Jackson: Option For Student Study

Data and Other Information for Jackson

We just received the cumulative file from his previous school and found out the following:

• He is in 8th grade.
• He has a Section 504 plan.
• He has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• He has received numerous referrals for disruptive and defiant behavior.
• He is identified as gifted in multiple areas (math and general intellectual abilities based on his CogAT scores).
• We do not have his most current PARCC/CMAS data but he Exceeded Expectations in Math and Met Expectations in English/Language Arts in both 5th and 6th grades.
• He Met Expectations on the 5th grade CMAS Science assessment.
• He had an A in all academic classes.
• He took the CogAT in 3rd grade and scored the following:
  • V - 99th percentile
  • Q - 95th percentile
  • NV - 96th percentile

A note from his previous teachers included:

• dominates conversations
• asks too many questions
• defiant in classroom activities
• peers don't choose him for group work or partner activities
• when frustrated he will pout, put his head down, refuse to work, cry, hit his head on his desk or with a book
• he gets easily frustrated
• is failing P.E.

With information from the two videos and parent and teacher information - what are your next steps for working with this student?  

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