Htravisunc's Blog

Honestly, the reading that was assigned for this month in 517 has been more interesting than I thought it was going to be.  Once I started to read, I found myself liking the article more and more.   I find myself dealing with a lot of behavior management tasks during my Student-Teaching placement, and I think that is a good thing.  I honestly think I am going to be more than prepared to deal with multiple issues within a classroom, vs. someone who has never had to experience this as a teacher.  not saying that it is good or bad that I have this, but I am glad that the opportunity has been present while under the supervision of certified teacher. She has been able to teach me a lot of  ways to try and help these students, and as a team we keep trying to come up with new ways to fix the current problems.We are always trying to come up with new solutions and as it is common to have a discussion about that student as an individual.  Often times in a discussion, their personal backgrounds and past history in and outside of school may surface.  I feel that can really help us try and dig deeper to try and solve a problem that exists.  Clearly that alone, is not enough, and so having all this background information helps!  This article mentioned something about observable behavior. I feel that this is something that teachers must have on hand when discussing a child. What did you observe that is unique to this child? Overall, this article made me think a lot about my placement and what we do at my school for struggling students and it was quite similar.  For various children  who have behavior problem, they are allowed to have different items to help keep them calm, which in turn is supposed to help eliminate stress and help them pay attention. This is not always the case, but it works a lot of the time. For example, a few of our children have weight vests they can wear, or they have stress balls, wiggly seats, a lot of sensory things. I really think this was an awesome article and would honestly recommend it to any first year teacher who may be struggling with behavior challenges during their first years or any year teaching!