Case Presentation

Tavis Richardson

What are some biases you had

going into the interview?
Some of the biases that I had going into

this interview was the fact that my client

comes from a house hold where everyone
is illiterate and that my client was known as
a bad student. With these biases, I felt as if
my client would not corporate with me and
that he would not understand the questions
that I may ask.

What were some value differences between you and

the client?

Some of the value differences between my

client and I are education, appearance, and

how you present yourself.

What events or life experiences have

shaped them into the person they are?
My client is an 8 years old who is in the second grade.

My client was held back in the first grade due to lack of

education at the grade level. My client comes from a
house hold where he stays with his mother and
grandmother. Neither one of them graduated from high
school. The grandmother did not make it to high school
and the mother dropped out at the age of 16. His
mother has never taught him to read nor write because
she could not. In fact, my client did not know how to tie
his shoe until I showed him. He requires a lot of one on
one attention for him to learn something. Due to his
house hold and him growing up in poverty, my client
has little knowledge of whats beyond the Rennert
community.

What is the staff recommendation

about diagnosis, Interventions or
treatment?
Some of the staff recommendation for my

client is for him to be in EC classes. Here in

Robeson County, the students must go
through RTI Intervention before they can be
put in EC. This intervention goes through three
tiers. My client is currently in tier three and on
his way to EC before the New Year. This
previous week, the staff and the parents
worked together to get the student help from
resources in the community. The only down fall
was the effort from the parents since the
student parents are not together.

What does research say on their

diagnosis/problem/treatment?
It has been noted that RTI is not just for

children with special needs or a learning

disability but it is also to help students who
are struggling with a skill or lesson.
Diagnosis: Teacher will use test scores and
other measures of progress to choose a
researched and proven intervention suited
to help the child learn
Problem: Students who are struggling with
a skill or lesson
Treatment: Interventions; More focused
interventions are used to help the child
master the skill. RTI strategies address both

What changes do recommend for the agency or

service (Needs of agency, changes, and rights
issues)? Report those to supervisor.

Some of the changes that need to be made is

the process to get students in EC. The way RTI

is set up is that it can take up to three years
before the student can actually get into EC. By
this time, the student is even further behind.
The school board requires the teachers and
others faculty working with the student to try
different interventions to help the child before
putting the child in EC. This is the issue with
my client. He is on a kindergarten education
level because the teachers could not make the
time to give the student one on one help.