3. Summary of the school background.
Noah currently attends Prep at a State school, this is his second year at Prep (repeated from 2015). During Noah’s first year it became quiet noticeable that he exhibited greater delays than other students. Due to this Noah’s parents took him for a second diagnose. Noah was attending speech therapy, approximately for 1 year, prior to starting school. This has now ceased since starting school. No other schooling, Kindy or day care has been noted as attending by the parents. So far this year Noah has shown little interest in learning tasks and only shows interest in playing with the classroom toys. Noah has required 1:1 adult support to engage with curriculum tasks and has needed continual re-direction …show more content…
This can take about 15 minutes for Noah to calm. During gross motor Noah has been unable to complete some of the required tasks, he shows limited control when hopping, jumping and has displayed an unusual running gait. Noah’s speech and language skills were assessed in 2015, indicating that his oval language skills are moderately impaired, his receptive and expressing language ability is moderately impaired. Severe difficulties were noted in the areas of vocabulary and semantic knowledge and skills. His speech sound development in only mildly delayed. Due to this teacher has recommended assistance and support from the speech pathologist be introduced immediately. Parents have requested that Noah’s occupational therapist initiate visits to the classroom once a fortnight observe Noah in a classroom setting and to assist Noah with classroom activities. Parents have also requested that all stakeholders involved in Noah’s development be included in all correspondence and decisions regarding Noah’s education. A report from Noah’s has indicated that Noah shows signs of low muscle tone, joint laxity and limited postural control which may impact on the ability of Noah completing school work such as handwriting and sporting activities. This report also indicated that …show more content…
Noah responds well to positive reinforcement and rewards. Skinner’s theory of Operant Conditioning may work well in Noah’s situation. (Vialle) If Noah has an outburst and is able to take himself or with the assistance of an adult to an area to calm, Noah is able to choose an activity or comforting item to use while in that area. Minimising the disruption to the class and helping Noah to learn valuable self-regulating skills. Noah finds it hard to sit for periods on time and often becomes distracted easily. To assist Noah with his attention span a designated spot to sit possibly beside a peer that exhibits controlled behaviour may help. Using cues and gestural prompts should help Noah with direction and instructions. Noah enjoys playing sports and outdoor activities, by offering a variety of games and equipment regularly may help to strengthen and improve Noah’s muscle tone and gross motor skills. This in turn should help with fine motor skills and improve his pencils grip and writing
Noah currently attends Prep at a State school, this is his second year at Prep (repeated from 2015). During Noah’s first year it became quiet noticeable that he exhibited greater delays than other students. Due to this Noah’s parents took him for a second diagnose. Noah was attending speech therapy, approximately for 1 year, prior to starting school. This has now ceased since starting school. No other schooling, Kindy or day care has been noted as attending by the parents. So far this year Noah has shown little interest in learning tasks and only shows interest in playing with the classroom toys. Noah has required 1:1 adult support to engage with curriculum tasks and has needed continual re-direction …show more content…
This can take about 15 minutes for Noah to calm. During gross motor Noah has been unable to complete some of the required tasks, he shows limited control when hopping, jumping and has displayed an unusual running gait. Noah’s speech and language skills were assessed in 2015, indicating that his oval language skills are moderately impaired, his receptive and expressing language ability is moderately impaired. Severe difficulties were noted in the areas of vocabulary and semantic knowledge and skills. His speech sound development in only mildly delayed. Due to this teacher has recommended assistance and support from the speech pathologist be introduced immediately. Parents have requested that Noah’s occupational therapist initiate visits to the classroom once a fortnight observe Noah in a classroom setting and to assist Noah with classroom activities. Parents have also requested that all stakeholders involved in Noah’s development be included in all correspondence and decisions regarding Noah’s education. A report from Noah’s has indicated that Noah shows signs of low muscle tone, joint laxity and limited postural control which may impact on the ability of Noah completing school work such as handwriting and sporting activities. This report also indicated that …show more content…
Noah responds well to positive reinforcement and rewards. Skinner’s theory of Operant Conditioning may work well in Noah’s situation. (Vialle) If Noah has an outburst and is able to take himself or with the assistance of an adult to an area to calm, Noah is able to choose an activity or comforting item to use while in that area. Minimising the disruption to the class and helping Noah to learn valuable self-regulating skills. Noah finds it hard to sit for periods on time and often becomes distracted easily. To assist Noah with his attention span a designated spot to sit possibly beside a peer that exhibits controlled behaviour may help. Using cues and gestural prompts should help Noah with direction and instructions. Noah enjoys playing sports and outdoor activities, by offering a variety of games and equipment regularly may help to strengthen and improve Noah’s muscle tone and gross motor skills. This in turn should help with fine motor skills and improve his pencils grip and writing