Cortez is a 17 year 5 month old twelfth grader. Cortez’s mother indicated Cortez was born 3 weeks early during a pregnancy in which she had preeclampsia. Cortez met all his developmental milestones on time. He has been diagnosed with a specific learning disorder. He does not have any concerns with health, vision, or hearing. Cortez is currently in an academic placement that is well below his level, but he suffers from severe anxiety that hinders his ability to perform in a higher level classroom. When he is placed appropriately, he refuses to go to class and has eloped less than five times.
His strengths include his ability to decode words and his fluency. He also performs well in mathematics in the areas of money and multiplication. His weaknesses