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Aleatra Nading and NinaHalverson

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Helen Jamison is first year, second grade teacher at C.E ConnorsElementary School

Her classroom strategies and practices go smoothly expect forthe disturbance of one child named Justin Richardson whotransferred from a different school in the county

Justin did not complete any assignments and was constantlydaydreaming Ms. Jamison scheduled a meeting with Justins father (the

grandma showed up as well) to develop a home-school behaviormanagement program

The meeting did not go well; the dad, Justin and grandmother,Ann did not want to participate in the program

Ann tells Ms. Jamison that Justin wants to see his parents backtogether but Ann bad mouths the mother during the meeting andblames his mother for his behavior

Justins dad is quiet during the meeting and Ann does most of thetalking

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Justins grandmother beats him at home to put sense in him Ms. Jamison tells Justins dad and grandmother that they all

need to work together to help Justin Ms. Jamison tells his grandma and father that he does not

respond to praise or criticism, rewards or punishments and

has failed every section of the unit test in reading Ms. Jamison called Justins first grade teacher, Judy, and she

informed her that Justins mom is no longer in the picture Judy recommended that Justin have testing done but his

father refused (Judy was convinced that is was grandma whoblocked the testing)

Ms. Jamison uses Judys strategy and got help from theschool physcologist Ms. Jamison concluded that Justin has emotional problems

and maybe a learning disability and she cannot do it alone

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Reading the case, we felt frustrated for Justinand Ms. Jamison. Justin obviously neededsupport from the school since he was notreceiving it at home. We agreed with Ms.Jamison that Justin needed to be evaluatedand have an IEP put in place. We feel thatMs. Jamison should try to just meet with thefather and social worker without Ann being

involved. There needed to be morecommunication between the support staff,teachers, and family.

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Justins father did not voice his opinion butinstead followed Anns parenting advice

Ann was over bearing and had the final say inJustins life

Justins mother had no involvement in his lifeand moved away

Ann feels the best way to discipline Justin isto use corporal punishment

Ann has hatred towards her ex-daughter-in-law and does not want Justin to think abouther

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The school did not know anything aboutJustin and his history

Ms. Jamison wanted an evaluation done on

Justin but the administration declined sayingthat the family would not allow itThe administration recommended working

with the school psychologist Ron Saunders

Ms. Jamison, Ron, and the principal plannedanother meeting with the child studycommittee

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Justin was very emotionally unbalanced dueto his home life. He was struggling to accepthis parents divorce and his grandma livingwith him. Justin felt that he did not have anypositive adult role model that he could trust.Even though Justin pushed people away hewanted a relationship. Justin becamefrustrated while doing school work because

he did not understand the information and hedid not have a role model to help him athome.

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Due to the fact that Ms. Jamison did not get thesupport she needed from Justins father we would tryto social services to see if we can have the motherinvolved

Justins family is not supportive, however we feel it isimportant to be persistent and develop a plan for Justin We would try to schedule a home visit with Justin and his family

(with school psychologist) Even if we are not getting the response we want from

his family, it is important to remain calm and positive

We want to work with Justins family sooner than laterso the problem does not become worse

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As a mandatory reporter we will contact socialservices because the grandmother told Ms.Jamison that she beats her grandson

We think an IEP should be enforced andevaluation The issue is that Justins father does not agree to this

Communication with the Special Educationprogram at school

Work together with the school physiologist tohelp create a behavior management plan

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We will need to communicate with theadministration and keep them updated onJustins behavior and our plan

Administration needs to be aware of thesituation at hand

Collaboration with school staff andadministration is important to make sure thatexpectations and consequences are the

same throughout the schoolWe will communicate to administration that

we will seek social services and keep themup to date on his plan with the family

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Justin will be allowed exceptions in his workWe will remain patient at all times and keep calm

with Justin and his strugglesWe will have a chart for Justin so that he is

completing his workWe will differentiate our instruction to meet his

specific struggles and make sure he gets extrahelp

If an aide is necessary and available we will

accommodate one for JustinWe will make sure our instructions are clear

enough for Justin to understand

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Since Justin is new to the school we will try toobtain as much background information aspossible Contact previous teachers, administration, and case

workersAlthough previous information is helpful we will notlabel Justin based on that information. We will giveJustin an equal chance in the classroom.

Have clear expectations of all students and a

common set of rules Rules will be specific so that students will know what isexpected of them and know the consequences if they breaka rule

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Justin and Ms. Jamison need to develop a trustingrelationship. Justin needs to learn how to get alongwith his peers and other staff in the building.

There needs to be a positive relationship between theteacher and family. They need to work together tosupport Justin.

Communication is important in building strongrelationships, between staff, the teacher, family andJustin

The students and staff need to be patient with Justin.

The teacher can remind students to be work welltogether and be patient together. The more the other students get to know Justin, the more he will

open up and build relationships

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We will have Justin fill this inventory out inschool Student interest surey.doc

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Individual Inventory: Justin will fill this inventory out by himself. It will help

us get to know him better and his likes/dislikes. This isone way we can make connections to Justin. This will

also help us create lessons geared towards hisinterests.

Family Inventory: Justin and his family will fill this out together so his

family can be involved in the process. They can tell usabout Justin from their point of view. This inventoryalso gives us background information about the familyand their interests.

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This assignment chart will be useful to keep Justin ontrack. He will write the assignment down and then hewill get a sticker for completing the assignment. If hegets 80% of his assignments done, he will get areward. This is asking a lot out of Justin because hedid not complete any assignments before this isimplemented. This is a good visual incentive for Justin.His family can also be involved by looking at hisassignments and seeing if he got a sticker or not. Theycan also keep track of what he is getting done at

home. The school psychologist will also use a similarchart for things that he is working on such as behavior.It is helpful for Justin that the charts are the same sohe knows what is expected from him.