Case Study on Child with Ld

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Y.L. Case Study EDSE667 Professor ? Student Y is a 9-year-old male in a 2nd/ 3rd grade 12:1:1 special education class at a public school in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Majority of students in his classroom are males. Student Y is of Hispanic decent. He predominately speaks Spanish and is yet to be fluent in English since he relocated to New York from Puerto Rico 3 years ago in June. Spanish is the predominate language at home. He is the oldest of 3 children. He has an 8-year-old brother and a 7-year-old sister. His mother is a young widow in her mid late 20’s. Their father died in a motorcycle accident in Puerto Rico 7 years ago. His mother spoils student Y since he is ill constantly throughout the school year. He was held over in the 2nd grade. While he was in 2nd grade, student Y went through an evaluation and was found to be eligible for services. He was then transferred to another public school where the services were available in Spanish. Student Y was found to have a learning disability. He is also diagnosed with ADHD. Student Y’s IEP, updated March 2013, states that he is unable to recognize most letters and their sounds. He does not read or write on his own. He identifies characters and can recall 2-3 details of a story. He needs improvement in reading comprehension skills. He can copy from a chalkboard. He identifies and recognizes numbers 100+. He can add and subtract 2 digit numbers. He can also identify fractional parts of a region, tell time to the half hour and full hour, and perform simple multiplication and division with use of arrays. He needs improvement in the area of coins and their value. Student Y’s daily living activities are age appropriate. He is able to work in groups of 3. He is able to wait and take turns. Student Y learns at a slow pace. He needs concepts revisited constantly. He is a visual learner and benefits from graphic

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