Dave, Kevin, Jason, Keegan, Michael, Simon and Danielle

Background: Refugee from Syria that fled during the civil war.

Behavior/ Trauma: Experienced some brutality and thus is suffering from PTSD and has developed anxiety as a result

Language Level: barely spoken with little language literacy skills

Strategies:

• Decoding skills (for example, find a topical sentence, word definitions)
• Partnerships: with peers, family members, counselors, educational assistants, teaching assistants
• Activating background knowledge: Someone that can act as a broker that can facilitate the transfer of knowledge (template on how communicate with the students that is provided by the teacher)