Emily is a 14-year-old girl who enjoys helping others and has ambitions to become a teacher or restaurant owner. She struggles with short term memory issues and language processing. Her very supportive family has advocated strongly for her education. The author has learned resilience, perseverance and faith from Emily's family over 10 years of friendship. The family learned about transition planning and accommodations available for college from the author.

1. Family ExperienceSummaryAngela SchneiderIUPUISpring 2010K548

2. Overview of ChildEmily14 year old girl

3. 8th grade student

4. Compassionate and caring person

5. Activity-Starter

6. Likes to help others

7. Courageous

8. Tenacious, hard-worker

9. Optimistic