Section 3 Tasks

Name: JESSA MAE B. CANTILA

BSED ENGLISH C1-A

Case Studies. Answer the questions that follow.

A. The Case of Jimmy:

A Student with Visual Impairment Jimmy is a 12-year-old student who
is in the 6th grade. He lost his vision when he was only 9 months old due to
an accident. He was enrolled in an early intervention program, and thus, has
learned to orient himself and move safely about in a room. He has also been
taught necessary skills for independent living. He attended school with the
assistance of a teacher of blindness and low vision, and he spends most of his
time with a general education class, where he was able to compensate well
with his blindness and has performed well academically. He has been
attending fully inclusive classes and is about to move to junior high school.
Jimmy is friendly and enjoys interacting with few students. However, most
other students are still finding it difficult to relate to his situation.

B. The Case of Jana:

A Student with Hearing Impairment Jana is a 16-year-old student who
is currently on the 10th grade. She has moderate hearing loss. She has
difficulty and performs poorly on tasks involving vocabulary and language
skills. She lacks confidence in participating in school activities, and needs
much support from others in completing assigned academic tasks. She has
difficulty understanding others and often misinterprets information but she is
too shy to ask for help or clarification. She is part of an inclusive class. She
wears hearing aids but this often becomes a subject of teasing from her
classmates. She has difficulty understanding the lessons and often
misinterprets the teacher. Because of this, she often feels frustrated and lacks
the motivation to participate in class activities. Nevertheless, she is very much
interested in computers and technology.

C. The Case of Michael:

A Student with Language Disorder Michael is a 7-year-old student in
the first grade that has difficulties understanding language. Particularly, he
struggles with long and complex sentences; certain words pertaining to time
and position (e.g., front, behind); understanding the meaning of new words
and making links between words (e.g., synonyms and antonyms); and has
poor listening skills so he easily gets distracted. He also finds it difficult to
find the appropriate words to express what he wants to say. His sentences are
shorter than what would be expected of children his age. He likes to socialize
and join his classmates in games but has difficulty understanding the rules of
games, thus, he finds it difficult to participate in play with them.
 D. The Case of Laura:
A Student with Autism Spectrum Disorder Laura is a 5-year-old girl
who was diagnosed with autism. She is currently in preschool. She is just
starting to develop verbal skills as she speaks in single word sentences, but
can put up to four word sentences occasionally. Behaviors such as hand
flapping and making growling sounds can be observed with Laura, especially
when she is overstimulated. She likes collecting toys and lining them up in a
row. There are certain textures she does not like, like glue or paint, and she is
also sensitive to certain smells. She rarely interacts with other children but
she often engages in side-by-side play. Her lack of language skills also keep
her from interacting with them. She enjoys playing with puzzles and has very
sharp memory as she easily remembers the pieces and where to place them.
Nevertheless, her parents are hoping that through education, Laura can be
helped to live independently and become an active member of the society
someday, and that her strengths and interests can be put into good use.

Answer the following questions for each of the cases.

1. What features of the learner are characteristic of visual impairment/hearing

impairment/language disorder/autism spectrum disorder?

A. The Case of Jimmy:

Jimmy is visually impaired but still willing to learn. He was a strong kid and believe that
he can still interact and learn even though he can’t see or blind. His blindness was not
inborn but due to an accident. He is totally blind but he still able to learn with the help of
other people.

B. The Case of Jana:

Jana is a student with a moderate hearing loss and she was aided by a hearing aids that
became a cause of her to be bullied in school, she has lack of confidence and perform
poorly in school activities. She has difficulty in linguistic, her academic performance was
affected, her vocabulary, and poor socialization. Her classmates bully her instead of
helping her. But it is good that she know what she like which is rare with other people
who has a disability.

C. The Case of Michael:

Michael has a language disorder where he has a difficulty in language acquisition and
comprehension that affect his socialization, understanding and learning. He is lack in
vocabulary and easily distracted. His situation limits him to communicate, participate in
social situations, and in academic. He can’t construct long sentence in a short period of
time.
D. The Case of Laura:

Laura is a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her verbal ability or skills was
develop late and she has this repetitive movements and behavior. She is not into
socialization and sensitive to those things that normally people is not sensitive with.
Although she has disorder but still there are things she was good at like memorizing or
can remember things easily.

2. What challenges do these features pose for the learner and what are
possible ways to address these?

Jimmy faced difficulties studying and interacting or socializing with his classmates
because he was blind, but with the aid of his parents and instructors, he was able to
overcome these difficulties. As a blind person, he has various learning options, such as the
braille system or using his hearing sense to study while listening. A feasible solution to
this would be for the teacher to inform the class about their blind classmate, help them to
comprehend him or her, and give them opportunity to interact.

In Jana's situation, she struggles to hear and lacks self-assurance. She was bullied and had
trouble understanding or deciphering what the teacher in front of her was saying, which
made her challenges harder and contributed to her poor academic achievement. She can
therefore learn effectively with the help of her family and her teacher. If she doesn't want
to be bullied by other pupils, she can also enroll in a special class, albeit doing so will
limit her interactions with other people. The teacher ought to take into account her
predicament, pay more attention to assisting her in learning, and ensure that she was
catching up on all of the material in class.
For the hearing-impaired student to understand what is being addressed, the teacher
should use more visual aids during the lesson. All pupils should be informed about
situations like Jana's by the school. They ought to offer a program to prevent peer
harassment.

Michael struggles with speaking up and socializing because of a linguistic impairment.

His interactions with peers are constrained, which has an impact on his academic success.
Helping him concentrate on acquiring new words to expand his vocabulary so that he can
build more sentences is one possible solution to this issue. His parents should be in charge
of providing for his needs, such as paying for speech treatment and trying one-on-one
instruction to help him concentrate better. He needs to pay closer attention to what others
are saying and needs assistance in understanding what he has heard.

Laura, who has been given an autism diagnosis, struggles to socialize and exhibits
disturbingly repetitive behavior. Making her interact more socially with those youngsters
who have her interests is one strategy to perhaps address this. The only thing they can do
is just to let Laura be and make room for the things she genuinely enjoys because her
conduct is typical of an autistic person. Another option is to put her through therapy,
provide accommodations for her, and assist her in tasks that will improve her condition.
 3. What are the learner's strengths and how can they possibly be utilized in
an inclusive setting?

Jimmy is a cheerful child who is eager to learn. Despite being blind, Jimmy is still able to
learn and interact with others. Because of his motivation to learn and capacity to make up
for his blindness, he can benefit from inclusive education and environments where it is
simple for him to interact with children who are normal. Despite his condition, he can
follow along with others and learn the teachings without falling behind.

With her knowledge of what she enjoys—computers and technology—student Jana, who
has a moderate hearing loss, by knowing what she likes it became her strength as a
student. By providing or allowing her the opportunity to participate in an activity or learn
topics related to computers and technology, it can be used in an inclusive environment.
She can enroll in a school that offers computer-based instruction as part of inclusive
education, which will enable her to study more effectively by using her vision rather than
her hearing. Instead of her ears, she will utilize her eyes more.

Michael strength is he likes to play with peers and like to socialize with other kid and this
strength can be utilized in inclusive setting by giving him opportunities to participate in
games that he likes. His participation can help him also to learn new things with his peers.

Laura who is diagnosed with autism, her strength is that she enjoys playing with puzzles
and has very sharp memory as she easily remembers the pieces and where to place them.
Which became her advantage in inclusive setting. In activities that provide memory skills
she could be the first one do finish the task. By giving her opportunities to participate to
those activities like playing puzzles and memory games, then her ability is utilized.

Teaching Learners with

ASD

Make a comic book conversation showing how apologizing is done. Create

the entire scenario below.
 Mini Lecture

Create a 10-minute mini-lecture video on how learners with communication

disorders are handled in an inclusive setting. Make sure to employ board work,
handouts, PowerPoint or Keynote presentation, or a combination of all these
following the sequence below.
I. Introduction of the Topic
II. Main Points
III. Conclusion
IV. References

LINK OF THE VIDEO AND PPT

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14GpR_RHa3RAA3SbgIFBZlben2OmKuIdq