CHS208 Unit 5 Teaching Exceptional Learning Discussion Board

Facilitating Social Development and Managing Challenging Behaviors
Facilitating Social Development and Managing Challenging BehaviorsRemember:   Everyone in the classroom has a story that leads to misbehavior or defiance.  9 times out of 10, the story behind the misbehavior won’t make you angry. It will break your heart. ~ Annette BreauxThis week, we will continue our study on the importance of children, birth to 8 years of age, being socially competent and emotionally healthy.  Although development is somewhat predictable, we know children have great variability.  Many of these differences occur because of variations in genetics (nature) and environment (nurture).  Unfortunately, we can never know which of our students are living in or have experienced traumatic events due to emotional or physical abuse and/or neglect, divorce, the death of a family member, poverty, and homelessness.  Social and emotional skills are the most difficult to assess as they require ongoing data collection through observation over time.  When we use data-driven, trauma-informed, and positive guidance strategies with all students, we ensure that the students who can’t ask for support are still getting it.  Children’s acquisition of appropriate social skills depends, to a significant degree, on how adults interact with them. As Robert Fulghum (1990), in an essay, All I Really Ever Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, places the major responsibility of early childhood educators to model, provide, and facilitate positive social opportunities through the use of play, to enhance and develop children’s overall social and emotional skills they need to succeed in life.Objectives:

Identify behavior problems common to early childhood settings and explain the role of an early childhood educator in preventing and reducing these behaviors. (NAEYC Standards:1a,1b,1c,4a,4b,4c,4d,5c,6d)

• Examine and describe current methods and techniques in assessing social development and creating developmentally appropriate behavior management practices to structure and support peer interactions through effective play facilitation. (NAEYC Standards: 1a,1b,1c,2b,3a,3b,,3c,4a,4c,5c)

Activities:

Read, view, and engage with Readings and Resources.

Actively participate in the Unit Discussion.

Complete and submit the Unit 5 Assignment.

Readings and Resources
Readings and ResourceseBook:Allen, K. E. & Cowdery, G. E. (2021). The exceptional child: Inclusion in early childhood education (9th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Chapter 15 – Facilitating Social Development UNIT 5: Chapter 15 – Facilitating Social Development (pages 421-430- Sections 15-1-15-3 and 447-449 Sections 15-5- 15-6):    This chapter focuses on social development as it relates to other areas of development.  It emphasizes play as the most powerful medium for children’s learning.  Strategies to structure and support peer interactions through meaningful play facilitation are described.

Chapter 18 – Managing Challenging Behaviors:  This chapter describes the importance of data collection and monitoring progress to improve children’s behavior.  It describes a step-by-step functional approach to managing problem behaviors by conducting a functional behavior assessment and developing a behavior intervention plan.

Articles, Websites, and Videos:
This essay written by  Robert Fulghum highlights the social skills taught in Kindergarten and the impact these skills have on people throughout their lives.Watch VideoAll I Really Ever Need to Know I Learned in KindergartenDuration: 4:23
User: Student Success Space – Added: 1/25/18
This video explains the increase in aggression in preschool-aged children.Watch VideoPreschooler AggressionDuration: 6:28
User: investinkidscanada – Added: 11/13/12
This short video describes a theory by Abraham Maslow, which highlights five basic categories of needs. Watch VideoOverview of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs VideoDuration: 3:45
User:  Md. Shadik-Ul- Islam – Added: 12/26/13
Optional Resources:This video shows the increase in preschool behaviors and possible interventions to replace inappropriate behavior.Watch VideoAre Children Safe In Preschool? The Harsh Reality Requires New SkillsDuration: 4:41
User: Conscious Discipline- Added: 3/6/13
This website provides an overview of the Pyramid Model, a conceptual framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s healthy social and emotional development.

• NCPMI – National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
• This article highlights the importance and components of a trauma-informed classroom setting.
• Statman-Weil, K. (2015). Creating trauma-sensitive classrooms. YC: Young Children, 70(2), 72–79.

This document outlines the legal requirements of “mandated reporters.”  Because their work involves regular contact with children, mandated by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect, mandated reporters are professionals.

What mandated reporters need to know. (2011). Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

This website defines and describes the signs and symptoms of all types of abuse and neglect.

• Child abuse and neglect definitions. (n.d.). Connecticut State Department of Children and Families.
• Publisher’s PowerPoints of the Assigned Chapters: These are useful for previewing before reading the chapter and for review:
  Allen_ExceptionalChild_GEC9e_PPT_CH15.pptx Allen_ExceptionalChild_GEC9e_PPT_CH15.pptx – Alternative Formats
  Allen_ExceptionalChild_GEC9e_PPT_CH18.PPTX Allen_ExceptionalChild_GEC9e_PPT_CH18.PPTX – Alternative Formats
   
• Unit 5 DB: Possible Underlying Causes of Behavior
  Unit 5 DB: Possible Underlying Causes of BehaviorWhen you first hear possible underlying causes of behavior, what comes to mind?  Based on readings and discussions on social development, we have come to understand we must take into account possible reasons for undesirable behaviors and provide positive guidance strategies to address these behaviors.  Some of the most common underlying causes of behavior may include frustration, misunderstanding expectations, boredom, discouragement, desire for recognition, attention, and rebellion.

  Reflect and describe one of your own personal and/or professional experiences regarding inappropriate behavior.  You may describe an experience when you were a child displaying inappropriate behavior or when you were an adult (teacher or parent), providing the intervention to shape the child’s inappropriate behavior.

• Describe the situation.

Identify the possible underlying cause(s) of the behavior.

Describe in detail the intervention provided by the adult.

Was the intervention successful in shaping the child’s behavior?  Why or why not?

Describe what you would do differently.

When working on the discussion forums, please base your responses on your reading of the text, the articles, weblinks, and videos and cite your references.

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