Classroom Observation

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Adults with disabilities: Day Hub Location: Roosevelt, New York in a thirty person’s classroom Time start: 12:35pm Time ends: 12:58 pm People involved: 1 consumer (disability person) “Paul”, 1 worker (Jason) and, myself Setting: Paul does not from complete sentences since he has severe autism. Observations occurred lunch time from 12:30-1:30pm. There was 5 other adult disable person’s. Paul sits alone in the corner of 1of the 3, rectangular tables that sits 6 people. Paul is wearing glasses, a green and white collar shirt, jeans with belts and sneakers. At 12:30 pm Jason states “its lunchtime”. Log: 12:36 pm: Paul slowly walks towards the refrigerator and removes his lunch bag. 12:38 pm: Paul starts to eat his chicken sandwich, ginger ale soda with a straw and slice red apples. …show more content…

12:45pm: Paul finishes his lunch and removes a compact mirror from his jeans pocket. He removes his eyeglasses and examines his face for two minutes. He focuses more on his left side region of his face. After he examines his face he puts away his compact mirror in his pocket. 12:46pm: He slowly puts away his sandwich bag into his lunch bag. The other 5 adults with disables are still eating there lunch at the other two tables. 12:47pm: Paul clears his area and throws out his trash that is located next to the refrigerator. 12:47 pm: Paul goes back to his seat. Once Paul is seated he quickly pulls his jeans pants up and down for 5 minutes but, does not expose his self. 12:52 pm: Paul stops pulling up and down his pants and starts to pa very quickly his genital areas for 1 minutes. 12:53pm: Jason hears the patting and tells Paul let’s play the “Hands up game”. Paul mimics Jason and states “Hands up game Jason”. 12:53pm: Jason raises his arms up with hands open and Paul mimics him. Paul does it for 2

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