1. Blake is an eleven-year-old fifth grader at Thomas Harrison Middle School.
Blake is eager and easy-going. He participates in class when not being distracted by
others or other situations on the classroom environment. He is very caring and
motivated by personal praise. He is easily distracted and has trouble getting
organized when trying to complete a task. Blake is categorized under Other Health
Impaired and was diagnosed with ADHD. He was prescribed medication but is not
currently taking it. His inattentiveness and concentration impacts him in all of his
academic areas.
His overall academic performance is below grade level. He shows strengths in many
of the academic areas with the use of support aids and assistance. Overall skills in
many academics areas are weak. According to Blake’s PALS scores his reading level
is considered to be below grade level. Blake reading fluency is average but he
attends reading instruction that focuses on fluency, decoding and comprehension in
a small group setting. In math with the use of aids and assistance he is able to
complete his assignments. He has difficulty with multiplication facts, computations,
multi-step problems, and fractions. He has show strengths in division, one-step
equations and units of measure.
Blake can recall information quickly and answer questions about content when
given the opportunity to verbally respond. Since not currently taking medication
Blake has difficulty with completing short assignments and forgetting his materials
for class. When taking the medication he was showing signs of progress and was
able to follow step-by-step instructions to follow. Blake has trouble with completing
an assignment unless a teacher is sitting right next to him watching him do it. He
becomes frustrated easily with academic and behavior like situations. He is not able
to meet the expectations inside the classroom and complete his work when told to
do so.
Providing Blake with supportive aids such as multiplication charts or visual charts
to help him follow directions to complete his assignments. Receiving instruction in
the resource room to try to help him academically and behaviorally is still a
challenge for Blake. Blake needs specific and explicit instructions that he can follow
so that there is no opportunity for him to loose focus.
His inattentiveness and lack of concentration greatly affects Blake’s involvement
and progress in the general curriculum. Everyday is a struggle to keep him focused
and on task in both the general education and resource classroom.