Clara is a 14-year-old student presenting significant academic delays as compared to her peer group. She has

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Clara is a 14-year-old student presenting significant academic delays as compared to her peer group. She has just arrived in our community and has just been enrolled in school with no accompanying educational records. Clara's first language is not English, but she is reasonably fluent in English. Her family and she were not born in the United States. She lives with both parents (mother and father) and has no brothers or sisters. Her father works as a short-distance truck driver while her mother works in a pre-school as a teacher's assistant. Both parents are cooperative although their grasp of English is less than their daughter's. Clara learned English in her last school and is comfortable speaking, reading, and writing at an equal level to her ability with Spanish. An initial referral initiated assessments being administered to determine Clara's particular needs. The following scores have been gathered using the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale, and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. Other data is from provided teacher observational notes. Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) Reading = .03 Percentile Arithmetic = .04 Percentile Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale Communication Domain = 40 Daily Living Skills = 50 Socialization = 68 Motor Skills = 52 Adaptive Behavior Composite Score = 48 Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test Full Scale IQ = 40 Brigance Inventory of Basic Skills Reading  Recognized 15 words on pre-primer level EDSP 473 Page 2 of 2  Knew 12 initial letter sounds Math  Rote count to 25  Recognize numbers to 30  Writing numbers to 30  Knowing addition facts to 8  Knowing values of three coins and dollar  Tell time to half-hour Written Language  Can write all letters Functional Language  Recognize several high-frequency functional words (exit, women's, restroom, in, out, stairs, keep out, police, go, walk, danger)  Recognize several directional words (name, address, state, zip, phone, date, email, cell) Other Areas of Challenge  Following oral directions Behavioral Notes from Instructional Staff Observations:  Needs to work on transitioning from one task to another  Gets along with peer group  Is motivated when enjoying the task  Difficulty following through on less exciting tasks. Burns out quickly  Needs to work on expressing feelings in more positive means (lashes out, especially at authority) Student Reported Personal Preferences  Enjoys being with others  Likes working with food (limited)  Likes playtime with others in a social setting  Wants some sort of job in the future  Wants to live away from family somewhere  Doesn't mind living with friends  Wants to get married.