NBPTS ECYA/ENS case studies

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National Board Certification is a professional credential administered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, which describes it as the most respected professional certification available in education and as a process designed to develop, retain, and recognize accomplished teachers. The Exceptional Needs Specialist certificate (often abbreviated ECYA/ENS) is the certificate area for educators who work with students with exceptional needs, and it sits within a certification system built on the Five Core Propositions and on certificate-specific Standards. The NBPTS ECYA/ENS case studies are 5 cases and about 5,027 words.

Mateo: Is It Dyslexia, Second-Language Acquisition, or Interrupted Schooling?

Mateo is 7 and moved from rural Guatemala 14 months ago. He attended school there for two years, intermittently, in a multiage classroom with few books.

971 words, about 5 min 2

Devon: Reading Progress Data That Do Not Add Up

Devon is a fifth grader with autism and a speech-language impairment. On the recent battery: word reading 96, reading comprehension 74, listening comprehension 79, math problem solving 80, oral reading fluency 68.

1,004 words, about 5 min 3

Rosa: Grade-Level Science, a Full-Time Paraprofessional, and a Push Toward Life Skills

Rosa is a seventh grader with an intellectual disability who reads at roughly a second-grade level. She is included in a 45-minute general education science class five days a week.

997 words, about 5 min 4

Terrance: Escalation, a Storage Closet, and a Request for Removal

Terrance is a fourth grader with an emotional disability and sensory processing needs. In the last two weeks he has had three incidents: flipping a desk during a writing assignment, throwing a book at a peer during the transition from lunch, and kicking a door after being told to stay in from recess to finish work.

1,026 words, about 5 min 5

The Okafor Family: Consent, a 16-Year-Old Interpreter, and a Meeting That Keeps Not Happening

The Okafor family's son, Chidi, is a third grader referred for a suspected learning disability. The school has sent three meeting notices in English.

1,029 words, about 5 min