Demographics

Name: Logan
Date of Birth: 11/23/2010
Age: 6 years, 11 months
Evaluation Date: 11/16/2017
Evaluators: Molly Marchese and Aimee Whitmarsh
Report Author: Molly Marchese and Aimee Whitmarsh

Reason for Referral

Logan’s parents aren’t concerned about Logan or his development but would like him
to be stronger in math skills. Logan’s grandma works at the local college and they like
to help the students there as much as they can. Logan will be taking the Kaufman Test
of Educational Achievement (KTEA) and the Oral and Written Language Scale (OWLS).

Background

Developmental History
Logan’s mom had a very normal pregnancy with him and had no complications at
birth. Logan’s gross motor skills and fine motor skills developed at a typical rate. Logan’s
mom said that he started crawling, walking, talking, writing, and reading at the regular
rate of development. Logan’s cousin has dyslexia, but Logan doesn’t struggle with his
reading. When Logan’s mom heard that students at their local university were testing
the development of children, she reached out and was very interested in seeing where
Logan was developmentally compared to other children his age.

Family Information and Social/Emotional History

Logan comes from a family that loves him. His mom stays at home with him, his older
brother, and his younger sister. They live close to all of their family, and visit them often.
Logan has a good relationship with his grandparents that work at the local university.
Logan and his family play outside a lot. They play soccer, jump rope, and go to Rexburg
rapids or Rigby lake to swim when it is warm. When his sister is annoying him or being too
loud, Logan will just ignore her or tell his mom to get her to stop. Logan sleeps through
the night and wakes up an hour before school to get ready, eat breakfast, brush his
teeth, and go to school. He gets ready for school, feeds himself, and brushes his teeth
independently.

Medical
All of Logan’s immunizations are up to date and he passed all his vision and hearing
tests when he was a child. Logan’s mom said that Logan didn’t really get sick as a
child, not more than his siblings. Logan has never had any surgeries or needed any
therapy. Four weeks ago, Logan fell off his bike and broke his collarbone. He is currently
wearing a brace to keep his collarbone in place. He is taking no medication for it and
has since been rechecked and cleared to not wear a brace.
Education History
Logan is currently in first grade at Central Elementary school and his teacher’s name is
Mrs. Harrell. He likes to go to school and read books, but he doesn’t really like to do
math. His favorite part of school is recess, where he plays soccer with his friends during
recess.

Observation

Self-Help/ Adaptive Behavior

Logan expressed many self-help activities while observing at home and during testing.
Logan knew to pick himself back up after falling off the couch. Logan also can take off
his coat by himself. He can use his coats zipper, and any velcro that his coat has. Logan
can feed himself using a fork and spoon. Logan is also able to identify when he needs
to use the restroom and does so without any assistance.

Cognitive
Logan knows his family members and is able identify them. Logan is a very nice boy
with a lot of energy. Logan does not watch much television but when he does likes to
watch cartoons. Logan knows how to manipulate a computer and plays games on the
computer. Logan has problem solving skills when doing testing he expressed many of
those skills to reach the answer.

Communication
Logan has very strong communication skills, and uses verbal communication. Logan is
able to hold eye contact while in a conversation. When asked a question Logan is able
to answer the question with thought being put into the answer. When observing the test
when Logan didn’t know an answer would say, he didn’t know. Logan also told a story
and was able to keep the events in the correct order.

Motor
Logan’s fine and gross motor skills are developed normally. Logan is able to hold a
pencil using his pincer grasp. Logan can walk, run and jump. Logan jumped rope,
forward, backward, and side to side. He can walk up and down the stairs using
alternate feet interchanging the stairs. Logan is able to get on and off furniture with
ease and has good balance. Logan stood on a chair to write on a white board.

Social Emotional
Logan is a happy kid, during the interview he would smile and laugh when asked about
certain things that he liked. When he became frustrated, Logan would put his hand on
his head, or would lay his head in the table. Logan can sit still and focus on one task for
a long amount of time. Logan has strong eye contact, he is able to focus using eye
contact.
Tests Administered

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA): A full battery test that assesses the
development in reading, math, written language, and oral language. These
developmental tests are split into subtests which are; letter and word recognition,
reading comprehension, math concepts and application, math computation, written
expression, spelling, listening comprehension, and oral expression.

KTEA Raw Score Standard Score Percentile Rank

Reading - 96 39

Letter and Word Recognition 32 101 53

Reading Comprehension 8 94 34

Math - 98 45

Math Concepts and Applications 26 94 34

Math Computation 9 101 53

Written Language - 160 99.9

Written Expression 158 211 99.9

Spelling 18 101 53

Oral Language - 60 .4

Listening Comprehension 17 96 39

Oral Expression 77 30 <0.1

 Total Test - 121 92

Oral and Written Language Scale (OWLS): An assessment that tests the development of
oral and written language, and looks for problems in that area.

OWLS Raw Score Standard Score Percentile Rank

Listening Comprehension 53 99 47

Oral Expression 33 78 7

Total Scores - 177 19

Interpretations

Self-Help/ Adaptive Behavior

Based on observations Logan's self-help skills are in the average range. Logan knows
when he is about to fall off the couch and is able to identify and get back on the
couch. Logan is also able to know when he is to hot and need to have his coat off.
Logan during testing took off his coat half way through the test, independently. Logan is
able to identify when he is hungry and also be able to feed himself with a fork or spoon.
Logan is able to toilet independently with no accidents. During the interview Logan got
something on his hand and went to the bathroom and washed his hands.

Logan is consistently able to:

1. Identifies when he hungry
2. Takes off coat when hot
3. Toilet himself

Logan can partially or sometimes do:

1. Catch himself before he falls off the couch
2. Helps with chores
3. Make himself a snack

Logan cannot yet:

1. Make himself dinner
2. Wash and clean his own clothes
3. Help with hard chores around the house (Mow lawn, scrape snow)

Cognitive
Logan’s cognitive development is performing at the average range. This inference is
made based on observations, and interviews. Logan is able to remember people, such
as his mother, brother, sister and teacher’s names. Logan understands the use of a
phone, and is able to use it with no problems. Logan can dial on the phone and knows
his mother and father’s cell phone number, memorized. Logan is able to follow routines,
as in the morning, during school, after school and bedtime. Logan know when they are
leaving the house and knows to get his coat and shoes on. Logan will sometimes clean
up his toy mess without being told.

Logan is consistently able to:

1. Use the phone
2. Identify familiar people
3. Participate in daily routines

Logan can partially or sometimes do:

1. Clean up his toys
2. Do school work with help
3. Does what he is asked to do

Logan cannot yet:

1. Do above grade math problems
2. Read challenging grade level material
3. Understand above grade vocabulary definitions

Communication
Logan performances in the average range for communication skills per observations
and interview. Logan made eye contact with the interviewer and answered the
questions verbally. Logan during testing if did not understand a concept he would ask
questions to clarify what is being asked of him. When Logan is being talked to he
makes eye contact with them, Logan expresses strong eye contact skills. Logan is able
to express this thoughts through verbal talking and can make sense of a story when
verbally said to him with little repeated to him. During testing Logan was able to show
his understanding of commands given to him on how to answer the test questions
given.

Logan is consistently able to:

1. Communicate verbally
2. Give eye contact
3. Ask questions when not understanding

Logan can partially or sometimes do:

1. Gather information verbally with little repeating
2. Give examples of objects asked of him
3. Get triggered with being told no

Logan cannot yet:

1. Express his frustrations to teachers
2. Follow complex directions when told
3. Show loving behaviors
Motor
Based on observations, interviews, Logan is in the average range for motor skills. Logan
was able to crawl, walk, and run at an average rate and has continued to do so
throughout his life and is still able to walk, and run. Logan told us on multiple occasions
that he likes to jump rope and he showed us how he jumped rope and did a few tricks
that including him jumping on the spot, moving while jumping, and jumping forwards
and backwards. Logan also answered the door when we went to his house and he ran
up and down the stairs after doing so. Logan likes to play soccer and showed us how
he kicks a ball and he is able to swing his leg all the way back and then forwards to kick
the ball. During testing, Logan held a pen and a pencil using his pincer grasp. After a
few minutes of writing, Logan changed his grasp and held the pencil with all his fingers,
but not in a fist.

Logan is consistently able to:

1. Jump up and down
2. Swing his leg to kick a ball
3. Run up and down the stairs

Logan can partially or sometimes do:

1. Tricks with the jump rope
2. Hold his pencil using the pincer grasp
3. Rides bike without falling

Logan cannot yet:

1. Throw things with accuracy
2. Kick things with accuracy
3. Catches a thrown ball without hitting the ground first

Social/ Emotional
Based on observations, interviews, and testing, Logan is in the average range in the
social and emotional domain. Logan said that he likes to play with his friends and recess
and he likes to invite them to play soccer with him. During testing, Logan seemed to get
frustrated with how long it was taking and how many questions he had, and he would
put his hand on his head and shake his head and then answer the question. Logan sit
still and focused on the testing the whole time we were administering the KTEA and the
OWLS. After a while of testing, Logan asked if he could be done and because he was
frustrated with the testing, he started to just guess the answers to the questions. Logan
has strong eye contact and made eye contact during the interview and testing while
there were being questions asked.

Logan is consistently able to:

1. Make eye contact
2. Recognizes family members
3. Plays independently

Logan can partially or sometimes do:

1. Makes friends easily
2. Cries when get hurts
 3. Tell parents his emotions

Logan cannot yet:

1. Show loving behavior
2. Tell adults when he is frustrated
3. Tell teacher when he’s upset

Recommendation:

Based on observations, interviews, and testing, Logan is in the average range in all 5
areas of development. Logan is doing well in school and should be challenged so he
can continue to develop in these areas.

What can professionals do?

1. Professionals can continue to watch and assess Logan as he continues
developing.
2. Professionals can gain the data that for the spectrum of growth.

What can parents do?

1. Parents can help Logan become a stronger reader by encouraging him to read
and read to him.
2. Parents can help with the confidence in making new friends.
What can teachers do?
1. Teachers can continue to watch and assess Logan in the classroom.
2. Teachers can give Logan more challenging assignments to push him in school.

Summary
Logan is a 6-year-old boy who performance is at an average rate in school and all
developmental domains. Logan lives at his house with his mother, father, older brother
and younger sister. Logan does not do any external academic support to help with
school, he stays in a general education classroom. Logan’s parents would like to see
Logan excel in mathematics and find it more enjoyable. Logan’s favorite subject in
school is reading. He reads as much as possible. Logan has good health, but he broke
his collarbone a few weeks ago, which has now healed and hasn’t caused any more
problems. Through observations, testing’s and interviews, it was concluded that Logan
does not suffer from any disability. Logan’s communication, motor, self-help, emotional,
and cognitive development are normal and perform at an average rate. It is
recommended that Logan stays in his general education classroom and keeps going to
the doctor for normal checkups.