Family Interview
Hello, I’m Lillian Crumpley, and you are?
Mrs. Jamie Sanchez
Will Mr. Sanchez be joining us this evening?
No, he will not. He do not live here anymore. Abusive to me, in front of the kids, hit me and
curse me a lot.
Will it be okay if I asked you a couple questions pertaining to your daughter Sonja Sanchez and
her and some of the challenges that she has at home as well as in school?
Sure, you can ask anything you like, I am sorry it took so so long for me to get back with you I
had family problems that I had to take care of first.
It’s fine. I hope and pray that everything is okay now.
Yes, it is, and I hope that it stay this way.
Is Jamie the only child?
No, I have two more. She’s middle child. One girl 4 year, and one girl 17 year and Jamie who is
9 year old.
Tell me something about Jamie?
Jamie is a sweet girl. She loves to help me around here in the house. She likes makeup and
clothes. She likes cartoons. Disney movies, “Frozen”. She loves to sing, “Let it Go” or
something like that. Coloring in her books but she is stubbber. If she don’t want to do something
she don’t do. She will sit on the floor and scream. She is a good girl.
How old was Jamie when you saw something different from the other kids her age?
I didn’t notice, it was her Poppie. He notice something different in her. She played by herself a
lot, I didn’t notice. She was 3 or 4 and her words was not clear. A muffle sound. Just different
from the other kids.
Do you remember when she was diagnosed? Who diagnosed her? What was he diagnosed with?
She was 4 year old. I remember she had a bad fall on her head. I thought it was the fall but it
was not. I didn’t have insurance, so we had to pay for health care. We didn’t have regular
doctor appointments. It was her doctor who notice that something was wrong also, text were
done and he sent us to a specialist too. She has Down Syndrome. She was diagnosed with down
syndrome. She also Autism and speech disorder.
As a parent of a child with a disability what would you tell a parent with a child who has been
recently diagnosed?
Patient, pay close attention to your kids behavior. Talk to them do not just make noise. Talk to
them. Take them to the doctor as soon as you see something different. Most of all love them no
matter what. Love your child, it is important that you show them love and give them love.
Summary
Sonya Sanchez is a 9-year-old little girl who is in the 3rd grade. She was started school
late due to her delays (family decision). Sonya loves her family and loves to be in charge in the
house. Sonya was raised by both her parents. A two-parent household, mom was a stay-at-home
parent and dad worked six days a week. At the age of six here father moved out due to domestic
abuse towards Mrs. Sanchez. She witnesses a lot of abuse in the household that was not good for
a child to witness. This could be one of the risings why some of her behavior is physical. For
the last three years Sonya has been moved at least six time with her mom and maternal
grandmother trying to escape her father.
Sonya is a very loving child that loves to help around the house with chores as well as
help cooking meals. She like to watch her mother gets dress and tries to imitate what she see
adults do things such as apply make-up and dress up in her mother clothes. She loves to watch
her Disney movies and sing alone with the soundtrack. Just a little ball of fire. With a beautiful
personality. In school she loves to art, she loves colors and drawing different things during class.
She’s very helpful in the classroom with passing out papers, pencils, crayons, markers, and
books. She friendly when she wants to be with her peers, but she enjoys spending time with the
adults in the class over her friends. When given an academic task she sometimes refuses and sit
alone in the corner of the classroom and scream. Per her mother, Sonya is very stubborn. At the
age of three/four years old, dad notice something different with Sonya and her behaviors, her
speech, and her demeanor around the home. Due to lack of insurance Sonya didn’t see her
physician as much as she needed to as an infant or toddler. Parents were able to get some
assistance and take the child to see a doctor and specialist at that time the child had been
diagnose with Down Syndrome and Autism with a speech disorder. Child didn’t get much help
before going to the doctor, it wasn’t until the family asked if someone could point them in
directions for some help. At that time the family was given a list of agencies and numbers of
organization that would help minorities and families in need.
Teacher Recommendations
Speech and language skills are essential for learning. Students withcommunication
disordersmay struggle in both academic and social environments at school.(IRIS, 2024) Work
with the child one-on-one to find out what the child needs to work more on. Working with the
child a couple hours a week on phonics. Working on the phonological disorder to help with
sound, and/or correctly form the sounds of the words. Speech and language disorders can affect
people of all ages, and a speech therapist can also help with the challenges. With words such as:
“bottle”, instead of “ba ba”, or “baby”, instead of “ba”. As a related service, speech-
language pathology services aim to assist students with communication
difficulties in carrying out critical academic and school-related tasks. A
communication device will also help during the speech-language pathology service for children
with speech disabilities. These devices should also be introduced to the child to help to
communicate with his/her peers.
Parent Recommendations
Every day, read to your youngster. Look for books that are suitable for
the child's age and grade level. Assist the unfamiliar terms with their
phonetic pronunciation. Talk to them intelligibly. (Iris, 2024) When they are in
error, correct them. When they're giving it their all, give them praise. If a
question has five sections, complete each portion one at a time by breaking
the instructions down into smaller bits. Allow them some time to answer your
query.
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