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Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders, Tenth Edition
Janet W. Lerner, Northeastern Illinois University
Frank Kline, Seattle Pacific University

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Chapter 2: Case Study: Courtney A.

Courtney's departmental English teacher made a referral for an evaluation because she was failing the English class. She was unable to read the literature assignments and had little comprehension of the literature in the class. Courtney's mother met with the English teacher and related that Courtney has difficulty in school, beginning in the first grade. During her elementary years, she had attended several schools but had not received any evaluation or special services. Courtney's mother signed a consent for an evaluation and she said she hoped Courtney would finally receive some help now that she was in middle school.

The multidisciplinary evaluation team consisted of the school psychologist, the English general education teacher, a special education teacher, and the assistant principal. The multidisciplinary evaluation team obtained the following information.

Observation: The learning disabilities teacher observed Courtney during an American history class. Students were assigned to read a selection on the Constitution and answer 10 multiple choice questions. Courtney was unable to read the history assignment and tried to answer the questions but got only 3 correct answers.

Courtney's mother reported that in elementary school she had many colds and had a temporary hearing loss. Her language development was very slow and she did not speak until age 4.

The school psychologist administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale 3, the Wide Range Achievement, the Woodcock-Johnson Psychological Battery-Achievement, and the Key Math-Revised.

On the WISC-3 her Full Scale IQ was 104: her Performance IQ was120, and her Verbal IQ was 91.

Verbal Subtest	Scaled Score	Performance Subtest	Scaled Score
Information	7	Picture Arrangement	13
Comprehension	6	Picture Completion	14
Arithmetic	9	Block Design	15
Vocabulary	8	Object Assembly	14
Similarities	7	Coding	8
Digit Span	6

A summary of Courtney's academic achievement showed:

Receptive oral language: Average.
Expressive oral language: Problems evident in expressive oral language, word finding, repeating sentences, and fluency.
Reading: Oral reading level, grade 3, word recognition, grade 4, and reading comprehension, grade 4.
Mathematics: Area of strength. Computation, grade 8, Math Reasoning, Grade 7, She had difficulty with word story problems.
Written language: Spelling grade 4, poor at written expression in terms of quality and quantity of writing. Handwriting was legible.

QUESTIONS:

What are Courtney's strengths?
What are Courtney's weaknesses?
Do you think Courtney has a learning disability? Explain your answer.

Submit your answers.

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