- Is this a genetic trait? If so how- I’ve noticed that my boyfriend and his dad get irrated/frustrated/upset about the same things or in the same manner. Why can’t he be like his mom :)?! {Noelle}
If I understand right, a childs aggressiveness is tied in with intensity. What are some ways that parents or childcare workers could help the child relax a bit?
Heidi/Victorie/Noelle - in regards to assisting those with a higher intensity. I is really important to try to recognize the 'symptoms' that occur before the erruption. High pitched voice/rapid breathing/talking loudly/red creeping up the neck/complete silence & tense jaw....etc... once you begin to recognize those you then begin to plan out how you may de-escalate it.... are you going to talk softer, move slower, get down to their eye level, sway or something slow & rythmic? If you can begin to 'model' the calmer less intense behavior then you can start to de-escalate. You absolutely need to show children with your own body language & non-verbal messages how they can become less intense. If you mimic their behavior & become intense with them you only increase the liklihood.
This is a trait that fascinating to me! I believe my daughter is high intensity and I am too. When she was in preschool, the teacher told my daughter to put her backpack on the table. My daughter did not do it. The teacher called me and was concerned because my daughter "didn't know what a backpack or a table was". I explained to the teacher that my daughter knew what a backpack and a table were, but at that particular moment didn't want to put her backpack on the table. I was employed with the Head Start program at the time, so I had wonderful support and resources to talk to. How prevalent is information about temperament utilized in the early childhood and elementary school settings? Leadership in a school system can certainly influence the teaching staff. Have you seen (or heard of) an increase in the number of settings that focus on children's temperament as a part of classroom management?
Many of the kid's I work with have high levels of intensity which ties together with aggression. When the kids become aggressive, whether towards themselves, staff, or other children, we are told to ignore the behavior except when it comes to their safety. For example, a child walks up to another child and puts them in a hair pull. We would do a hair pull release to keep the other child safe but we can not comment on that child's behavior. I feel like for the moment no commenting on the behavior works but it always seems to happen again another day. Is there anything that can be done to help with this? (Ashley Wilts 150)
With an intense child, how do you teach the child to take his time on a project or a puzzle and keep the frustration level down? If you model the calm behavior over a long period of time will the child learn to cope with frustration in a calmer manner?
Sheryl, I think you asked a very good question. From personal expirence it makes me also wonder if you show the calm side if a child will also be calm. However it also makes me wonder, if the child has a temperment like this than can you perminately change a child's temperment? Or is it a perminent thing that you just have to learn to cope with?
I have seen many teachers use a technique of massaging the legs and muscles to produce a chemical to sooth the intensity. I was just wondering if there are other techniques out there such as this one? (ECE 227)
I agree with the idea that it is really important to try to recognize the 'symptoms' that occur before the erruption. There is a little girl in my room whose parents do not believe in telling her "no" and when she does something she's not supposed to or when someone takes something from her she begins to scream and cry so loud that the other rooms in the center can hear her. Recently I have began noticing that she starts breathing really hard right before she has an outburst, so now I am able to redirect her to something else and avoid an outburst.
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- Is this a genetic trait? If so how- I’ve noticed that my boyfriend and his dad get irrated/frustrated/upset about the same things or in the same manner. Why can’t he be like his mom :)?! {Noelle}
If I understand right, a childs aggressiveness is tied in with intensity. What are some ways that parents or childcare workers could help the child relax a bit?
What are some ideas that educators, parents, and childcare worker can do when they see a child's intensity level start to rise?
How does a child's intensity play a part in the biting of others?
Heidi/Victorie/Noelle - in regards to assisting those with a higher intensity. I is really important to try to recognize the 'symptoms' that occur before the erruption. High pitched voice/rapid breathing/talking loudly/red creeping up the neck/complete silence & tense jaw....etc... once you begin to recognize those you then begin to plan out how you may de-escalate it.... are you going to talk softer, move slower, get down to their eye level, sway or something slow & rythmic? If you can begin to 'model' the calmer less intense behavior then you can start to de-escalate. You absolutely need to show children with your own body language & non-verbal messages how they can become less intense. If you mimic their behavior & become intense with them you only increase the liklihood.
This is a trait that fascinating to me! I believe my daughter is high intensity and I am too. When she was in preschool, the teacher told my daughter to put her backpack on the table. My daughter did not do it. The teacher called me and was concerned because my daughter "didn't know what a backpack or a table was". I explained to the teacher that my daughter knew what a backpack and a table were, but at that particular moment didn't want to put her backpack on the table. I was employed with the Head Start program at the time, so I had wonderful support and resources to talk to. How prevalent is information about temperament utilized in the early childhood and elementary school settings? Leadership in a school system can certainly influence the teaching staff. Have you seen (or heard of) an increase in the number of settings that focus on children's temperament as a part of classroom management?
Many of the kid's I work with have high levels of intensity which ties together with aggression. When the kids become aggressive, whether towards themselves, staff, or other children, we are told to ignore the behavior except when it comes to their safety. For example, a child walks up to another child and puts them in a hair pull. We would do a hair pull release to keep the other child safe but we can not comment on that child's behavior. I feel like for the moment no commenting on the behavior works but it always seems to happen again another day. Is there anything that can be done to help with this? (Ashley Wilts 150)
With an intense child, how do you teach the child to take his time on a project or a puzzle and keep the frustration level down? If you model the calm behavior over a long period of time will the child learn to cope with frustration in a calmer manner?
Sheryl, I think you asked a very good question. From personal expirence it makes me also wonder if you show the calm side if a child will also be calm. However it also makes me wonder, if the child has a temperment like this than can you perminately change a child's temperment? Or is it a perminent thing that you just have to learn to cope with?
I have seen many teachers use a technique of massaging the legs and muscles to produce a chemical to sooth the intensity. I was just wondering if there are other techniques out there such as this one? (ECE 227)
I agree with the idea that it is really important to try to recognize the 'symptoms' that occur before the erruption. There is a little girl in my room whose parents do not believe in telling her "no" and when she does something she's not supposed to or when someone takes something from her she begins to scream and cry so loud that the other rooms in the center can hear her. Recently I have began noticing that she starts breathing really hard right before she has an outburst, so now I am able to redirect her to something else and avoid an outburst.
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