Analyzing And Evaluating Case Study: Tina Logfrin

Tina Logfrin a 6-year 1- month female who was referred by her teacher named Mrs. Gravis for an evaluation. The client is currently in kindergarten enrolled in Postbore Primary school. Background information in regards to the client was collected from a conversation with Tina’s mother and teacher. The teacher stated her concerns about Tina’s difficulty following verbal directions, expressing herself in complete and grammatical sentences, and remaining focused during conversation with adults and peers. Additionally, it was reported that Tina’s parents share joint custody of her. Tina lives in with mother during the week, and the father on the weekends. Tina’s mother is currently employed as an administrative assistant for a law firm, and the father is currently a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company. The mother reported that Tina was the product of a normal pregnancy and delivery. The patient weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce at birth. Tina’s health has been good except for one occurrence when she was hospitalized for pneumonia when she was 2 years of age. Although Tina has reached all her developmental milestones within developmental norms (e.g. walking, talking, toilet training.), her mother is concerned about her communication development. The mother reported that the patient speaks with a lisp and pronounces “r” words with “w’’ such as weally/really and westing/resting. Additionally, the mother reported that Tina speaks in short phrases rather than complete sentences. Furthermore, the mother also stated that due to Tina being small for her age sometimes individuals comment on her speech and mention that it sounds very cute. Furthermore, the mother explained that when Tina speaks she utilizes short sentences that often include grammatical errors. These grammatical errors include confuses him/her, uses “-ed” for regular and irregular past tense verbs, and uses “-s” for all plural nouns. In regards to school, Tina attends morning kindergarten and goes to