High School Case Study Antonio

Antonio seems to on average perform below grade level in both reading and writing. However, his behavior problems is one of the main contributing factors to this situation. Antonio has a hard time maintain focus and not only will he not stay on task but he often times becomes a distraction to his peers. Antonio also tends to sit on his knees or legs and dazes off during lectures or reading time. For example, after having directions repeated twice to the class as a whole, Antonio fails to meet the needs, requirements, and understandings to complete the task at hand. Antonio is constantly isolated from activities occurring in the classroom and form his peers, due to distractions and loss of focus. Additionally, because Antonio seems to have such a hard time concentrating on a specific task, he is still unable to connect sounds to letters and words. As a result, he is only able to read simple sight words. In writing, Antonio rarely makes any sense in his sentences, barely being able to spell many of the “level” first grade words. In comparison to his class as whole, Antonio is below grade level, and continuing to fall behind in both his reading and writing.

2. The Stakeholders:

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Ramos, Antonio’s General Education Teacher, is overwhelmed, frustrated and weary from attempting to ‘deal’ with Antonio. Sadly, she feels as if she has tried everything possible to get his attention, but nothing works. Additionally, Mrs. Ramos feels so overwhelmed that she is beginning to think that Antonio has some type of behavior problem such as ADD or ADHD that affects his attention. She knows that his actions are not normal, however, Antonio’s parents apparent lack the willingness to communicate or even respond to Mrs. Ramos’ concerns. She wants to help Antonio so that he can benefit from her instruction more effectively, however, she feels clueless as to what to do