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All students in special education are required by law to have a complete
evaluation every three years to determine eligibility for special
education services. The following case study is about a student named
"Adam". Adam is seven years old and has autism. He is in a Special Day
Class setting in a public school. The case study includes details of
Adam's three-year educational evaluation.
The student in this case study has autism. His name is Adam. Adam is
seven years old. ...
Tags: autism, education, special education, services
All students in special education are required by law to have a complete evaluation
every three years to determine eligibility for special education services. The following
case study is about a student named "Adam". Adam is seven years old and has autism.
He is in a Special Day Class setting in a public school. The case study includes details
of Adam's three-year educational evaluation.
The student in this case study has autism. His name is Adam. Adam is seven years old.
He is in a Special Day Class for Severely Handicapped students. Adam's 3-year
evaluation needed to be completed to determine eligibility for his special education
services. Adam has an advocate and parents who are intensely involved with his
education. When the assessment plan was presented to the parents, they requested
additional assessments including a functional analysis, occupational therapy and an
assistive technology assessment. A copy of the signed assessment plan was given to
the appropriate specialists: psychologist, occupational therapist, speech therapist,
speech therapist, nurse and special education teacher.
The school psychologist observed Adam on several occasions before administering the
psycho-educational profile revised (PEP-R). The PEP-R covers a variety of
developmental areas. The test items are presented with simple, concrete instructions
and most of the expected responses are nonverbal. The PEP-R provides information on
developmental functioning in i