Learning Disabilities Case Study Essay

Case Study on Learning Disabilities
Learning about learning disabilities has been an eye opening experience. I have worked with children who had home life issues that they struggled with at school. But to see and realize that these children cannot change how their brain operates is difficult to watch. My case study is a typical young boy who really doesn’t want to be in school. He would rather be with his dad hunting with guns in the woods. I know now that he probably dislikes school because he struggles with completing the tasks and assignments given to him. Hopefully, this study will provide me with more insight into ways that I could help him and others like him once I become a certified teacher.
A Look at the Classroom TC (a

The school looks and feels like any typical elementary school anywhere in North Carolina. However, when you walk down the hall to the EC class is located, you see a room that has little light on inside. Occasionally there will be lights on but for the most part they are not. Once you quietly enter the room, one notices a whiteboard on the immediate right with a small group of 10-12 desks side by side in a “U” shape facing the board. The remainder of the room is divided into three sections. Each section has a “C” shaped table for the special needs teacher and the teacher assistant. In the last section closest to the wall, there is a metal swing hanging from a metal stand. There are several computers in the two outer divided sections but only the three computers by the teacher’s area are active. These appear to be where extra time is rewarded on these computers to play educational games. Because of the way the room is designed, many lessons can be presented

He knows his alphabet upper and lower cases. He also knows the corresponding sounds to those letters. TC can identify long and short vowels and identify blends orally and in text. He is somewhat inconsistent with picking them out when he is reading. The teacher states that all his functional skills are age appropriate. As he has developed as a reader, his confidence has also increased and this has allowed him to attempt to read most anything. Average fluency for a 2nd grader is 52 correct wcpm and TC can now read 141/200 words from a 2nd grade word list. He enjoys retelling what he has read and he can answer basic “wh” questions. One area he needs to work is his fluency and answering higher level comprehension questions about his reading. His annual goal for Reading is that TC will read at his level and answer higher level questions about the text with 85%