How to Complete the Case Study Group Project:
The project will be evaluated as follows:
| Written IEP | 50% |
| Description of student, including category, and salient learning and behavioural/medical characteristics | 10% |
| Goals, strategies, identification of responsible individuals for implementation, evaluative criteria, and time frame for strategies. | 25% |
| Match of goals, etc., with student’s needs and abilities, and with the school’s and system’s capacity to meet them. | 15% |
| Presentation | 50% |
| Demonstrates process of forming an IEP | 5% |
| Presents student as real person rather than a syndrome or, worse, a problem. | 15% |
| Informs rest of class about the conditions identified and process of accommodation | 20% |
| Everyone in group is shown as participants | 5% |
| Engaging and interesting | 5% |
How to get there:
1. Read case study.
a. DON’T PANIC.
b. Form questions. Lots of questions, about student, school, resources, etc. Write them down, even if they seem dumb. Don’t diagnose, yet—you won’t diagnose if you’re a teacher anyhow. It’s someone else’s job.
2. Meet with Liz and discuss your questions.
3. From discussion, form working hypothesis of what the student’s problems stem from.
4. Meet with Liz again, get leads about possible reading and other sources of information re conditions, interventions, etc.
5. Identify who would be involved in this student’s assessment (if needed) and support, (e.g., school psychologist, counsellor, behaviour therapist, etc…) and their contributions. They may, if you wish, become dramatis personae for your presentation, but you should know their roles and cite their contributions in any case.
6. Develop IEP. Pick your battles—you don’t necessarily have to solve all of the world’s problems with an IEP. Choose the most salient challenges the student faces and find ways to address them. Meet with Liz at least once more and discuss IEP before final write-up.
7. Develop presentation. If you need tech stuff, advise Liz sufficiently in advance that she can make arrangements.
8. Present to class, to thunderous applause. Enjoy. (We can hope, anyhow.)
The steps 6 and 7 may well overlap. Written IEP is due one week after your presentation.
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