This is my second semester working with Ms. May at Amelon Elementary School. I could not be more pleased to be back in this K-3 self-contained special education classroom. She has over 15 years of experience in special education and is well versed in the effectiveness of many different instructional strategies with in the special education classroom. She utilizes several different strategies and implements them as needed, depending on the child and the need of that particular child. There are also two paraprofessionals in the room, Mr. “D” and Ms. Paxton. They are responsible for working with the children, using the curriculum that Ms. May has planned for the child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP). There are currently six children
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May also has several different strategies for behavioral interventions, including time-outs, separation, calming techniques and redirection. Time-outs include sitting in a quiet place to allow the time and space to calm down, if that fails, they are separated from the classroom by either going to the office or to another special education classroom. Many of them get so frustrated in their current environment that they are unable to calm down without being removed. In that regard this intervention works extremely well. Others are placed in time-out and parents are called to speak to the child in order to calm them down. This has also proven to be effective with certain children who get upset when they are separated from the group. Calming strategies include focused breathing techniques, wearing earphones and talking about the situation with a teacher or paraprofessional. Redirection involves giving the child choices and resembles the positive reinforcement model that has been proven to be more successful in behavior interventions than punishment. The child is given choices and the boundaries and result for each choice is made clear to the child and they are even asked to repeat it back to insure that they …show more content…
May doing the same thing for any one child in regards to instructional strategies or behavioral interventions. She successfully differentiates for each child to insure that each individual need is met. Over all this is a very happy class. However, there is one child that requires far more time and effort than others. She has an intellectual disability paired with autism and an emotional/behavioral disorder. She can be a challenge for any group or team activities, so she often works one on one with a paraprofessional. One thing that I have observed to be the most successful strategy in this classroom is consistency. The program that Ms. May chooses to use are all amazing, but if those resources were unavailable, the consistency that she offers would help these child continue to succeed, no matter which program was used. She is consistence with each child’s schedule and has created visual schedule for each child that act as a visual and tangible object that sets the expectations for the time. Some children prefer to move at a fast pace, while others prefer to work at a slower pace, Ms. May is able to balance each child’s schedule to allow for as much or as little time as they need. No matter the need or the child, Ms. May is able to adapt for them. I believe that this is what has made her one of the best special education teachers in
May also has several different strategies for behavioral interventions, including time-outs, separation, calming techniques and redirection. Time-outs include sitting in a quiet place to allow the time and space to calm down, if that fails, they are separated from the classroom by either going to the office or to another special education classroom. Many of them get so frustrated in their current environment that they are unable to calm down without being removed. In that regard this intervention works extremely well. Others are placed in time-out and parents are called to speak to the child in order to calm them down. This has also proven to be effective with certain children who get upset when they are separated from the group. Calming strategies include focused breathing techniques, wearing earphones and talking about the situation with a teacher or paraprofessional. Redirection involves giving the child choices and resembles the positive reinforcement model that has been proven to be more successful in behavior interventions than punishment. The child is given choices and the boundaries and result for each choice is made clear to the child and they are even asked to repeat it back to insure that they …show more content…
May doing the same thing for any one child in regards to instructional strategies or behavioral interventions. She successfully differentiates for each child to insure that each individual need is met. Over all this is a very happy class. However, there is one child that requires far more time and effort than others. She has an intellectual disability paired with autism and an emotional/behavioral disorder. She can be a challenge for any group or team activities, so she often works one on one with a paraprofessional. One thing that I have observed to be the most successful strategy in this classroom is consistency. The program that Ms. May chooses to use are all amazing, but if those resources were unavailable, the consistency that she offers would help these child continue to succeed, no matter which program was used. She is consistence with each child’s schedule and has created visual schedule for each child that act as a visual and tangible object that sets the expectations for the time. Some children prefer to move at a fast pace, while others prefer to work at a slower pace, Ms. May is able to balance each child’s schedule to allow for as much or as little time as they need. No matter the need or the child, Ms. May is able to adapt for them. I believe that this is what has made her one of the best special education teachers in