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Re: Dealing with a strong willed child
Posted by Lee on 10/05/08
Is the only problem that he wants to be first? Or does it
seem that he is having trouble with delaying gratification?
If it is about being first, you could have a "leader of the
day" giving each student a turn to be first. That may help
after he gets the idea that his day will come soon.
Or if it seems to be about delaying gratification, you could
try setting up several situations during the day where his
needs are not met immediately (but not too long) and praise
him for waiting patiently. Then help him build up a
tolerance for waiting.
You could call your crying chair a calm-down chair. I had a
student who cried a lot one year. I could ask her to cry
quietly and she would!
Good luck. I'll be thinking about you.
On 10/02/08, withheld wrote:
> I need help dealing with a boy in my class this year. He
> has to be first all time. If he doesn't get his way he
> will throw himself down on the floor and scream/cry. I
> have talked to Mom about this and she said he does this at
> home too. She doesn't let him get away with this behavior
> at home either. This behavior is very disruptive in
> school. So much so we have a special chair that we have
> called a "crying chair" If he feels he needs to cry we
> tell him to go to the crying chair and cry. It's still in
> the room but over to the side. Not within our large group.
> He makes the classroom very stressful. On the other hand
> he is very sweet and carrying. If another child is sad
> and crying he will go and hug this child and walk him/her
> over to me or my aide. I don't see any red flags for
> Autism as his Mom first thought. But I'm thinking maybe
> ADHD, since he also can't focus on small tasks. What are
> your thoughts.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/02/08, by withheld.
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/02/08, by Leah .
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/02/08, by Sheryl/PK 2's and 3's.
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/03/08, by Leah .
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/04/08, by maureen.
- Re: strong willed child - another thought, 10/04/08, by maureen.
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/05/08, by Lee.
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/05/08, by Lee.
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/12/08, by name withheld.
- Re: Dealing with a strong willed child, 10/12/08, by name withheld.
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