Question: When observing, ask yourself what is happening, why, when, and how? Who is involved? Observations allow the EA and the school team to identify the children's strengths, stretches, interests and opportunities for further development. When observing a child, describe some specific questions that you can ask to learn more about the behavior or event. Behavior or event Questions that can be asked to gain this information. Student is overly dependent on the EA or teacher Example: Is this in every subject? How does the child get the teacher or EA's attention? Is the learner able to do the work independently? Does the learner have a designation? Can another student also help the child? Why is this child dependent? Was the child overly dependent on their teacher last year? Persistent use of first language Student is distracting others. Student does the assignment incorrectly Student is late to school almost daily. Need Assignment Help?