Option 1

Prompt: Devon is a 4-year old boy in your program that you’ve known for several months. The entire time you’ve known Devon he has shown some challenging and concerning behaviors in your room. Specifically, Devon is aggressive with other children by pushing them down and hitting them even when there is nothing that seems to provoke him. Yesterday you noticed that when Devon was playing with his action figures, he was making one character beat up the other. While you observe this, you hear him mumbling curse words under his breath. Not only does Devon act aggressively with peers and during play, but he consistently gets distracted and gets up from his spot in the circle during morning reading time and refuses to sit back down. After speaking with Devon’s mother, you learn that she recently left her physically and emotionally abusive partner of several years. Today, Devon has been disruptive and consistently defies your requests to return to the carpet during morning reading time. 

To submit:  In your journal or forum for this week describe how you stay calm, attuned, present, and predictable and not let the child’s emotions escalate your own?

Reflections are to be one page typed, double spaced, using a font of 10 or 12 with normal margin settings.  Refer to the following reflection outline to guide your writing.

1. What did you find most helpful, affirming, or challenging from this week in your readings? (NAEYC 6d)
2. What was something you learned or relearned that you want to apply to your work as an early childhood educator? (NAEYC 4b)
3. Please include any points of interest or information gained that stood out to you causing you to reflect on your own personal experiences as a student, teacher, or parent of a child in a classroom. (NAEYC 4d)
4. Discuss how this information learned from this module will change the way you work with children in the classroom in the future. Provide examples from the module or your own research.(NAEYC 4d)