Autisum Spectrum Disorder Case Study

Amy Johnson just started first grade. She enjoys going to school because she gets to hang out with her little friends. She loves Ms. Kim, her teacher because she is very nice and lovely. One day Ms. Kim asked the children to get into groups so that can play a spelling game. When Amy was selected to spell “happy”, she completely forgot how to spell it. She was embarrassed. Ms. Kim believed she was just shy to talk in front of her classmates. The next day, Amy was told to read a three-word sentence, but she was not able to carry it out. Amy sometimes turned in her homework incomplete or late. Ms. Kim started to become concerned about Amy because she was showing learning developmental delays. Ms. Kim decided to contact the elementary school social

Complete write up re Autistic spectrum conditions. Include in this the difficulties that those with these conditions have and the behaviour they may exhibit. How do you support those with Autism, who else may be involved and how do you ensure effective communication with autistic people. Give actual exampls of your support where possible.

1) explain why it is important to recognise that each individual on the autistic spectrum has their own individual abilities, needs, strengths, preferences and interests

Jordan is a 19 year old woman who lives with her grandmother in Blandford Massachusetts. Jordan has a primary and secondary diagnoses which include: ADHD and Learning Impairments, Mood disorder, PTSD, high anxiety and depression. She has difficulty with focus, concentration, executive functioning, organization, retention, processing, recall. Joran has difficulty with the multi-step process in writing composition and math. She is referred for an assistive technology evaluation by MRCVC Tara Raymond to see if there is assistive technology that would be helpful as Jordan pursues her vocational goal.

___ [NAME] reports significant social and functional difficulties. She has been unable to be successful at school after being an excellent high school student. She last tried community college a year ago, would do ok for a week or two and then stop going to classes, have decrease in motivation, retreat to her bed. This has also been a pattern in terms of working.

Tommy R. is a 6-year-old boy and a kindergarten student in a K-8 combined elementary and junior high school in the San Jose greater metropolitan area. There has been a meeting requested by his educational team and parents to talk about his behavior in school and cognitive abilities in the classroom. School staff have been receiving complaints from Tommy’s teacher and classroom staff about not following direction and non-compliance. Tommy also struggles with completing some classroom tasks as well.

This fall Kiara plans on attending Holyoke Community College with a vocational goal of receiving a degree in Fincences.

According to her mother, she had a normal pregnancy when carrying Kathy and that there were no complications during her delivery. She also stated that Kathy had met all of her developmental milestones at the expected ages. At this time, Kathy is generally healthy. It was also found that Kathy suffered a closed head injury at the age of 8 years old from an automobile accident. The client’s parents believe that this injury may be why her communication is impaired. Kathy currently receives speech and language therapy twice a week for 45 minutes .

1.1 - Explain why it is important to recognise that each person on the autistic spectrum has their own individual abilities needs strengths gifts and interests.

Natalie is a 9 years old girl, lives in my neighborhood in Fairfax County. She is 4th grade student andsuffers from Attention Deficient Disorder (ADD/ADHD).She lived in Egypt for 5 years and has academic learning disability. Her mother, who is American, works as nurse, and her father,who is from Korea, works as an engineer. When they lived in Egypt, Natalie used to studying an international school with kids from different countrieswhere her academic disability initiated. In addition to her academic disability started in Egyptian International School, she hasbeen identified with ADD (Attention Deficient Disorder) by her current teacher in the US school, which makes her case more complicated to develop her academics. Natalie’s

Anna is on target or above in many academic areas, logical reasoning ability, physical motor skills, and social skills. I listened to her read a story and her reading proficiency level impressed me. As I was talking to her about her interests and love for reading, I discovered she loves to read and reads from her story Bible every night. When I asked her if she reads it or if her parents do, she quickly informed me that she reads it on her own. Her mathematical skills appear to be typical of children her age. Physically, Anna does not have any known health problems and is able to participate in all physical education activities at school. She takes dance class two days a week. Anna is fun to talk to and communicates well with both her peers and with

In the case study, Sara had several issues with social interaction. Sara prefers to read and write her books alone. She doesn’t understand the use of figurative language, and she struggles with recognizing which behaviors will be

Society has certain expectations when it comes to social interaction and communication between people. These expectations could be eye contact with one another, smiling when a person delivers good news or a pout when a sad event happens during a movie. Basic social interactions and communication are usually very natural to people because we are social creatures, we thrive on contact with one another. Some people find basic social interactions difficult, they may have trouble sustaining a conversation, or have difficulties understanding a person’s tone of voice. These people could be on the Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD.

According to Peterson (2013), “Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication, repetitive behaviors, and stereotyped interests and activities” (p. 748). However, symptoms and their severity vary greatly in each child. There are three types that have been identified: Classic Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. The cause of autism is unknown. According to Lockwood (2013), “Childhood Autism Risk from Genetics and Environment (CHARGE) studied preschool children with autism and has shown the roles of prenatal vitamins in early pregnancy” (p.748). The findings predict that ASD might be prevented with the intake of folic

The person I chose to interview is the daughter of a friend of mine. “Caitlyn” (a pseudonym) is an 18-year -old female who is “twice exceptional”. She is gifted and was identified with ADD as a sophomore in high school. She has never received special services for her ADD. She takes medications for the ADD, but this is on an “as needed” basis. I interviewed Caitlyn at her home. Her mother was present during the interview.