I really liked this class session. While working at the day care I work at I have had the chance to work with three students that fall in different areas of the autism disorder spectrum. I really learned a lot about autism as well from my 301 class because we had a guest speaker come in and talk to us about it. I thought it was really interesting that they do not know what causes it but in some cases it has been linked to vaccines. Weird huh? I really like this guy because he was trying to talk about behavior management with one of the students that I had at my center he behavior was out of control. I talked about him a little in class about how his full time teacher set up a sticker reward system for him and it was working until it started to be use a different way. Instead of giving him stickers for being good people began taking away his stickers when he was acting out. This would usually send him into a rage and then it was out of control and no one could reel him back in. In fact for some reason he responded to me a little better than most of the teachers so at times my director would go get me from a room a have me sit with him. I don't know why this worked I think it is because I knew a little about what autism was and I tried not to get upset at his behavior and his teacher he had all day had been dealing with it all day and so was at her breaking point and I was coming in fresh. I really wish he would have talked more about prevention techniques and how to deal with violent/ aggressive behavior toward ones self and others. This little boy at my center got sent home many times for being violent toward other students and his teachers. The speaker did say when I asked him about this that an ounce of prevention is worth way more than and ounce of reaction. Which I thought was true but I really don't feel that the rules we made in class would have worked with him no matter how much you "caught him being good" I don't think he would have made the connection of that behavior as being good and another behavior as being bad. However, I thought those rules and plan of what the rules should look like if followed was a great thing for any other class and I plan on using them in my class room. I also like when he talked about peer groups I think it was great that he talked about having specific agendas on the tables students will be working at so they can look at to see what they are supposed to do first, second , third, etc.. I like the fact that he talked about using pictures on it i think this would be helpful in the classroom I am in now because they are in first grade and still struggling to read. All in all I thought he was helpful but I wish he could of told us more about what to do if a behavior wasn't prevented and needed reaction how should we react in certain situations.
-Tasha
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I agree~ I thought it was a great presentation and that he was a great speaker. I am glad that he focused on behavior management, because I think that is a crucial aspect to all classroom teaching. Now that inclusion is becoming more prevalent, I think that all teachers should be educated on this topic so they are prepared for any student that enters their classroom. I also thought peer groups are a great idea~ I have never really thought about it before, but I feel like from what we discussed that they would be extremely effective. At first I thought that this would be distracting for the students. However, in my placement I noticed that my students take pride in helping other students. In one particular instance, Aly read Vas a book and had him point out all of the f’s because she saw the reading specialist doing that with him. I love the idea of giving students a picture calendar/schedule type thing. I think that this will help all students- those who learn better by reading and those who learn and remember more by seeing pictures. I also think that this is a great method because it gives students the opportunity to look back if they can’t remember what they are supposed to do next.
Overall, I think that this presentation is perfect for future teachers and I feel the presentation should be shown at the beginning of the year so we can apply the things we learned to our placements, verses at the end of the year.
-Nicole Lendo
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