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Subject: Re: Suggestions needed Author: Gabriele Feiter [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:13:25 12/27/12 Thu Dear Jasveen, your post is already some months old but I hope the following might help. It sounds as if you are working as a facilitator for this boy. Your description suggests that he has difficulties on a number of levels, the most disruptive for his and his peers learning being his inability to focus for any length of time and the resulting bad behaviour if he gets stressed. The age of the child hints at a possibility of habits (mostly defensive as well as bad/disruptive) having been formed. He is at an age, however, where the results of his behaviour is clear to him. >It will be very important to find an area where he is able to excell, something that he really likes to do. >At the moment he is attracting negative attention; with a subject or a skill which he loves and is good at he should get the opportunity to get positive attention. >He might actually not cope very well with the many different energies in the room filled with many other children and activities >To have shorter periods in the class room together with his peers might be considered together with his teacher. It might lessen his frustration when exposed to the noise and activity over a prolonged period of time. Certain activities can be done outside the class room in a quieter space where the pressure of the class room is removed. >The academic aims for him should be carefully laid out and the content to achieve this aim determined. Testing and assessing his knowledge can be done in a variety of ways: >> letting him draw a picture instead of writing about a certain theme >> when asking questions give the answer in several parts which he has to assemble >> letting him build a model (make a collage) to illustrate a certain content >> letting him find pictures in magazines which illustrate a theme >> acting out certain parts of the content for history >> letting him play-act to be the teacher teaching you the content of a certain object. >> letting him ask you questions about the content of a subject rather than being asked questions which could center around one cocept learned >> making up a memory game with pairs of cards illustrating facts about the content learned. The one finding a pair has to explain why it is a pair I hope that some of this helps with your task Gabriele [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]