Interview : The Daughter Of A Friend Of Mine

Her kindergarten teacher recognized her inability to stay focused compared to her peers. In first grade, Grace took longer to complete assignments, had a tendency to daydream, and had difficulty with paper and pencil tasks which was the most noticable in math. Her first and second grade teachers provided her with additional educational support through small group instruction, and she receives weekly instruction from the reading specialist. Finally, her scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition and Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement show she has deficits in the areas of Working Memory, Passage Comprehension and Math Fluency. Since information has been obtained by a variety of dependable sources, identifying Grace as a learning disable child is

Learning disabilities are a life long struggle but if caught at a young age and early intervention takes place. The stress on the child and family is greatly reduced. Learning disabilities spread to every part of a child’s life affecting them socially. Teachers must remain professional and refrain from calling students lazy as in Adams case. A good teacher or specialist can demystify a learning disability and help a child’s

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

Interviewing the parent of a child diagnosed with learning disability can be intimidating. It is difficult to gauge how much a parent wants to reveal about their child. Also, it is not unusual to discover that one parent is at a different place of acceptance than the other parent. Each family member’s journey is different; for example, it is not rare for a father to work out the emotional difficulty of a special needs diagnosis differently than a mother.

Director and producer Ellen Goosenberg Kent has earned many awards for her television documentaries on children (www.hbo.com). Kent’s documentary is not as much informational, as it is inspiring and eye opening. It characterizes children with learning disabilities in a different light than they are used to by highlighting what they can do, rather than what they struggle with. This documentary is a perfect example of how people can overcome the challenges they face in everyday life by just having a positive outlook. I Can't Do This But I Can Do That will be a source that I use in my digital autoethnography to exemplify how labels placed on individuals with ADHD are narrow-minded and even with their learning struggles, the sky is the limit for people with ADHD.

Throughout my elementary school days, my teachers regarded me as a trouble maker. Most instructors just assumed that as a young boy, I was naturally energetic and loud. My second grade teacher, however, did not see it that way. She told my mom about her hunch, suggesting that I get tested for ADD. My mother however, thought I was just being an overzealous kid. Yet, the bad reports continued. Many teachers said that I was “too loud, disruptive, hyper, etc.”. Finally, I was diagnosed with ADD in eighth grade.

I observed the interviewee as a concerned and caring mother who wanted the best for her child with autism. She was educated enough to know it was a process beyond her knowledge. The mother is a young Caucasian adult with a college education, she allowed the process and was opened minded with what the coordinators and specialists had to say. Stating, that it could be difficult to get resources because the client is unsure where he or she is to go and turn to. Autism is a disorder of social interaction, communication and behavior. Autism typically manifests itself within the first three years of life and there is usually cognitive

I decided to interview my current coworker Michelle Razo. She works in probably one of the most valued and needed occupations in the world. Human Resources is the fast growing occupation and is growing above average ( bls). The Bureau of Labor Statistics has a growth of 9% between 2014-2024. As well as being one of the highest growing job, it has a very well median annual wage of $104,000 (bla), an Hr. manager is practically needed in every industry. A few of the responsible of an HR is hiring, termating, helping companies comply with State and Federal Laws, as well as helping employees fight for their rights. Wikipedia description for a Human resource consultor “the human resource consulting industry has emerged from management consulting and addresses human resource management tasks and decisions” (Wikipedia) “Core practice include employee engagement, compensation, employee benefits, actuarial, retirement, mergers, acquisitions and talent mobility” (Wikipedia)

For my paper I decided to interview Celia Johnson who is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist at Family Achievement Center’s in Woodbury, MN, one of the two centers my oldest son Ethan attends to get services in Occupational Therapy once a week. As I had the opportunity to chat with her I got to know more of the work she does now and her previous experience working for other centers.

I interviewed my resident who has ADHD but, due to the confidentiality contract I sign for my job, I cannot disclose his name. My resident was open to answer any questions I asked him, and he was very accepting of his exceptionality. He mentioned during the interview that his disability does not change who he is as a person, or have any affect his relationships. He acknowledged that he needed this medication to focus in school and cease impulsive behavior in class. In addition, he wanted to stop forgetting information in learned in class and remember his behavior. My resident still forgets a lot of his actions when he forgets to take his medication and still struggles with focusing, but he also acknowledged that he doesn’t need to take his

I'm Maria Guadalupe Garcia, and a mother of four, the youngest having ASD. I tried to find a logical reason behind the diagnosis.Was it the Diet Coke I drank when I was pregnant of him or the coke we gave him to drink when he was a baby? Whose side of the family did it come from? How was his birth different than that of his brother’s? All of these questions, left unanswered, only increased my tension. I'm more at home on social care issues, and as a parent quite involved in issues around transition. I'm also an ABA technician for Centria Healthcare. Each and every time I worked with a new client, my son comes to mind. He may not had received the needed services. My family may not have been provided with the necessary support and information.

The Peterson family resides in a small residential suburb in Southeastern Virginia. Previous, the family had lived in Italy due to Mr. Peterson 's position in the United States Military but had moved to Virginia two years ago. Mrs. Peterson works at night and the parents have five children together. Christian is an intelligent 12 year old boy that was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by the United States Navy Developmental Pediatrician in Naples, Italy when he was 9 years old. Christian has one older sibling, Sarah and three younger siblings Rebecca, Martha, and Elisha.

" I have a daughter who is 22 and she wants to do so much she got into free college then changed her mind,Now want to quiet her Job to do photography. I think being young you should be patient and not take on to much at one time. I used you as an example, I told her, A girl at my job who is younger than you has a lot of odds against her, but she still come to work, she pay her bills and don't complain. "

The individuals involved in the interview are a man diagnosed with Autism (subject S) and a female lawyer (subject R). They are connected through a professional-helping relationship. The incidents leading up to the interview are with regards to a custody battle concerning subject S and his seven year old daughter. His doctors have declared that the intellectual capacity of subject S does not exceed the age of seven. The issue arises when Child Protective Services deem subject S unfit and incapable of raising his daughter due to the fact that he is unable to hold down a steady job and that his daughter will eventually

Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin learning, not when they start school. Learning disabilities are real and they affect millions of people. “One such disability that affects over approximately 15 percent of the total American population is dyslexia” ( Nosek 5).