Special Education Case Study

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The given information shared in Jack’s case was from his special education teacher’s perspective. The identified patient in this case is Jack. Currently, Jack is in the tenth grade in a special education class. He lives at home with his mother, younger brother and stepfather. Jack’s mother works two jobs and is rarely at home and his stepfather is an alcoholic who was recently release from prison, where he was incarcerated for assault with a deadly weapon.
At the age of fifteen, he was referred to special education and the referred stated that Jack often came to class in “crisis mode,” meaning that he paced back and forth and was clearly in distress. Jack’s distress was usually related to his younger brother, Drew. Drew was receiving special education due

As a result, his behaviors worsen and he continued to struggle academically. Jack began to act-out in the fourth grade when he experienced a trauma event. At the age of nine, Jack and his brother discovered the person who they called mother was actually their foster mother. One day at a local swimming pool, their biological mother approached them. When she introduced her self as their mother, the boys argued with her in disbelief. As a result, she attempted to drown them. Nor Jack or his brother received counseling for this traumatic event. Also, Jack haunted by a memory of his stepfather attempting to push him out a moving car when he was a child. A traumatic event can impact a person mentally, physically and emotionally. Jack internalized this experience, which initiated his depression and anxiety. The depression and anxiety was manifested by profanity, noncompliance, tardiness and skipping classes. Because viewed was Jack as a problematic student, he did not receive the appropriate services that could have supported his