Pleasant Grove High School Student Observation

The second student I observed was a 14 year old girl who receives Visual Impairment assistance. The student attends Pleasant Grove High School and is in the 8th grade. The school is a relatively new school and has a lot of resources for the student to use. The student has a para who accompanies her from the start until the end of the school day. The student also has the county’s visual specialist come to work with her twice a week. Right from the beginning I noticed the student wants to be very independent. She tries her best to do a lot of things on her own. This is a positive and negative attitude for her. She using a cane and has to everything larger than 18 point font. Although she tries to do a lot on her own, she has been known to have seizures, so her independence is cut short because of that. …show more content…
Everything done in and out of the classroom is accommodated and modified for her to be able to participate. There is not one day that she cannot participate. She wants to be involved in everything done in the classroom, especially in her Physical Science class. She loves to participate in labs and hands on activities. The students in that class are very helpful and will work with her on labs instead of her para so that she is able to feel included in the lesson and that she is exerting her independence. The student is very happy, always smiling, and enjoys being around others. Not once have I been under the impression that she wasn’t being taken care of at