Day 11: 4/13/15

Blog 11

4/13/15

 

Tonight I worked with Finny.  As soon as Finny got to Sport and Splash he asked if he was going swimming.  This was consistent throughout the lesson.  Finny was very active today.  All he wanted to do is run around.  It was as if he wanted to play at tag game.  He was running away from me.  I knew that this was an inappropriate behavior for Finny so I stopped it as soon as I could.  This is not an appropriate behavior in P.E. or in life.  I was thinking and chatted with one of the Graduate Assistants.  We agreed that this behavior can be dangerous.  For instance if he was walking with his Grandpa in the parking lot and darted away a number of bad things could happen.  So, even though he was getting physical activity from running away from me it had to be stopped immediately.  I had Finny do activities that helped make this behavior difficult.  For instance we used the scooter.  If Finny got up from the scooter I would guide him to either get back on or clean up the scooter.  If he managed to dart I would flip the scooter over to make sure no one could accidently step on it then I would get Finny and make him follow through and continue with the scooter until be appropriate asked to get off. This request would have to be prompted by me.  I believe it is good to teach kids to ask to be all done with an activity.  This often is done without asking.  I think if a student is able to express their wants and needs to teachers this makes a connection between each other.  Students still need to realize that their wants may not always be met though.  Overall, I learned a lot today.  I had to put my foot down which is not something I enjoy doing but I believe it was necessary.  Discipline is something that is hard to learn.  I work in an ABA program over the summer so the method of discipline is almost always extinction or ignoring the behavior.  This is great for children in ABA but usually does not apply with others.  Telling students that their behavior is not appropriate is something I need to work on.  This is a weakness of my teaching but through experiences such as tonight I get better and better.