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Timothy In The Classroom Case Study

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Purpose of case: The purpose for this case study is to come up with strategies that will best accommodate Timothy in the classroom or to see if timothy needs to be referred for further assessment. I selected to do my case study on this student because I wanted to come up with other ways that would help Timothy be more successful in the classroom. I also thought that by working with Timothy it would be a challenge to me because I have never worked with a student that had problems developing language. After my observations I plan on coming up with strategies that would help Timothy communicate better with the teachers and his parents. I will collect my data through teacher and parent interviews and during center time and carpet …show more content…

The main concern for Tim is his communication at home and in school. Tim is now receiving speech/language therapy outside of school. Therapy has made a really big improvement in his speech and language. Social Emotional Development: During center time I noticed that Timothy would not play with the other students he liked to play alone. The teacher would try to get Tim to play with the other students but he would not respond. I also noticed that Timothy had a hard time developing words and it was hard to understand what he was saying. Timothy would take things from other students and throw tantrums if he didn't want to do something the teacher asked of him. Timothy does not interact with other students yet. When the teacher asks a question he responds using three to four word sentences. Tim demonstrated concern when a classmate fell and spilled food during lunch. He helped them pick up the food and tried to share his food with them. Physical Development: Timothy is able to run, jump, hop, skip and stand on one foot, and move without any …show more content…

He will reach for and accurately grasps objects and makes eye contact regularly. Tim will respond to various sounds of high and low tones. He is able to climb up the stairs on the slide during recess. Tim explored a variety of textures with his hands. A few examples of this exploration are his play in play dough, shaving cream, and splashing water with his hands. Cognitive Development: Timothy knows his numbers 1-20 and he can write them. He can count by rote to 20. He can recognize his color. He will draw pictures from a story and can sequence them with pictures. Tim plays with many toys, engages in pretend play, paints, draws, and stacks soft cubes. Tim played with toys in a variety of ways. He made a necklace out of big beads, arranged the beads of the same color in one group and stacked them on top of each other. He did not stay at this activity for long. Tim likes to build thing with the blocks. He will build a building or stack them on top of each other. Tim will spend lots of time playing with toy cars during center time. Tim will look at the picture on the puzzle box and put the puzzle together with no problem. He also liked to make different objects using play dough.

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