Interpreting and Responding to Classroom Behaviors: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators

ISBN-13: 9781476673752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 399 str.

Michael O. Weiner; Les Paul Gallo-Silver; Tal D. Lucas

Spis treści

Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1
Introduction 3
List of Figures and Tables 9
List of Challenging Behaviors 12
Part One
A Different View of the Children in Your Classroom
 1. Children in the Round: A Holistic Approach to Understanding Children 16
 2. Who Needs a Diagnosis, Anyway? Understanding Behavior as Communication 28
 3. A Child's Communication Scaffolding 43
Part Two
The Children Communicating in Your Classroom
 4. The Child Who Is "Troubling": Loud and Over Reactive 56
 5. The Child Who Is "Testing": Loud and Under Reactive 71
 6. The Child Who Is "Worrying": Quiet and Over Reactive 85
 7. The Child Who Is "Hiding": Quiet and Under Reactive 103
Part Three
Pulling Back the Curtain on Specific Communicative Behaviors
 8. A Week-by-Week Guide for Behavior Assessment, Prioritization, and Planning 122
 9. Distractibility, Daydreaming, and Attention-Related Issues 129
10. Elopement and "Moving Away"–Related Issues 158
11. Excessive Clowning 182
12. Aggression, Bullying, Fighting, Out-of-Control Temper 196
13. "Hyperactivity" 223
14. Difficulty Observing Personal Space and Other Boundary Problems 245
15. Not Speaking 275
16. Toileting Accidents and Toilet-Related Issues 299
17. Upsetting Artwork, Writings, and Play 317
Conclusion: Keeping Your Balance 363
Appendix A: The Troubling Child Worksheet 371
Appendix B: The Testing Child Worksheet 373
Appendix C: The Worrying Child Worksheet 375
Appendix D: The Hiding Child Worksheet 377
Appendix E: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 379
Bibliography 383
Index 389