Ben’s One Page Profile
Great Things…
He’s a dinosaur expert, smart, caring, respectful
Helpful to other students
Has great dance moves!
Important to Ben at school
Being nice to friends and friends being nice to him.
Ben feels good when he is the dinosaur “expert” or anytime he can educate his
classmates on a topic he is really into.
He says he wants to be a leader and help other kids
Having friends to play with at recess – especially when they join in games he suggests
Favorites:
Science is his favorite subject. Anything with animals—dinosaurs, reptiles, whales and
dragons are his favs now!
ASKING Questions! And getting immediate answers.
Reading books about his favorite subjects!
Support Ben needs at school
In June 2012 Ben was diagnosed with a heart murmur and has shortness of breath. Before
school he takes a medication to help with shortness of breath. You may see him taking deep
breaths when he is running or when it hot outside. He can go to the nurse and get medicine
if he feels it is getting worse. Ben is a good judge of when he needs medication.
Ben may stutter when he is excited or has lots of things he wants to say. It helps to ask him
to “think about it” in the moment he is stuck. Also, this happens when he is out of breath.
Words containing “L”s are difficult for Ben to pronounce. A simple reminder of how to
pronounce the word is helpful to Ben. He was in speech therapy to help with this.
Ben is learning to take his turn for his teacher’s attention. We remind him that it is different
at home than at school. The teacher has lots of kids to pay attention to. He will wait his turn
when his teacher asks him to . At the beginning of the year, it will take him a while to get
comfortable with waiting.
Ben tells us any time he gets in “trouble”. We usually follow up with his teacher so we can
help him understand the situation and process as a family. He may not have gotten in
trouble even though he feels like he did.