This is my first year as a paraprofessional in a life skills classroom and your videos have been extremely helpful for me! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
Hello. I have been in SpEd for 2 years as a paraprofessional and this is my 3rd year. This year is different because I was used to being in a high functioning classroom of 4th/ 5th graders and have since been moved by the principal to a very moderate-severe classroom with 5 K/ 1st graders and 6 3rd graders. The little ones are nonverbal and often display aggressive behavior when not given attention, tangible objects, etc. I want to be able to ignore the attention seeking behavior and not respond to it, and all of us, the teacher included, are on the same page for it; however, the student often throws stools, chairs, books as a last resort and it works for them because we have to fold. We need to make sure we and all of our students are safe. We've asked for a B.I.I for the student but nothing has happened, and the teacher is new at her job. This is not a rant- I was just wondering if you know what the best thing for us to do is? The student means well and is really sweet, but I think it is, like you said, her bucket of clay is very large and has a hole at the bottom of it. Thank you.
Did I miss something? All good stuff but nothing about autism specific behavior. The ten minutes seems to be standard mainstream behavior for any class.
In regards to attention seeking behavior it isn't different for kids on the spectrum. The still want attention, they just might be more creative in how they get it.
This is my first year as a paraprofessional in a life skills classroom and your videos have been extremely helpful for me! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
You are so welcome!
I loved your content. Great video and still relevant today. Thank you.
Hello. I have been in SpEd for 2 years as a paraprofessional and this is my 3rd year. This year is different because I was used to being in a high functioning classroom of 4th/ 5th graders and have since been moved by the principal to a very moderate-severe classroom with 5 K/ 1st graders and 6 3rd graders. The little ones are nonverbal and often display aggressive behavior when not given attention, tangible objects, etc.
I want to be able to ignore the attention seeking behavior and not respond to it, and all of us, the teacher included, are on the same page for it; however, the student often throws stools, chairs, books as a last resort and it works for them because we have to fold. We need to make sure we and all of our students are safe. We've asked for a B.I.I for the student but nothing has happened, and the teacher is new at her job.
This is not a rant- I was just wondering if you know what the best thing for us to do is? The student means well and is really sweet, but I think it is, like you said, her bucket of clay is very large and has a hole at the bottom of it. Thank you.
Did I miss something? All good stuff but nothing about autism specific behavior. The ten minutes seems to be standard mainstream behavior for any class.
In regards to attention seeking behavior it isn't different for kids on the spectrum. The still want attention, they just might be more creative in how they get it.
Yep I always have at least one student who have attention seeking behaviour
Very helpful