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behavior

by Jane

Feb 13, 2016

I have a student who is a class clown. He disturbs the others at all times throughout the day by making noises, talking inappropriately, blowing in faces, etc...When I ask him to stop the behaviors he does but then restarts as soon as I turn away. I have found the best thing is to send him to the back corner of the carpet away from touching distance of the others or send him to his own desk instead of allowing him to stay at the table with the others. Mom is furious that I would isolate him. What would you do with a student like this? I'm open for ideas that will allow for my other children to learn and stay safe.

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Judy2/CA I must have bookmarked the kinder board instead of the
main board. i didn't notice before I posted! My
suggestions were what I did when I taught 2nd grade. But I
did teach kinder! We did most of our whole group
instruction when the kids were on the carpet. If a child
behaved like your student I may have moved him so he was
sitting...See More

Feb 13, 2016

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Flacka If he has no boundaries at home then he doesn't act like this at home because he can do what he wants when he wants. If he wants attention, isolating him will make it worse. As Judy said, when you are on the rug, keep him right in front of you or at the edge of the group, I have given kids like this something to keep their hands busy so they aren't...See More

Feb 14, 2016

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Jacque/WA/K-1 I answered the mail-ring post but I'll answer here too... I have a similar child this year, though mine was also violent (choking others, wrapping jumpropes around the neck of others, poking, pushing, shoving, blowing on others). I'm happy to say that by January, he has improved dramatically---instead of several times each day, we haven't had a vio...See MoreI answered the mail-ring post but I'll answer here too... I have a similar child this year, though mine was also violent (choking others, wrapping jumpropes around the neck of others, poking, pushing, shoving, blowing on others). I'm happy to say that by January, he has improved dramatically---instead of several times each day, we haven't had a violent incident for 6 weeks. He can get a little squirrelly at times, but is now listening to reminders. Here's what I did....he is my youngest child (August 30th birthday and our cut-off date is Sept. 1st--- WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!! He's also an only child). I gave him a little rug to sit on right by me because personal space knowledge seemed to escape him. I sought out ways to improve my relationship with him which was enormously difficult since I spent so much time in the beginning having to discipline him. He also refused to work at times, but after I put my hand over his and forced him to complete work twice, he has never bucked working again. He also would be purposely slow to pack up, making the whole class wait on him so I told him we would no longer wait for him, I couldn't let him make the bus children late for their buses, so anyone slow was just left (I did inform parents beforehand that I was going to do this---he was perfectly safe, knew the way out)...it took just 3-4 times and now he packs up and is ready to go---the second time I just left him, he said to me, "I hate this, why would you do this?" and I told him, "I can't let you make the others late for their buses". We had him hold hands with myself or another adult if he couldn't walk in line without bothering others--he didn't like that either so shaped up pretty quickly. One of the biggest parenting issues was parents who excused his behaviors with "it was an accident" or "I was only hugging"---those excuses did not fly with me and he was held accountable---no longer says that. I asked him in late January, after several weeks of steady improvement, if he'd like to try without his rug and he was excited to do so. He's been a bit squirrellier (is that a word?), movement-wise, but has listened and responded to reminders, sometimes if I just gently touch his shoulder or cup his chin in my hand helps him to maintain. There are times I sent him to his table in the beginning because that seemed to work too. I also made the child who was injured or bothered look him in the eye and tell him what they didn't like, then he would have to respond with a suggested apology and/or a mandatory, "I'll try not to do that again"....every time...consistency is SO important. Though his mom was resistant at first, she worked in my classroom and saw him first-hand and was onboard for whatever I felt was necessary. We had many conferences and I sent home a simple behavior note every day because he never would tell her anything about his behavior. Hang in there! Hope some of this will help.

On 2/13/16, Jane wrote: > I have a student who is a class clown. He disturbs the > others at all times throughout the day by making noises, > talking inappropriately, blowing in faces, etc...When I > ask him to stop the behaviors he does but then restarts > as soon as I turn away. I have found the best thing is to > send him to the back corner of the carpet away from > touching distance of the others or send him to his own > desk instead of allowing him to stay at the table with > the others. Mom is furious that I would isolate him. What > would you do with a student like this? I'm open for ideas > that will allow for my other children to learn and stay > safe.

Feb 14, 2016

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jane On 2/14/16, Jacque/WA/K-1 wrote: > I answered the mail-ring post but I'll answer here too... > I have a similar child this year, though mine was also > violent (choking others, wrapping jumpropes around the neck > of others, poking, pushing, shoving, blowing on others). > I'm happy to say that by January, he has improved > dramati...See MoreOn 2/14/16, Jacque/WA/K-1 wrote: > I answered the mail-ring post but I'll answer here too... > I have a similar child this year, though mine was also > violent (choking others, wrapping jumpropes around the neck > of others, poking, pushing, shoving, blowing on others). > I'm happy to say that by January, he has improved > dramatically---instead of several times each day, we > haven't had a violent incident for 6 weeks. He can get a > little squirrelly at times, but is now listening to > reminders. Here's what I did....he is my youngest child > (August 30th birthday and our cut-off date is Sept. 1st--- > WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!! He's also an only child). I > gave him a little rug to sit on right by me because > personal space knowledge seemed to escape him. I sought > out ways to improve my relationship with him which was > enormously difficult since I spent so much time in the > beginning having to discipline him. He also refused to > work at times, but after I put my hand over his and forced > him to complete work twice, he has never bucked working > again. He also would be purposely slow to pack up, making > the whole class wait on him so I told him we would no > longer wait for him, I couldn't let him make the bus > children late for their buses, so anyone slow was just left > (I did inform parents beforehand that I was going to do > this---he was perfectly safe, knew the way out)...it took > just 3-4 times and now he packs up and is ready to go---the > second time I just left him, he said to me, "I hate this, > why would you do this?" and I told him, "I can't let you > make the others late for their buses". We had him hold > hands with myself or another adult if he couldn't walk in > line without bothering others--he didn't like that either > so shaped up pretty quickly. One of the biggest parenting > issues was parents who excused his behaviors with "it was > an accident" or "I was only hugging"---those excuses did > not fly with me and he was held accountable---no longer > says that. I asked him in late January, after several > weeks of steady improvement, if he'd like to try without > his rug and he was excited to do so. He's been a bit > squirrellier (is that a word?), movement-wise, but has > listened and responded to reminders, sometimes if I just > gently touch his shoulder or cup his chin in my hand helps > him to maintain. There are times I sent him to his table > in the beginning because that seemed to work too. I also > made the child who was injured or bothered look him in the > eye and tell him what they didn't like, then he would have > to respond with a suggested apology and/or a mandatory, > "I'll try not to do that again"....every time...consistency > is SO important. Though his mom was resistant at first, > she worked in my classroom and saw him first-hand and was > onboard for whatever I felt was necessary. We had many > conferences and I sent home a simple behavior note every > day because he never would tell her anything about his > behavior. Hang in there! Hope some of this will help. > > > On 2/13/16, Jane wrote: >> I have a student who is a class clown. He disturbs the >> others at all times throughout the day by making noises, >> talking inappropriately, blowing in faces, etc...When I >> ask him to stop the behaviors he does but then restarts >> as soon as I turn away. I have found the best thing is to >> send him to the back corner of the carpet away from >> touching distance of the others or send him to his own >> desk instead of allowing him to stay at the table with >> the others. Mom is furious that I would isolate him. What >> would you do with a student like this? I'm open for ideas >> that will allow for my other children to learn and stay >> safe.

Feb 15, 2016

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Jane Thank you! Good ideas.

Feb 15, 2016

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