Child Assessment for Autism Disorder: Education Assessment and Recommendations

Running Head: Child Assessment 1
Child Assessment
Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
Instructor’s Name
Course
Date

Child Assessment 2
Education Assessment
Name: Miral Assam
Date of Birth: 20 October 2011
Age: 11 years
Grade: k7
School: lovely kids’ school
Provider: parent
Dates of testing: 4/14/2018 and 5/13/ 2018
Sources of Information
4/14/2018: Interview with the mother
4/14/2018: Interview with the class teacher
4/14/2018: Area individualized education program
5/12/2018: Area psycho- educational assistant
5/13/2018: Area functional behavior assessment

Child Assessment 3
Referral Reasons
Miral Assam is an eleven year, Aboriginal living in Australia; she is a female with an autism
disorder. A pyscho- educational assessment referred to her for purposes of seeking an
educational intervention.
Presenting Problems
According to Miral’s mother, the kid is able to cope well with others at home and in
school, but she is concerned with the deteriorating academic results of her daughter. The only
problems noticed by the mother is that in case she injures herself at home, she always exhibits
problems remembering where what she was doing before the injury (Dixon et al, 2014).
According to her teacher, Miral has difficulties even remembering her name. The student
is not even able to differentiate lower from uppercase letters. The teacher expressed concerns of
the student even being able to memorize simple poems. On interviewing the kid, it was found out
that the kid has issues in maintaining the numerical sequence on a count of 0-10.
The teacher conceded that the student is not able to answer questions involving grammar.
She has difficulty in mixing the tenses, at times she mixes present tense, past and she has hurdles
in maintaining fluid speech. When it comes to numbers, the student is not able to make simple
conversions involving fractions and decimals. At home, the mother stated that the girl at times
finds it difficult to be with her sisters and she generally talks in the third person.
Another area of concern involves traveling as the girl is generally restless. When the girl
is out there to play, she has problems standing on one foot for even 10 seconds. While she needs
to help herself in the washrooms, the girl has problems of buttoning and unbuttoning herself, and

Child Assessment 4
she finds herself having soiled herself. The mother said that on their days out the young girl is to
even able to swing, pedal or even catch a ball while at a distance. At school, the teacher reported
that the girl had issues in handling the writing materials like geometrical sets, pens, pencils, and
crayons. The teacher indicated that Miral has issues of even handling the laptops and she finds
herself putting those passwords she is not able to recall (Goldstein, & Ozonoff, 2018).
In school, Miral has many issues as she cannot be able to conduct normal activities like
brushing her teeth, undressing and taking a bath without the help of someone. This means that
the patient had issues with self-care. Though the mother stated that Miral uses the bathroom
during the day she needs to be there for hygiene purpose. The mother stated that Miral has
problems in washing her hands using soap and water. According to the mother, Miral has no
control, and she can stand there just watching water flowing from the faucet without cleaning her
hands (Estes et al, 2014).
According to her teacher, Miral has difficulties concentrating in her books and her
concentration lasts less than 10 minutes. She throws tantrums at the other kids, and the teacher
has to keep a keen eye on her to remind her that they are learning. During the meals time, Miral
cannot be able to concentrate for ten minutes, and she cannot sit through eating her meals
without entertainment. Her mother reported that the girl could not live a day without getting an
extra chocolate or ice cream. In case she is taken for medical examinations, the mother reported
that the girl throws tantrums and she is very rigid. She said that the girl always rejects attending
schools and in the morning she must be taken to school as she cries a lot.
Lastly, the mother reported that Miral has much repetitive and sensory sensitivity that
fails to cease even when they are treated. At home, the mother said that the girl has issues