06/20/13
Today my group and myself went to
McDaniel School to observe and we observed children suffering with
disabilities. It was pretty depressing. It was a good experience but it hurt to
know that the children were suffering so much and some of them are going to
respond the same for the rest of their lives. I don’t think I could teach a
whole class of disabled students. I’m sure if I had the proper training then
possibly, but honestly that changed my whole outlook. I was never a student to
talk bad about disabled people or hurt their feelings, in fact I was to boost
them up and or give them what we call “Poker Chips” which are basically giving
the child “Cool Points” making them feel better about themselves and the
situation. It’s pretty much a self-esteem booster and the method is highly
effective.
The positive reinforcement that they
used was letting the children know they did a wonderful job- even it was
something little. They made the children pick up after themselves and if they
didn’t obey (I noticed in the preschool), they had a timeout chair that they
students had to sit in for one minute.
The negative
reinforcement I noticed was when one of the teachers were reading a book to the
class during snack time and one of the little boys kept asking for more and
more snacks. She told him that he needed to cut it out. It wasn’t necessarily a
bad method, but it was the way she did it. I believe she could have handled it
a little nicer instead of being so mean with it.
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