Question #1: Describe the factors that contribute to the development of oppositional children and analyze how these factors are impacting your job.
There tends to be three main factors that put a child at risk for developing a pattern toward oppositional and defiant behavior. These factors are: children with a natural and innate difficult temperament, parents who possess a low level of skill for disciplining and nurturing a child, and parents enduring an excessively high level of stress. Any one of these factors can put a child at risk for developing oppositional and defiant behaviors. However, as the risk factors in a child’s life increases, the likelihood of developing oppositional-defiant behaviors also increases.
The temperament of …show more content…
However, as they mature, the child can learn skills and strategies for self-regulation and self-discipline. Until then, it is up to the adults in the childs life to shape and guide behavior to minimize the possibility of any long term negative patterns. One of the common strategies for behavior modification is the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) approach. This is based on the principles of reinforcement for desired behaviors and punishment for undesired behaviors. For the average student this approach can be quite effective, but for children with oppositional defiant behavior, this approach can often …show more content…
A big part of my role in our program is to spend time in other teachers classrooms simply observing the environment, interactions among peers and interactions between staff and students. Teachers too often get a “bad rap” for poor classroom management of difficult and challenging children. Parents frequently blame the teacher and peers for their childs unwanted behaviors and find ways to excuse the behaviors which prevents the child from being held accountable. This is all too common of a misconcenption and misperception by adults who haven’t spent any time in a teaching environment. Any person who spends just one day observing in a classroom would have the opportunity to see how difficult it can be to identify precipitating events to behaviors when you are focusing on an entire classroom full of children. This is where my observation times can be a very effective tool in recognizing small but significate clues and cues to preventing difficult
There tends to be three main factors that put a child at risk for developing a pattern toward oppositional and defiant behavior. These factors are: children with a natural and innate difficult temperament, parents who possess a low level of skill for disciplining and nurturing a child, and parents enduring an excessively high level of stress. Any one of these factors can put a child at risk for developing oppositional and defiant behaviors. However, as the risk factors in a child’s life increases, the likelihood of developing oppositional-defiant behaviors also increases.
The temperament of …show more content…
However, as they mature, the child can learn skills and strategies for self-regulation and self-discipline. Until then, it is up to the adults in the childs life to shape and guide behavior to minimize the possibility of any long term negative patterns. One of the common strategies for behavior modification is the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) approach. This is based on the principles of reinforcement for desired behaviors and punishment for undesired behaviors. For the average student this approach can be quite effective, but for children with oppositional defiant behavior, this approach can often …show more content…
A big part of my role in our program is to spend time in other teachers classrooms simply observing the environment, interactions among peers and interactions between staff and students. Teachers too often get a “bad rap” for poor classroom management of difficult and challenging children. Parents frequently blame the teacher and peers for their childs unwanted behaviors and find ways to excuse the behaviors which prevents the child from being held accountable. This is all too common of a misconcenption and misperception by adults who haven’t spent any time in a teaching environment. Any person who spends just one day observing in a classroom would have the opportunity to see how difficult it can be to identify precipitating events to behaviors when you are focusing on an entire classroom full of children. This is where my observation times can be a very effective tool in recognizing small but significate clues and cues to preventing difficult