A Case Study of Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom
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A Case Study of Disruptive Behavior in The Classroom
Grand Canyon University-EDU536
Peggy Mosley
05/01/13
A Case Study of Disruptive Behavior in The Classroom 2
Both parents worked long hours, Tammy's father is a pie and cookie chef at the locate bread
factory, he leaves for work at 5:00 a.m. and gets home by 3:00 in the evening. Her mother works
at the mall as a sales manager at one of the clothing stores. Tammy's mom sees all the children
off to school before she has to be at work, she works 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at night. She is
usually home to say good-night to the children.
There are five children in the family: Richard is 6 years old and in the first grade, Barbara is 9
years old and in the fourth grade, Allen is16 years old and a 10th grader, Diana is a 14 year
old 8th grader who has a learning-disability. A disorder in the basic psychological processes
involving understanding or the use of language, which the disorder may reveal itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do Mathematics, (Heward, 2009,
p 173) caused by a brain injury when she was 3 years old. Diana has always been in the special
needs classroom. This is the first year of school in which Diana will be mainstream within a
general classroom of 8th graders in the middle school.
Researchers have consistently found a higher-than-usual
incidence of behavioral problems among students with
learning disabilities, (Cullinan, 2007).
Tammy is Diana's 12 year old, younger sister and will be
A Case Study of Disruptive Behavior in The Classroom
Grand Canyon University-EDU536
Peggy Mosley
05/01/13
A Case Study of Disruptive Behavior in The Classroom 2
Both parents worked long hours, Tammy's father is a pie and cookie chef at the locate bread
factory, he leaves for work at 5:00 a.m. and gets home by 3:00 in the evening. Her mother works
at the mall as a sales manager at one of the clothing stores. Tammy's mom sees all the children
off to school before she has to be at work, she works 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at night. She is
usually home to say good-night to the children.
There are five children in the family: Richard is 6 years old and in the first grade, Barbara is 9
years old and in the fourth grade, Allen is16 years old and a 10th grader, Diana is a 14 year
old 8th grader who has a learning-disability. A disorder in the basic psychological processes
involving understanding or the use of language, which the disorder may reveal itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do Mathematics, (Heward, 2009,
p 173) caused by a brain injury when she was 3 years old. Diana has always been in the special
needs classroom. This is the first year of school in which Diana will be mainstream within a
general classroom of 8th graders in the middle school.
Researchers have consistently found a higher-than-usual
incidence of behavioral problems among students with
learning disabilities, (Cullinan, 2007).
Tammy is Diana's 12 year old, younger sister and will be
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