Kevin is a boy in your Year 7 MFL class. He is at Stage 3 of the Special Educational Needs register, which means that he has been referred to an educational psychologist who has diagnosed Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD). Kevin's Basic Skills of Literacy and Numeracy — Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic etc — are all very poor. He also suffers from low self-esteem, short attention spans and temper tantrums. He has difficulty in making and sustaining friendships.

During the early months of learning the MFL he sits quietly on his own and attempts some of the work, but rarely completes what is expected of him. He enjoys drawing and recently produced a passable though misspelled poster on the computer with your help and the assistance of another pupil. He responds well when he can "act out" classroom commands but loathes writing them down in his vocabulary book and learning them for tests. As the months go on, his progress falters and his behaviour deteriorates.