Nathaniel
Strengths
1. Active participant- Nathaniel attends a class on a regular basis, he is comfortable with his classmates. He participates in class discussions and responds to teachers’ questions.
2.Perseverance- Nathaniel does his assignments despite having difficulty or delay when completing a task.
3, Resilient- Nathaniel is able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. When he not able to read he does not let his disability stress him out he seeks help from his teacher or classmates.

Two areas to target with specific interventions :
1. Reading-Nathaniel teacher need to work more with him on letter sounds, phoneme awareness, and linking letters and phonemes through writing and reading from texts at the appropriate level to reinforce emergent skills. This will help to improve his reading. I will also suggest that the teacher provide Nathaniel with a list of sight words or words that will be covered in the class lesson. This will help Nathaniel become more familiar with the words and he will be able to read more fluently.

2. Writing –Nathaniel teacher should try different types pencil grips or different types of pens or pencils to see what works best for him when writing. Also provide handouts so there’s less to copy from the board. .Teacher could also give typed copies of classroom notes or lesson outlines to help the student take notes. Finally, extra time to take notes and copy material.

Audell’s strengths are :

1. Audell has created a strong support network of friends who are willing to help him when he needs help with spelling on written assignments.
2. Audell is able to self advocate for himself and has created a bond with his teachers and peers.

TargetEd areas and interventions:

1. The first area that needs to be targeted is to create a transition plan. Although Audell is aware of what his plans for the future are, him, his Special Education teacher, parents, and other members of his team need to create a viable transition plan to address his next steps and how they will be accomplished.
2. The second area that needs to be targeted is his focus on time management. His team needs to assist him in coming up with a strategy to help him identify ways to improve his time management if he plans to attend college which requires a lot more focused attention. He needs to also set goals for advocating with his professors in college to address accommodations he will need to be successful in college.

3 Strengths

1. Fighting for this rights-When Audell was in Middle School, he already knew what he wanted to do in High School.

2.Support Team-Audell had a support team, that helped him with his work. He was allowed to attend his IEP meeting, his mother was his biggest advocate, special education teacher, and also the school counselor.

3.Active-Audell is on the basketball team, were he has friends and very popular on the team.

Areas to Target
-Reading
Audell had already incorporated intervention reading by 30 minutes a period.

Division II is a target goal that Audell wants to attend. By completing the classes that the school counselor enrolled him in.

Nathaniel – 4th Grade Student
Nathaniel was diagnosed by the Multidisciplinary Team as having a learning disability in reading. Now Nathaniel is in the 4th grade. Three strengths which Nathaniel possesses are:
1. Nathaniel has displayed a positive attitude toward learning. It was documented that he had a good attendance record, attending school regularly despite his reading performance. In addition, Nathaniel participates fully in the reading program with his peers.
2. Nathaniel has good speaking skills, displaying his abilities to his teachers of being a bright young man with many interests.
3. Nathaniel has displayed an interest in learning and was stated by the teacher as maintaining a positive attitude toward his peers, pertaining to good social skills.

In addressing two areas to target for specific interventions:
1. The first area would be to target reading, working with Nathaniel on phonological awareness (the ability to make connections between letters and sounds the letters stand for). In addition, work with Nathaniel on his Oral fluency using reading aloud using inflection or rhyme. The last part includes working on comprehension skills helping Nathaniel being able to recite the characters and facts about what he has read.
2. The second area to target would be his writing skills, in which Nathaniel could use Assistive Technology (AT) to help him with spelling as well as sentence structure. As suggested, Nathaniel could ask for assistance by his peers since he has good social skills allowing peer tutoring and collaboration of ideas to help Nathaniel become more fluent in reading and writing as well.

1.Nathaniel 3 strength
a. Student have many friends.
b. Nathaniel is eager to learn without any behavior issues.
c. Nathaniel is able to speak his thoughts.
2. Areas of target with specific interventions
A. assistive technology to help his speak his ideas.
B. One on one special ed teacher to help with new materials.

Three Strengths
Audell’s confident he will succeed and is comfortable advocating for himself.
Audell’s determination to reach his goals, by creating a strong support system to make his dreams come true.
Audell’s dedication of being on the high school basketball team and going to college on a basketball scholarship.

His two target areas of specific interventions- Audell’s coach, making sure he takes the right courses to graduate.
Most of all, Audell’s mother being there for him, helping him with homework, editing his written assignments, advocating for him at IEP meetings and encouraging him to pursue his dreams of attending a Division II college.

Nathaniel is the student I choose and his three strengths is
1. Nathaniel is a great public speaker
2. he is not a fighter he will come and stay after school for help when needed.
3. Nathaniel has a strong group of network system.
The 2 areas to target with specific interventions is
1. he need the one on one learning with his teachers and peers.
2. he is able to self motivate himself with the help of proper professional.