Learning Disabilities Essays -- Special Education

â€Æ' Case Study on Learning Disabilities Learning about learning disabilities has been an eye opening experience. I have worked with children who had home life issues that they struggled with at school. But to see and realize that these children cannot change how their brain operates is difficult to watch. My case study is a typical young boy who really doesn’t want to be in school. He would rather be with his dad hunting with guns in the woods. I know now that he probably dislikes school because he struggles with completing the tasks and assignments given to him. Hopefully, this study will provide me with more insight into ways that I could help him and others like him once I become a certified teacher. A Look at the Classroom TC (a pseudonym) is a young third grader at a local elementary school. The school looks and feels like any typical elementary school anywhere in North Carolina. However, when you walk down the hall to the EC class is located, you see a room that has little light on inside. Occasionally there will be lights on but for the most part they are not. Once you quietly enter the room, one notices a whiteboard on the immediate right with a small group of 10-12 desks side by side in a â€Å"U† shape facing the board. The remainder of the room is divided into three sections. Each section has a â€Å"C† shaped table for the special needs teacher and the teacher assistant. In the last section closest to the wall, there is a metal swing hanging from a metal stand. There are several computers in the two outer divided sections but only the three computers by the teacher’s area are active. These appear to be where extra time is rewarded on these computers to play educat ional games. Because of the way the room is des... ...lout in a separate room with a small group away from the general education class. His general education classes/events include Science/Social Studies, Recess, Lunch, Field Trips and Assemblies, Art/Media/PE/Technology. Within his IEP is noted the justification for special needs services. TC needs services due to his weakness in working memory and nonverbal reasoning. He needs a small group setting with direct explicit, systematic and multi-modal instruction. He also needs repetition with his instruction and practice with the material learned. It is my hope that TC will continue to improve in his work, if he can maintain enough interest in school. Hopefully someone can provide the extra encouragement he needs to move through the difficult years of school. If he doesn’t have an attitude change about school, he will probably be one of those that dropout.