Multi-disciplinary TEACHER REPORT

This report provides background information on a student with emotional behavioral disorder and discusses their strengths, challenges, and language and communication abilities. It also includes school observations and recommendations for intervention.

Multi-disciplinary TEACHER REPORT
Name: Harry DOB: 05/01/06
Age: 8 years Teacher:
Assess
ments:
Results:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Harry is a boy who is 8 year old and suffering from Emotional Behavioral
Disorder. He lives with his family and attends SSP in a school where he studies from last
2 years. Harry is in Multi Categorical special class which is made up of 6 students. These
have distinct support needs or necessities ambit from kindergarten to 6 years. Harry
recently commenced counseling session with psychologist of the school.
General Strengths and Challenges:
Harry is very intelligent and have good knowledge of English and Science. He is
very close to his parents and love them a lot. He is very honest, kind and is very emphatic
towards others needs. Harry always stay in discipline and help others when they ask for
help. But in classroom, harry has been in trouble. He is not able to concentrate on task for
over 2 minutes without needing attention of teacher. He displayed pervasive mood of
depression or unhappiness. He is not able to learn more and develop satisfactory
interpersonal relationship with classmates and his teacher. In normal conditions, he
sometimes also perform inappropriate type of behavior. He face difficulties in learning
and formation of interpersonal relations.
Language and Communication:
Typical performance Definite difference
The developing student of same age
is expected to be happy and behaves
well with others. They have sharp
knowledge and learn things easily.
Harry is suffering from anxiety
disorders. The actual cause is not known
by anyone, but the possible causes are
brain disorder, heredity, stress, diet and

They have curiosity of knowing
things and have creative minds.
traumatic experience.

Comments:
Harry is suffering from Anxiety disorder which is a kind of emotional behavioral disorder
due to which he is not able to interact with his classmates and teacher in appropriate way. The
possible cause of this disorder is stress, heredity, brain disorder and traumatic experience which
results in declining his learning ability and concentration power. Harry needs a counseling
session with psychologist or mental health professional. He also needs to undergo Cognitive
behavior therapy which helps in overcoming with anxiety disorder.
School observations:
Classroom:
 Harry seems withdrawn and does not involves in social conversations with others.
 Harry loves to read different stories and communicate these with others but due to less
interaction with classmates and teacher, he is not able to do so.
 He has the ability to sit calmly in class and complete his work on time.
 Sometimes Harry behaves inappropriately as he portrays aggressive and self-injurious
behavior in class due to which his attempt to communicate with classmates and teacher
fails.
Playground:
 Due to ineffective interactions with others, his classmates and teachers didn't always
understands what he wants to say which may result in creating misunderstandings.
 Harry loves to play with others but sometimes lose concentration in game as he have
short attention span which results in refusal by other people to play with him.
Discussion:
There are various factors that limits participation and success of Harry at school. Some of
the factors are defined below:
 Harry needs support with gestures and articulations because his teachers and classmates
are sometimes not understand what he want to say.
 As per the research, because of common triggers like major life transitions and loss of
something or someone, children are not able to concentrate in their work and task.
 The social skills required in playground are not yet developed within Harry. Prior to
going school, Harry's exposure to other was limited and thus, he has had less chances of
developing these skills. In an 8 year child, social skills comes naturally but in case of

people with emotional behavioral disorder, it should be taught in concrete and explicit
manner. The underlying causes of emotional behavior disorder in Harry can be brain
disorder, heredity, stress, diet and traumatic experience.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
 Recommend ongoing intervention like CBT and counseling sessions with psychologist to
overcome Harry from anxiety disorder. Counseling can assist him understand the reason
that makes them anxious and enables him to work through situation (Treatment for
Anxiety Disorder, 2017).
 Recommend to undergo cognitive behavioral therapy that can assist Harry in managing
his anxiety by changing his behaving and thinking way.
 Recommend family therapy and community based services which will be helpful to
Harry in overcoming this situation.
Additional Information:
There are some general strategies for students with anxiety disorder which are as follows:
Create a character: The thing that assist children is developing a character to
depict anxiety. It is simple to talk back to imaginary being they can see in moment.
Worry box: It is a great tool to utilize before bed. Help children to write their all
the worries on paper and place them in box after sharing with others (Strategies to Help
Children with Anxiety, 2018) .
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