Jerry Is a Third-Grader Who Is Receiving Services for a Learning

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Jerry is a third-grader who is receiving services for a learning disability in math. He spends most of his day in the regular classroom, leaving it only to go to the resource room for math instruction. Jerry's teacher has complained that Jerry should be receiving resource-room services for reading, also. You have been asked to observe Jerry in the classroom to determine whether it would be wise to proceed with a more in-depth assessment. It is agreed that you should observe the extent to which Jerry is engaged in instruction during a typical reading period. Describe how you would plan the observation, gather data, and summarize the data.

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