The family that I interviewed for the Exceptional Child Family and Study Interview is a family that I am personal friends with. The family’s structure is made up of a mother named Carrie and a father named Ron, and two boys, Thomas age eight and David age ten. Both children in the family have various learning disabilities. Carrie and Ron noticed that David had a disability around age three, they notice that he had little or no eye contact, he had no attention span, he was walking on his toes, he was nonverbal and had sensory issues (loudness). David was originally tested by Central Valley Regional Center. CVRC had a hard time testing David because of his short attention span and because he was non verbal so he did not qualify for their
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David did horse therapy for the first time last spring and will be starting again next week with Thomas. Horse Therapy helps with with balance and focus and listening skills, it also helps with speech and fine and gross motor skills. Both boys were able to attend horse camp this summer and enjoyed it. David and Thomas are mainstreamed in school but have special ed pull out classes. Both boys get speech at school. David’s speech class is mostly for maintenance as he has had speech for seven years. Thomas has speech two times a week at school. David sees the school psychologist for therapy once a week or as needed for problems at school. David has had therapy outside of school with mental health services in the past to deal with personal space issues and negative and aggressive behaviors, he is not getting outside therapy at this time as it is not needed.
David and Thomas are both on medication, mostly for hyperactivity to keep them focused during the school day. David is taking a mood stabilizer since he tends to have extremes with his mood. Sometimes Carrie says that the medication helps and sometimes it doesn’t help and they have to change the medication. Unless it is really bad, the medication can go without being changed for six
David did horse therapy for the first time last spring and will be starting again next week with Thomas. Horse Therapy helps with with balance and focus and listening skills, it also helps with speech and fine and gross motor skills. Both boys were able to attend horse camp this summer and enjoyed it. David and Thomas are mainstreamed in school but have special ed pull out classes. Both boys get speech at school. David’s speech class is mostly for maintenance as he has had speech for seven years. Thomas has speech two times a week at school. David sees the school psychologist for therapy once a week or as needed for problems at school. David has had therapy outside of school with mental health services in the past to deal with personal space issues and negative and aggressive behaviors, he is not getting outside therapy at this time as it is not needed.
David and Thomas are both on medication, mostly for hyperactivity to keep them focused during the school day. David is taking a mood stabilizer since he tends to have extremes with his mood. Sometimes Carrie says that the medication helps and sometimes it doesn’t help and they have to change the medication. Unless it is really bad, the medication can go without being changed for six