Tina was referred by her mother Ms. Bacon, father Mr. Bag, and step mother Ms. Powers to complete a comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation due to academic concerns in the area of reading. Specifically, if her difficulties with reading are due to a reading learning disability or difficulty sustaining attention. Tina was also referred for behavior concerns at home including impulsivity, inattention, irritability poor peer and sibling relations, and anger outburst. Her parents further reported that Tina tends to be overly affectionate with the females in her life and alienate or fight with the males.
Background Information:
A brief history of Tina’s educational, family, and health history was provided by Tina mother, father, and step mother. …show more content…
She struggles with making friends, and maintaining peer relationships. Tina reported that one things she dislikes doing is “making friends at school.” Tina has experienced difficulty with peers from a young age, repeating preschool due to not being socially ready. Tina reports having three friends at school, but that she does not spend time with her peers at recess. During recess, Tina engages with the female teacher on duty. Her parents report that when Tina goes over to her closest friend’s house she spends more time with her peers’ mother than with her peer. Helping her peer’s mother in the day care and cleaning the house. Tina participates in a choir group before school. Tina’s parents report that she gets along better with the peers in her choir group than peers at school. They attribute this to the environment, it is before school and there are less …show more content…
Mr. Bag reported that Tina’s mother smoked during pregnancy. It is unknown exactly how often she smoked, Mr. Bag reported that it was a couple of cigarettes. Tina’s mother has a full term pregnancy, it is unknown if she received adequate prenatal care. Tina was delivered through cesarean section. She was born with Pneumothorax, air-pockets outside of her lungs. The air had to be removed from the chest cavity by use of a needle. Due to this, Tina required an incubation period of seven days, where she received oxygen and antibiotics. As an infant, occasionally, when Tina was rocked she quit breathing. Doctors reported this was related to her lung development. Tina has met all developmental milestones at the expected ages, and is generally healthy. Tina become infected with chicken pox at 1.5 years of age, no complications were reported. Tina at the age of 2 become infected with pneumonia. She had a high fever which caused seizures and convulsions. Her parents are not aware of any lasting negative effects of the seizures. At the age of 5, Tina had her tonsils removed due to sleep apnea and snoring, no complications were reported from this procedure. Tina occasionally sleep walks, leading her parents to lock her door at night so that she does not wander around the house. On one occasion, Tina while sleeping, thought her brother had died. She began to cry hysterically and attempted to find him. Tina
Background Information:
A brief history of Tina’s educational, family, and health history was provided by Tina mother, father, and step mother. …show more content…
She struggles with making friends, and maintaining peer relationships. Tina reported that one things she dislikes doing is “making friends at school.” Tina has experienced difficulty with peers from a young age, repeating preschool due to not being socially ready. Tina reports having three friends at school, but that she does not spend time with her peers at recess. During recess, Tina engages with the female teacher on duty. Her parents report that when Tina goes over to her closest friend’s house she spends more time with her peers’ mother than with her peer. Helping her peer’s mother in the day care and cleaning the house. Tina participates in a choir group before school. Tina’s parents report that she gets along better with the peers in her choir group than peers at school. They attribute this to the environment, it is before school and there are less …show more content…
Mr. Bag reported that Tina’s mother smoked during pregnancy. It is unknown exactly how often she smoked, Mr. Bag reported that it was a couple of cigarettes. Tina’s mother has a full term pregnancy, it is unknown if she received adequate prenatal care. Tina was delivered through cesarean section. She was born with Pneumothorax, air-pockets outside of her lungs. The air had to be removed from the chest cavity by use of a needle. Due to this, Tina required an incubation period of seven days, where she received oxygen and antibiotics. As an infant, occasionally, when Tina was rocked she quit breathing. Doctors reported this was related to her lung development. Tina has met all developmental milestones at the expected ages, and is generally healthy. Tina become infected with chicken pox at 1.5 years of age, no complications were reported. Tina at the age of 2 become infected with pneumonia. She had a high fever which caused seizures and convulsions. Her parents are not aware of any lasting negative effects of the seizures. At the age of 5, Tina had her tonsils removed due to sleep apnea and snoring, no complications were reported from this procedure. Tina occasionally sleep walks, leading her parents to lock her door at night so that she does not wander around the house. On one occasion, Tina while sleeping, thought her brother had died. She began to cry hysterically and attempted to find him. Tina