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Case Study AssignmentGrandma’s Boy

Aleatra

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and Nina HalversonSlide2

Summary

Helen Jamison is first year, second grade teacher at C.E Connors Elementary School

Her classroom strategies and practices go smoothly expect for the disturbance of one child named Justin Richardson who transferred from a different school in the county

Justin did not complete any assignments and was constantly daydreaming

Ms. Jamison scheduled a meeting with Justin’s father (the grandma showed up as well) to develop a home-school behavior management program

The meeting did not go well; the dad, Justin and grandmother, Ann did not want to participate in the program

Ann tells Ms. Jamison that Justin wants to see his parents back together but Ann bad mouths the mother during the meeting and blames his mother for his behavior

Justin’s dad is quiet during the meeting and Ann does most of the talkingSlide3

Summary Cont.

Justin’s grandmother beats him at home to “put sense in him”

Ms. Jamison tells Justin’s dad and grandmother that they all need to work together to help Justin

Ms. Jamison tells his grandma and father that he does not respond to praise or criticism, rewards or punishments and has failed every section of the unit test in reading

Ms. Jamison called Justin’s first grade teacher, Judy, and she informed her that Justin’s mom is no longer in the picture

Judy recommended that Justin have testing done but his father refused (Judy was convinced that is was grandma who blocked the testing)

Ms. Jamison uses Judy’s strategy and got help from the school

physcologist

Ms. Jamison concluded that Justin has emotional problems and maybe a learning disability and she cannot do it aloneSlide4

Teacher Perspective

Reading the case, we felt frustrated for Justin and Ms. Jamison. Justin obviously needed support from the school since he was not receiving it at home. We agreed with Ms. Jamison that Justin needed to be evaluated and have an IEP put in place. We feel that Ms. Jamison should try to just meet with the father and social worker without Ann being involved. There needed to be more communication between the support staff, teachers, and family. Slide5

Child’s Parents/Caregivers Perspective

Justin’s father did not voice his opinion but instead followed Ann’s parenting advice

Ann was over bearing and had the final say in Justin’s life

Justin’s mother had no involvement in his life and moved away

Ann feels the best way to discipline Justin is to use corporal punishment

Ann has hatred towards her ex-daughter-in-law and does not want Justin to think about herSlide6

School Administration Perspective

The school did not know anything about Justin and his history

Ms. Jamison wanted an evaluation done on Justin but the administration declined saying that the family would not allow it

The administration recommended working with the school psychologist Ron Saunders

Ms. Jamison, Ron, and the principal planned another meeting with the child study committeeSlide7

Justin’s Perspective

Justin was very emotionally unbalanced due to his home life. He was struggling to accept his parents’ divorce and his grandma living with him. Justin felt that he did not have any positive adult role model that he could trust. Even though Justin pushed people away he wanted a relationship. Justin became frustrated while doing school work because he did not understand the information and he did not have a role model to help him at home. Slide8

Working with Family

Due to the fact that Ms. Jamison did not get the support she needed from Justin’s father we would try to social services to see if we can have the mother involved

Justin’s family is not supportive, however we feel it is important to be persistent and develop a plan for Justin

We would try to schedule a home visit with Justin and his family (with school psychologist)

Even if we are not getting the response we want from his family, it is important to remain calm and positive

We want to work with Justin’s family sooner than later so the problem does not become worseSlide9

Working with Outside Resources

As a mandatory reporter we will contact social services because the grandmother told Ms. Jamison that she beats her grandson

We think an IEP should be enforced and evaluation

The issue is that Justin’s father does not agree to this

Communication with the Special Education program at school

Work together with the school physiologist to help create a behavior management planSlide10

Working with School Administration

We will need to communicate with the administration and keep them updated on Justin’s behavior and our plan

Administration needs to be aware of the situation at hand

Collaboration with school staff and administration is important to make sure that expectations and consequences are the same throughout the school

We will communicate to administration that we will seek social services and keep them up to date on his plan with the familySlide11

Instructional/Lesson Planning

Justin will be allowed exceptions in his work

We will remain patient at all times and keep calm with Justin and his struggles

We will have a chart for Justin so that he is completing his work

We will differentiate our instruction to meet his specific struggles and make sure he gets extra help

If an aide is necessary and available we will accommodate one for Justin

We will make sure our instructions are clear enough for Justin to understandSlide12

Management Planning

Since Justin is new to the school we will try to obtain as much background information as possible

Contact previous teachers, administration, and case workers

Although previous information is helpful we will not label Justin based on that information. We will give Justin an equal chance in the classroom.

Have clear expectations of all students and a common set of rules

Rules will be specific so that students will know what is expected of them and know the consequences if they break a ruleSlide13

Relationship Building

Justin and Ms. Jamison need to develop a trusting relationship. Justin needs to learn how to get along with his peers and other staff in the building.

There needs to be a positive relationship between the teacher and family. They need to work together to support Justin.

Communication is important in building strong relationships, between staff, the teacher, family and Justin

The students and staff need to be patient with Justin. The teacher can remind students to be work well together and be patient together.

The more the other students get to know Justin, the more he will open up and build relationshipsSlide14

Justin’s Interest Inventory

We will have Justin fill this inventory out in

school

Student interest surey.doc

We

will have Justin and his family fill this inventory out at home

http://schools.webster.k12.mo.us/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=SU5URVJFU1RTVVJWRVktWW91bmdlckdyYWRlcy5wZGY6Ojovd3d3L3NjaG9vbHMvc2MvcmVtb3RlL2ltYWdlcy9kb2NtZ3IvMTg2N2ZpbGU5NTMzLnBkZg==&sectiondetailid=40478Slide15

Interest Inventory

Individual Inventory:

Justin will fill this inventory out by himself. It will help us get to know him better and his likes/dislikes. This is one way we can make connections to Justin. This will also help us create lessons geared towards his interests.

Family Inventory:

Justin and his family will fill this out together so his family can be involved in the process. They can tell us about Justin from their point of view. This inventory also gives us background information about the family and their interests. Slide16

Assignment ChartSlide17

Assignment Chart

This assignment chart will be useful to keep Justin on track. He will write the assignment down and then he will get a sticker for completing the assignment. If he gets 80% of his assignments done, he will get a reward. This is asking a lot out of Justin because he did not complete any assignments before this is implemented. This is a good visual incentive for Justin. His family can also be involved by looking at his assignments and seeing if he got a sticker or not. They can also keep track of what he is getting done at home. The school psychologist will also use a similar chart for things that he is working on such as behavior. It is helpful for Justin that the charts are the same so he knows what is expected from him.