Re: In home Preschool

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Is it possible that some of these children have a disability on
the social emotional scale and that you could recommend them for
SEIT and related services (3-5 yo) or EI (early intervention
under 3) You could look up agencies on the interent that do
evaluations, at no cost to you or the parents, and that would
start the process. The government pays for these programs, for
the special ed teacher to come to the school to work 1:1 with the
child at no cost. It's CPSE preschool evaluation for 3-5 and EI
evaluations for under 3.

On 12/17/09, Schari wrote:
> On 12/16/09, Meself wrote:
>> We have a handful of difficult children. It makes it
>> impossible to have group time or do activities with the
>> children we have because the refuse to listen, they scream,
>> say no to everything and bite and hit. It's a mess, and the
>> other children who are actually well behaved pick up on
>> these behaviors. The ages range from 2 - 5. We have some
>> kids who hit and bite and others who say "No I don't have
>> to" and are very sassy ! I have gotten advice to just let
>> them know they are not a good fit for our program, but I
>> would hate to give up on these children they are so young.
>> Please Help !!
>
> I understand your not wanting to give up on them. I have
> felt the same way in the past and have been able to work
> through some situations like that without sending the
> children elsewhere.
>
> However, you do have to protect the other children also and
> hitting and biting are dangerous for the other children. My
> personal opinion is to keep the hitters and biters only if
> you can protect the other children from harm.
>
> If the other children are safe, then you have to decide what
> to do about those challenging behaviors. You say "we" - how
> many adults are there? And how many children?
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible that the acting out is a
> result of an environment, curriculum, or expectations that
> are geared toward a group, rather than the needs of
> individual children.
>
> 2-5 is a very wide age range, not to mention the different
> developmental abilities of all the children even of the same
> age.
>
> When I'm in a situation like this I take a step back and
> really reflect on each child that I have concerns about and
> see how I need to change the environment, curriculum, or
> expectations to better meet their individual needs.
>
> Could that possibly be of help in your situation?
 

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