On chapter 7 a question was asked that got me thinking "what about the other kids in the classroom"? How are we going to reduce the negative impact of the challenging kid on the learning and safety of his classmates? And this is a question we all ask ourselves when we are teaching in a room how do we address the challenging kid without disturbing the other children, and bringing the attention to the child. Managing Challenging kids can be difficult because once the whole class notices or comes aware that the child is challenging they will not be welcoming to that child. I say this out of experience, I'm not saying it's okay AT ALL, but it can take a social emotional effect on the child. Again I'm saying this because last year I was working with a child and he was a very challenging child, and with that being said the parents also became aware of that so he was never invited to birthday parties or play dates, which to me was kind of sad because although the child didn't know about these events he was missing out on a lot of activities. Chapter 7 also mentions that each group of kids is different and I completely agree with this quote because the strategies that you might have used with one group of kids might not always work for another group of kids.
Chapter 8 mentions leadership and I think that leadership is crucial to a school if the leadership of the school and I mean administration, is not to part and have a vision of what they want the school to represent there won't be a chance that the school will ever work through the challenges that they face or are facing. That's why I think that team work, and having a community within the teachers is so important. And it's sooo upsetting when you are out in certain situations and your opinion isn't valued or questioned. I've been in situations where I work with a child one to one and what I thought that could have been done was never said because they never say with me and spoke what I have noticed they just dealt with it themselves and sometimes even pulled me away from the child which in most cases is worst and the situation becomes even more challenging than it already was.
How do you deal when you see a situation present itself and you have a solution but you cannot give your opinion? Or your opinion isn't valued?
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