Day #3
2/23/15
I
switched to the Monday night lab from 6-7 with Dr. MacDonald because they
needed extra help. I was assigned to
work with a little boy named Finny. My
goal today was to explore what Finny's capabilities were. I wanted to see what he enjoyed to play with
to aid me in the rest of the semester. I
of course came in with a safety statement.
The safety statement read, "Throughout the lesson, Finny will
remain in his self-space, he will be aware of his surrounding and show respect
to himself, the teacher, his classmates and the equipment." I think it was important to include both
physical safety as well as emotional safety.
Finny
arrived a little late but he was excited to get started. He was very excited that he was going to get
to go swimming. I brought him into the
Rockwall Gymnasium for today's lesson.
There was quite a few groups in this gym. I believe that this may have distracted Finny
a little bit. He kept looking at other
groups and wanted to manipulate their equipment. I tried different strategies such as having
Finny look towards a wall instead of towards the middle of the gym. I also gave him choices of the equipment I
had out so he felt he was in control. He
liked throwing objects up in the air and watching them fall to the ground. I gave him different objects such as beanbags
and balls to manipulate. I also
introduced throwing scooper instruments that he really enjoyed using. He was very excited about going swimming so I
tried to have him "warm up" for swimming. I asked him to repeat me by warming up our
swimming legs by doing various kicking motions.
He was not interested in doing this and decided to dart to a different
group. I redirected him to the area we
were assigned to and had him give it a try again. He tried it for a few seconds and then
stopped. It was good to discover
something he didn't like as well. I was
happy that he gave it a try. At the end
we did a group stretch. Finny did a
great job during this. He tried his best
to repeat what the head teacher was doing.
I used tactile modeling to help Finny get into the right positions. After the group stretch I met Finny's parents
and we brought him down to the pool. As
I debrief I am very happy about Finny's capabilities. He enjoyed a lot of the equipment and activities
I brought to the table. I think next
class I will try to find a space with less distraction.
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