All rights reserved. Elan is a personable individual who shows good attention and task orientation for very short periods of time. Elan has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His emotional and academic availability is variable and quite unpredictable.
Physical complaints are often present both in and out of school.
Presently Elan has a difficult time getting up in the morning, and he is often late, or does not come to school at all. He can appear tired, bored, irritable, and explosive and has poor judgment and decision-making skills. He can be extremely impulsive. Elan has difficulty expressing his feelings and frustrations, and he often has negative and hopeless thoughts. When unable to do something others might consider simple, he feels a sense of failure.