A FIELD OBSERVATIN ANALYSIS OF THE ADEQUACY OF SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIO-MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Type of setting: [x] segregated site
1. What kind of classroom did you observe?
I observed a classroom at an autism/developmental delay center. The students attend 2 hours per day, five days per week.
2. What is the grade level of the classroom?
Preschool with the students ranging from two to four years of age.
3. How many students are there in the classroom?
There were five students in the classroom.
A. How many students have disabilities?
All five students had disabilities.
B. How many students do not have disabilities?
None of the students were free of disabilities. The clinic serves children with pervasive developmental disorders and classes are conducted for two-hour periods that consist of around five students with similar disability problems.
4. Identify at least two students in the classroom who have different bio-medical conditions and/or technological supports.
Child #1 is T. a three year-old female diagnosed with Autistic Disorder.
Child #2 is D. a three year-old male diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder.
A. Give the diagnosis and briefly describe each child's bio- medical condition and /or technological supports.
T. is a three year old female diagnosed with Autistic Disorder. She was diagnosed with this disorder prior to age one-year. Her parents noticed that she was different shortly after birth. She was unresponsive to her parents and seemed to focus on objects instead. She would focus on one object for long periods of time. She was indifferent to social gestures from parents and others. She did not make eye contact, never wanted to play with toys, didn't smile, and did not babble or make sounds as a baby.
T. presented with normal height and weight but had distorted facial features. She demonstrated a marked defi...