Through the assessments implemented in case study Part 1 I have analyzed disconnects between the assessments and the answers given by the student. In addition, I have noted his behaviors while completing tasks set forth for him. Derrick shows an extensive amount of energy during class in all settings throughout the day. He struggles to maintain focus during lessons and answering questions. From my data, I have chosen to research strategies to facilitate self-regulation during whole group lessons.
Whole group lessons consume a large portion of Head Start’s school day. Derrick tends to be disengaged and high in energy which creates challenging behaviors during the school day. I want to better support Derrick during my full immersion process…show more content… Steed, authors of Culturally Responsive Strategies to Support Young Children with Challenging Behavior’s states in their article six strategies to support challenging behaviors. These strategies include: to learn about children and families, develop and teach expectations, develop, and teach empathy, self-reflection as a teacher, taking perspectives, and using group time to discuss conflicts. In Derricks case, I think that focus needs to be brought to the area of taking perspective. From what I’ve observed in the classroom Derrick can’t regulate his impulses during whole group times specifically on the carpet in the classroom. Thus, it makes it seem as though he is choosing to misbehave. Through the use of affective statements, teachers can reframe a child’s challenging behavior and focus on the child’s internal state. Affective statements are “I” statements that express a feeling, precisely describe a child’s behavior, and make the child aware of the positive or negative impact of the behavior (Costello, Wachtel, & Wachtel 2009). When teachers use affective statements to reframe a child’s challenging behavior, it demonstrates their understanding of the child’s perspective specifically. ("Culturally Responsive Strategies to Support Young Children With Challenging Behavior | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC YC | Young Children Journal",…show more content… In a study called, “Singing One's Way to Self-Regulation: The Role of Early Music and Movement Curricula and Private Speech” the author, Adam Winsler studied that 89 three and four-year-old children 42 who enrolled in a music program, and 47 who did not that the 42 children that participated in the music program scored higher in a self-regulation assessment. Children exposed to the music program were also more likely to engage in the facilitative strategy of singing/humming to themselves during a waiting period in which they had to inhibit their desire to examine a gift, and they were less likely to call out socially to the experimenter, a strategy negatively associated with performance and self-regulation. ("Singing One's Way to Self-Regulation: The Role of Early Music and Movement Curricula and Private Speech",
