Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing by Stefan C. Dombrowski

Author:Stefan C. Dombrowski
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

Observations

Observation (November 20, 2013): Noah was observed for 50 min during kindergarten class. The class was transitioning from quiet time following lunch to an activity at the carpet. Mr. Shuester instructed the class to go and sit at the carpet. Noah ignored the first request. He was offered individual instruction to head to the carpet. Noah replied, “I don’t feel like it.” After about 1 min, he joined the class at the carpet. While sitting at the carpet, Noah picked up a string and started playing with it. The teacher asked the class to show three fingers. Noah was not focusing on this request and instead continued playing with the string. He also attempted to talk to another student seated near him. At that point, Noah was instructed to turn and face the chart that the teacher was using to present a topic. Noah complied but was observed to be rock back and forth and be active as he was seated. He also found a rock on the floor and started playing with that object. Noah was also observed to make sucking noises with his teeth. Ms. Pillsbury was instructing the class how to draw a picture of a leaf. Underneath the picture of the leaf students were to write a letter. Mr. Shuester asked the class what part of a letter goes on the line. Noah replied out loud, “a tiger.” After about 10 min into the presentation Noah started focusing on the teacher guided instruction. There was one additional time when another child lifted up the carpet where Noah was sitting and Noah screamed at the child to stop.

Observation (January 8, 2014): Noah was observed during lunch, transition back to class, and then during class time. The observation occurred over a span of 2 h. During lunch, Noah was observed to be wearing gloves, one blue with a facial design of a cartoon bear, and the other, solid red. During lunch, Noah seemed quite interested in playing with the blue glove with the design. He would hold it up in front of his face and look at it. He also played with a drink bottle that had a toy figure as part of the cap. At one point, Noah approached the psychologist and pointed out the hat on the figure. At other times, Noah would attempt to interact with other students at his lunch table. His interaction was observed to be physical where he would poke and touch the other student. One student imitated Noah’s nonverbal interactional style and engaged by poking and prodding Noah in return. Next, Noah transitioned to his classroom. When his table was called to line up, Noah was observed to cut in front of other students and head to the front of the line. Noah entered the classroom and stood by the examiner and started at him. This occurred for a period of about 2 min after which point the examiner reminded Noah to return to his seat. Noah stated that he was going to play in the sand tray table.

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