I have a student who always finds a way to amaze me every darn day!! She amazes me with her AWESOME behavior one day and then new negative tricks the next day. She is always coming up with something new. This student is in second grade. She has grown up with her Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. Her first year in school was first grade. She didn't go to school previously because her Great Grandpa was dieing of cancer, so grandma wanted to keep her home.
When little "Jane" first came to school she has no social skills! Never being around other kids, she was hating school. Eventually she got an IEP(Aspergers) and a classroom aide. The first year, Jane's favorite thing to do was run from school, cry and scream in the classroom, and take things from other students. Our goal was to get her use to the classroom environment. We could focus more on this because she was already SO SMART!!!!
Finally the end of the first year came. I was relieved to go on my summer vacation. However, I worried about her all summer... what was going to happen next year with her in second grade....
Sounds challenging - what specific behavioral methods did you employ to stop the running?
ReplyDeleteWe put a classroom aide with her, gave her a schedule, and showed her how you were to behave in school. Since this was a new environment for her I think she was just confused. She had never been around other children except for her cousins a couple times a year... but playing at a family function doesn't compare to being in a classroom.
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