F.A.T City stands for Frustration, Anxiety and Tension this video was published in 1989 by Richard Lavoie and shown to a varying group of individuals who were involved in some aspect with Learning Disabled Children (LD).
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT? EXPLAIN. Within the first six minutes the video caught my attention the stress a child with a learning disability (LD) experiences as soon as they enter a class room. The video kept me interested it made me want to know more and learn how to make an LD child’s life easier. I was unaware of the magnitude of frustration, anxiety and tension an LD child deals with on a daily basis. Lavoie set the scene as if it was a normal day in a mainstream class room, extremely demanding, fast pace and relentless. …show more content…
“Techniques” section I loved great idea speaking with the LD child separately and discussing helpful strategies which allow them to excel in class and not fail. (I will definitely use this technique in my classroom.) “Distraction vs. Attention” I had no idea a child who is distracted focuses on everything and a child with an attention disorder focuses on nothing. I found it interesting with in ten minutes Lavoie demonstrated how a teacher can cause a group of individuals to not want to take risks in participating out of fear of being ridiculed. Not once during the first ten minutes of the lecture did Lavoie praise an individual for the correct answer. Instead Lavoie focused on all the wrong answers which caused each individual not to want to participate. LD children regularly experience “Visual Perception” difficulties and are sometimes over looked and viewed as individuals who are not motivated learners. The topic on “Oral Expression” which relates to a disorder known as Dysnomia where a child has a problem finding words that are stored within his memory which he/she may need to retrieve at a …show more content…
Each topic and discussion will help me once I become an Educator but the most important aspect I will be taking from this is the final topic “FAIRNESS”. My original thought always was “I cannot do for one and not for all”. Now realizing “fairness” is defined as “each individual gets what he/she needs” speaks volumes I plan on incorporating this into my lessons so each child will receive the best education and resources I can offer.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS VIDEO TO OTHERS IN THE FIELD? WHY OR WHY NOT? I would strongly recommend this video to everyone at some time in our careers we will have a child with a Learning Disability in our class room. The statistics Lavoie presented at the beginning of the video stated 6 to 10% of children in the United States have some sort of learning disability. Keep in mind those numbers are based off of research from 1989, as of 2013 10% of the population has a learning disability which translates into 2 or 3 pupils in each class room. This video is an eye opener and should be viewed by all future
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT? EXPLAIN. Within the first six minutes the video caught my attention the stress a child with a learning disability (LD) experiences as soon as they enter a class room. The video kept me interested it made me want to know more and learn how to make an LD child’s life easier. I was unaware of the magnitude of frustration, anxiety and tension an LD child deals with on a daily basis. Lavoie set the scene as if it was a normal day in a mainstream class room, extremely demanding, fast pace and relentless. …show more content…
“Techniques” section I loved great idea speaking with the LD child separately and discussing helpful strategies which allow them to excel in class and not fail. (I will definitely use this technique in my classroom.) “Distraction vs. Attention” I had no idea a child who is distracted focuses on everything and a child with an attention disorder focuses on nothing. I found it interesting with in ten minutes Lavoie demonstrated how a teacher can cause a group of individuals to not want to take risks in participating out of fear of being ridiculed. Not once during the first ten minutes of the lecture did Lavoie praise an individual for the correct answer. Instead Lavoie focused on all the wrong answers which caused each individual not to want to participate. LD children regularly experience “Visual Perception” difficulties and are sometimes over looked and viewed as individuals who are not motivated learners. The topic on “Oral Expression” which relates to a disorder known as Dysnomia where a child has a problem finding words that are stored within his memory which he/she may need to retrieve at a …show more content…
Each topic and discussion will help me once I become an Educator but the most important aspect I will be taking from this is the final topic “FAIRNESS”. My original thought always was “I cannot do for one and not for all”. Now realizing “fairness” is defined as “each individual gets what he/she needs” speaks volumes I plan on incorporating this into my lessons so each child will receive the best education and resources I can offer.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS VIDEO TO OTHERS IN THE FIELD? WHY OR WHY NOT? I would strongly recommend this video to everyone at some time in our careers we will have a child with a Learning Disability in our class room. The statistics Lavoie presented at the beginning of the video stated 6 to 10% of children in the United States have some sort of learning disability. Keep in mind those numbers are based off of research from 1989, as of 2013 10% of the population has a learning disability which translates into 2 or 3 pupils in each class room. This video is an eye opener and should be viewed by all future