EDSP 525
ASSESSMENT PROJECT
Student: Clara
Date: 08/08/2021
Age: 14
Report Writer: Tanner Olson
Reason for Referral: Clara is a 14-year-old female student who has been demonstrating
significant academic delays as compared to by her peers and classmates. Clara’s family and her
were not born in the United States, English is not her first language but she is reasonably fluent
in English. There were no educational records to accompany Clara from her previous school.
Background and Contextual Information: Clara and her family just moved into the family
from out of town, she did not have any educational records to company her from her previous
school. English is not her family’s first language, they speak Spanish and Clara is as fluent with
her English as she is her Spanish. Her parents are not quite as fluent as Clara. Her father is a
short distance truck driver and her mother is a teacher-assistant at the Pre School. Both are very
cooperative with the school and try to help as much as their English language range will allow
them to. Clara learned English at her former school and is comfortable reading, writing, and
speaking at an equal level compared to her Spanish ability.
Administered Assessment Results:
Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)
Reading = .03 Percentile
Arithmetic = .04 Percentile
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale
Communication Domain = 40
Daily Living Skills = 50
Socialization = 68
Motor Skills = 52
Adaptive Behavior Composite Score = 48
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Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test
Full Scale IQ = 40
Brigance Inventory of Basic Skills
Reading
· Recognized 15 words on preprimer level
· Knew 12 initial letter sounds
Math
· Rote count to 25
· Recognize numbers to 30
· Writing numbers to 30
· Knowing addition facts to 8
· Knowing values of three coins and dollar
· Tell time to half hour
Written Language
· Can write all letters
Functional Language
· Recognize several high frequency functional words (exit, women’s, restroom, in,
out, stairs, keep out, police, go, walk, danger)
· Recognize several directional words (name, address, state, zip, phone, date, email,
cell)
Identified Areas of Strengths and Challenges
Cognitive Skills:
English and Spanish reading, writing and speaking skills are essentially equivalent. Needs to
work on following oral directions.
Academic Areas:
English and Spanish reading, writing and speaking skills are essentially equivalent.
Experiencing academic delays compared to her peers and classmates. Clara can recognize and
write all letters as well as high frequency functional words, and several directional words. IQ
recognized at a level of 40.
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Communication Skills:
English and Spanish reading, writing and speaking skills are essentially equivalent. Clara does
well at getting along with her peers; she can still work on expressing her feelings and emotions
in a better form. Clara plays well with others in a social setting and hopes one day to live with
friends.
Social Skills:
English and Spanish reading, writing and speaking skills are essentially equivalent. Enjoys and
plays well with other students as well as just socializing with others. Clara is bilingual and is
comfortable with either language in multiple settings.
Behavioral Considerations:
Clara needs to continue to work on her receiving and following of oral directions, as well as
transitioning from one task to the next. Clara is very motivated when she is performing a task
that she enjoys; she struggles to find motivation when she does not enjoy the task. She has the
tendency to burn out quickly in those types of situations. Clara needs to work on finding more
positive ways to express her feelings.
Physical Skills/ Fine and Gross Motor:
Clara is fully capable in terms of physical skills and fine motor skills; any limitations would be
due to language or behavioral deficits. Clara hopes to hold a job and live away from her family
in the future and needs to refine the gross motor skills as she continues.
Vocational Considerations:
Clara needs to show better control of behavioral emotions and discipline before she will be able
to enter the job field. She hopes to hold a job one day and live on her own. She is able to tell
coin values and time to the 30-minute segment. A job in the field industry or even retail services
could be a field that could provide great purpose for Clara.
Self-Care and Independent Living:
Clara enjoys being around others and hopes one day to live with some of her friends in their own
place away from her family. She has basic skill sets right now that will one day allow her to find
a job in the food or retail industry. Clara would like to get married and all of the goals can play a
part in preparing her for her marriage or adulthood.
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Diagnosis and Recommendations:
Clara has the skills in the English and Spanish language that will allow her to be able to maintain
and remain in general education classroom settings. She communicates and socializes well with
her peers on a daily basis and has goals of one day living with her friends during adulthood.
These socialization skills and experiences are going to be crucial if Clara would like to reach her
goals. Clara should be provided with a small classroom setting to work in 3 different times a
week, ideally Monday/Wednesday/Friday for one and a half hour periods. This will allow the
specialized teacher and Clara time to properly work on the skills and deficiencies that she needs.
The focus in the smaller classroom setting should be on task to task transitioning, motivation for
every task, following oral directions, expressing feelings, as well as identifying desirable future
jobs or skills that could assist in acquiring that job in the future. This should be time for Clara
and the teacher to focus on specific skills that Clara is not receiving time to focus on in her
general classroom environment. Clara has a moderate learning disability, there are no previous
educational records to go off of so further tests and assessments need to be completed to further
the understanding of her disability. Her fluency in Spanish could be a skill that is relied on into
adulthood to assist Clara in finding a job or career. The ability to speak both English and
Spanish should prove to be very valuable throughout her life. Clara is very motivated by tasks
that she finds interesting, Clara should be working on recognizing theses tasks and identifying
which ones could be valuable in or as a job for adulthood.
