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Undertaking Teaching Assessments with ADHD
Sep 18 2011, 9:57 AM EDT
Melissa, a sixteen year old girl was thought to have a classic history of dyslexia, and was refered as part of an onset tecahing assessment in Athens. Melissa was seen by a specialist following a Psychological Assessment. Although such assessments are valuable and provide lots of detail of childhood development, they do not necessarily provide an understanding of the underlying problems and appropiate teaching methods that might be needed.Melissa: A case study The report on Melissa included the comments that she did not speak apppropiately and grunted on all kinds intervention; was slightly short clumbsy and was often anxious, struggled to concentrate and had poor personal hygiene and would respond aggressively by biting when frustrated. Reading and Writing were Difficult Melissa Reading and writing were major problems putting her way behind her classmates, and Melissa found it difficult to explain what she wanted to people. Along with so many other children Melissa had suffered from eczema most of his life and was prone to catching colds and infections. Melissa Failed Standard Tests On examination Melissa failed the standard hearing and english proficency tests, and tilted his head to one side, was totally dyspraxic, had marked weakness of the right hand. Crawling is a very important aspect of development as it promotes learning of cross-cord reflexes essential to the development of postural reflexes. Many children bypass this stage and become bottom shufflers instead. Dyspraxic Although Jake initially had a label of being Dyslexic it was clear that he was also Dyspraxic, had signs of ADHD and sometimes was obsessional. Specialist programmes 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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