Reflection On Field Placement

The group that I had chosen to observe was within my field placement. My field placement is at a school called Creekview Intermediate for 5th and 6th graders and I was able to sit in with a class to help educate students about conflict. We talked about ways to resolve conflict ways to prevent it as well as a way to get help when one sees conflict arising. This was a goal directed activity to help the students understand conflict and to try to avoid it. This was a great experience for me as it was one of my first times in an actual classroom setting as a teacher’s aide/helper. The date that this took place was August 31, 2015 which was a Monday and we went in right after lunch was over around 1:15 P.M. The students seemed relaxed as well since …show more content…
These students were put together in a classroom due to their emotional disorders (Toseland, R.W., & Rivas, R.F. 2012). This group could also be a treatment group, a support group, a growth group, an educational group, as well as a socialization group. I believe that this class follows all of these groups due to the setting we are in, all the support the children have from the teachers and the many different topics Molly and I will be teaching to them. This group can be compared to a treatment group by the teachers having empathy for them. An understanding of certain situations and having hope most of these students have had similar problems and by sharing those thought out loud with the class this is creating hope (Toseland, R.W., & Rivas, R.F. 2012). If the students were to need help or support in anything they know they can talk to us or any of the teachers. A support group allows for them to express themselves. One of our topics for the future is going to be how home life is different from school life. This will allow us to help students share their home life experiences. Here we will help students talk about ways in which their home life may stress them out as well as ways school life may stress them out. Then, as a class we can talk about ways to overcome this stress and how to be prepared for it in the future (Toseland, R.W., & Rivas, R.F. 2012). We have already begun to education these students on conflict which helps explains why this is also an education group and we will continue to educate as the year goes on. I believe education is a big part of their growth as in individual. To help them learn is to help them become the bigger person to become respectful towards others and have responsibilities. We help educate through lectures then discuss their experience (Toseland, R.W., & Rivas, R.F. 2012). Growth groups help the students to live a rewarding life which is helped by changing behaviors. It also