Special Education

Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Student Name:	Jonathan	Birth Date:	86/10/15	Date:	June 12, 1996
		School:	Pinewood Elementary	Grade/Class:	Four
Parents/Guardians	Nan and Hal Parent	Address:	444 Airth Street	Home Phone:	559-3313
				Work Phone:	649-2233
Previous School Attended:
Sunshine Development Centre ( Pre-school, 1990 )

Assessment / Planning Information
See School Psychologist report in student record; October, 1994
- speech / language and fine motor skills delay
- significant discrepancy between verbal reasoning and abstract visual reasoning
- language processing difficulties ( receptive and expressive )
- problems with short term auditory and visual memory / sequencing
- impulsive, difficulty staying on task
- difficulty coping with class expectations and routine changes
- poor social skills, negative attention seeking

See Language Arts and Math assessments in school record, 1996
- shows strength in decoding, reading comprehension at beginning Grade 2 level
- math at beginning Grade 2 level
- weak fine motor skills, awkward pencil grip

Strengths:	Needs:
- vivid imagination	- to reduce disruptive behavior
- drawing skills / artistic	- to expand attention span
- expert at computer games	- to increase task completion
- strong gross motor skills	- to improve reading skills
	- to develop written language skills
	- to develop compensatory techniques
	- to improve social skills
	- to develop oral comprehension and expression