do
Word Analysis
could not do
could not do
Spelling
Grade 1
Grade 1
Computational Skills
Grade 1
Grade 2
Problem Solving
could not do
Grade 1
Sentence Writing
Test not administered
could not do
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (Fourth Edition)
Assessed September 20, ___ (last year): IQ 50
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