characteristics interview project
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Living with a Learning Disability: A Family Story: The Browns
By: Alyssa Stipcic
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The Assignment
An interview with someone whose life is effected by Mild/Moderate special education
I took the approach of a family perspective
2 interviewsMother, Wendy & Kevin
Personal history with the family
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Allow Me to Introduce….
The Brown Family Wendy Ryan Kevin
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The Basics
The Brown family is a family of 6 Mother Wendy, Father Gregg, 4 sons
Josh, Ryan, Kevin, & AndrewThere is no known family history of
learning disability in the familyBoth Ryan and Kevin Brown were
diagnosed with a Learning Disability in their elementary years of schooling
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What is SLD
Unexpected underachievement academically
A relatively new category of disabilityAs more is known more people are
diagnosed with a specific learning disability
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There are Categories of SLD
READINGWriting MathThinking Processes (metacognition)
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A Mother’s Perspective
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The Signs
Ryan – prior to schooling Staying focused, hard time with fine motor
ability (working with building blocks, board game tokens)
Kevin – prior to schooling Verbal Development, Hyper, Attention
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Cause for Concern
“Something’s is just not right!”
Declining GradesDiagnosis Yikes the IEP process
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Ryan’s Life Before Identification
Poor GradesFew FriendsLow self-esteem/depressionEasily FrustratedInterested in sportsSecretive with older brother Josh
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Kevin’s Life Before Identification
Poor GradesActing Up/ Getting in Trouble at SchoolClass ClownPopular with peersCommunication ProblemsInto sports
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“Ryan and Kevin were both identified with a reading learning disability”
-Wendy Brown
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Ryan After
Still withdrawn at firstLearned ways to copeProud part of his educationChanneled into athleticsBecame good at math
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Kevin After
Grades improved immediately with intervention
Maintained sense of humorSpeech Language PathologistSupport of RyanSuccessful socially and athletically Didn’t talk about disability
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Changes
Ryan & Kevin were given extra time on tests
Kevin was given reading books on tapeBoth boys spent their reading periods in
a special education room until high school
Taught strategies to read so that reading works for them
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A Learning Disability According to Kevin
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School as a Child
Had a speech issueCover with humor“I knew early that I didn’t see words like
everyone else”“I definitely thought I was stupid”Tried to find things I was good at
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“I Don’t Need to Read”
Friends told me what happened in the reading
Excuses not to readCreated distractionsUsed the picturesCreated picturesGuessed
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“I have what Ryan has”
Support of having a brother with a learning disability
Lied to friends about intervention“All of the sudden I could read, not well,
but I got it!!”SLP taught to channel verbally
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Continued Education
In high school was part of student council and was named prom king
Went on to collegeSimilar services continued in college“By the time I got to Mount I had learned
how to not only manage my disability but succeed with it”
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Life Now
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Ryan’s Life Today
Graduated from Mount Union College in 2007 with a degree in Financial Accounting
Now works for NASA in Cleveland
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Kevin’s Life Today
Graduated from Mount Union College in 2009 with a degree in Marketing and Advertising
Now the Operations Manager of HeatherLily, Inc event company
Got married in October 2011
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A Special Thanks to
Wendy Brown, Kevin Brown, & the entire Brown family for sharing their story.