Head Start Case Study

Head Start The risk factors that we discussed in class were noticeable in this particular room. The social interaction factor was probably the biggest one that I saw. There were eight children in the room three of them had low to about average social skills and the others talked with some to very few words were spoken. This was the biggest risk factor that I saw that was noticeable as soon as I finished my first day. The children that could talk seemed to interact a little more, but did not know how to socially know when someone was not pleased which usually resulted in someone biting, or screaming. These risk factors of not knowing how to socially interact is hard for them during the school day, and even more challenging when they leave the center. My cooperating teacher would say to out loud that “Oh, it looks like _____ was left in front of the t.v. all weekend,” and things that I didn’t like were appropriate for her to say in front of me or out loud. Yes, some of these children have a rough home life but, maybe of basically saying that the child/children aren’t getting attention at home. An idea of what she could do so that the children receives …show more content…
Another category that we talked about was emotional/behavioral disorders and those characteristics are inappropriate behaviors, difficulty reading social cues, adaptive behavior and needs rewards and consequences used systematically. I was told by the cooperating teacher that I was volunteering for that many of the children in her classroom had some characteristics of both learning disabilities and EBD. I also noticed this specific behaviors upon observation. I don’t think that these children should be identified with either of these two categories just yet since most of them were not even thirty months old