Mendi Nelson #7

Disability: Emotional Disturbance Possibly / Common Strengths: Likes when the teacher stays
involved with them, works well with a schedule for the day, very loyal, creative, mechanically
inclined
Common Disability Characteristic
Evidence-based Instructional or Behavioral
Choose 6 characteristics for YOUR
Strategies the student can learn to find school
CHARACTER
success
Academic
1 Poor academic achievement- below grade level a) Class wide peer tutoring: Allows student to be
in every subject.
pared with anyone in the class to be tutored.
b) PALS: When pared with other students it allows
the ED student to work one on work and hopefully
make their way up to the same level as there
classmates.
2 Dropping out or missing school- students who a) Choice- giving the student a option so that they
are not in attendance simply are not able to
can pick things to do that interest them, but that
experience the consistency in intervention
are still school related.
b) BSPS- have students take leadership roles, give
necessary for effective change in social and
compliments to improve self-esteem, learn about
academic behaviors.
students interests, and constantly give them
praise.
Social / School (Skills)
1 Struggles to make friends- has a hard time
a) PALS- allowing the student to works with peers
communicating, and finding people to hang out
and hopefully being able to make connections with
with.
these people first.
b) Class wide tutoring- Allowing the student to
works with all of his classmates throughout the
year so that he can makes friends with the people
in his class first, then reach out to other students.
2 Depression- feels very lonely, doesnt know
a) Individual counseling, meet one-on-one or meet
how to develop relationships.
with student and parent- This allows the student to
talk about what he or she is going through.
b) Blogging- allowing the student to write and
express how he or she feels inside of keeping it
bottled in.
Behavior / Organization
1. Inappropriate behavior- disruptive, blurts out, a) Good Behavior Game- Making sure the ED
and gets out of seat.
student is playing correctly and make it to where
the student has to get so many of the point for it to
count.
b) Providing Choice- Giving the student another
option if he or she is not wanting to do the task or
participate.
2 Aggression- tends to bully other students,
a) Blogging- allowing the student to write and
throws things, and yells out.
express how he or she feels inside of keeping it
bottled in.

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b) Sticky Notes- having sticky notes with constant

reminders of what to do and what not to do.