Jordan High School Case Study

When Jordan arrived to school this morning, he was greeted by multiple staff. Jordan immediately began perseverating about his schedule. Staff went over Jordan schedule with him in attempt to reduce any anxiety but was unsuccessful. Jordan had some difficulty transitioning to the life skills house. When arriving, Jordan began to exhibit some maladaptive behaviors. Staff encouraged Jordan to take a break but was unsuccessful. Staffs prepared Jordan’s breakfast for him and Jordan consumed it. Jordan then completed his hygiene and needed prompting to remain on task and for thoroughness.
While at AshBridge, Staff assisted Jordan with clocking in and setting up his work area. Jordan requested help with putting on his gloves. Jordan began to perseverate about his schedule through which staff redirected him back to his work. Jordan began working through each task needed frequent prompting to remain on task and to move on to the next task. Staff provided Jordan with a thick schedule of reinforcement while on task, to build momentum. Jordan was able to increase fluency towards the middle of his work tasks. When finished, Jordan was praised for his work effort. Staff helped Jordan clocked out and made sure he was safe
Jordan located an open line and began to load the belt. Jordan successfully swiped his card but needed a prompt to press ‘credit”. Jordan took his items and returned the cart. When arriving back to the life skills house, Jordan prepared his lunch but was not interested in eating it. Jordan took a 10 minute break and then proceeded to eat his chicken nuggets. When finished, Jordan participated in his leisure activity by going to the Exton mall. Jordan navigated around the mall before being given permission to purchase a cinnamon pretzel form ‘Aunte Anne’s”. Jordan returned to school where he gathered his belongings and was accompanied to the pickup