Determine strategies for specific learning disabilities and ADHD
“Michael is a 9-year-old-boy. His teacher describes him as having difficulty keeping his attention focused on work. Michael often makes careless mistakes in his work and fails to pay close attention to details. Although he is obedient and seems to understand instructions, Michael frequently fails to complete his assigned duties, work, and chores. In addition, Michael seems to avoid work that requires sustained mental effort, such as schoolwork and homework. When spoken to directly, Michael often appears to not listen, as if he is off in a daze. It is likely that Michael’s inability to sustain attention contributes to his difficulty in organizing everyday tasks. Michael experiences the same problems both at home and at school, ahd has been this way since before kindergarten (Coles, Slavec, Bernstien, Baroni, 2012).”
Alice found herself very frustrated with school. She was in the fourth grade, and her grades were very poor. She had worked hard, but many of the things that were required just didn’t seem to make sense.
History was a perfect example. Alice had looked forward to learning more about history. She really enjoyed stories told by her grandfather. Alice thought it would have been fun to live back in history when kids got to ride to school on horses. As she read her history assignment about a girl her age who was moving west in a wagon, Alice noticed that the words often looked strange. She struggled to read much of the information, even though she very much wanted to. Alice knew that she would fail the history test, and she cried quietly in her room as she dressed for school.