• His initial CAAT tests revealed that Frank had Grade 8 to 9 level functioning in all areas, yet he still struggled in the adult upgrading program.
• While he was at the learning centre he was enrolled in a Mathematics, History and English program.
• Frank was referred to the community-based program to access one-to-one tutoring or small group programming, as a result of his difficulties in the credit program.

Medical history:

Frank is not on any medication that would interfere with his learning. Frank does wear glasses and shows no indication of a hearing problem.

Family situation:

Frank is married with 2 adult sons who are living independently. His wife is a school secretary and is the "organizer", as he states it. Frank says that his wife deals with most of the daily planning and household organizing - his role is to keep the house in good repair.

Self-assessment:

Frank indicated that he has difficulty sometimes with his reading and writing. He stated that he often has difficulty organizing and planning things. He often loses his tools when doing his renovation projects and gets bogged down when he has more than one project on the go. Frank finds it difficult to pay attention and concentrate when other distractions are around. He can't sit still for long and indicated that he doesn't enjoy doing tasks that require a lot of attention to detail, such as paying the bills and banking. Frank says he is good at building and repairing things when he works on one thing at a time.

General observations from the interview:

• Frank has a good vocabulary and appears to understand what is spoken to him.
• He did seem a bit disorganized at the beginning of the interview - he had to look through his wallet several times before he could find the report the school had sent with him.
• He was quite fidgety and he was given 4 breaks during the 1.5 hour interview.
• He had no problem reading the self-assessment tool and completed it independently.
• His writing was sloppy when he added information on the self-assessment form and his sentences, although brief, were coherent.