My Reflection Of Working With Children In The Classroom

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This week in the classroom, I wanted to continue working with the one child in the classroom who was diagnosed with ADHD. The child often showed off task behavior while in class, which was an issue. We had to move his desk away from the rest of the class to help with his distractibility. We also had to introduce a weekly work assignment schedule, so that he would get a sticker when he completed a task since it took him longer than the rest of the class to complete an assignment. This modification seemed to help a little but he was still struggling with completing his tasks. Therefore, this week I wanted to try and help the child succeed better in the class. I had been working with this student for weeks trying to build a friendly relationship with the student. I wanted the student to feel comfortable around me so he would feel safer in the classroom. I could tell that he was really enjoying having me in the classroom because this week he continuously sat by me when he could and asked for my help first over the teacher. He knew that I would help him with his seatwork along with helping him keep his behavior in check due to the previous interactions we have had over the …show more content…

During our literacy block, the student was asked to complete a work booklet by finding their sight “heart” words in the booklet. The students were to circle the heart words throughout the given article. When the student with ADHD thought that he was finished with his work, he came over to me to check his work. I noticed that the student circled/scribbled all over the worksheet verses finding the designated heart words. I thought to myself, even thought we have lowered his workload maybe this workbook is still too much to take in for the child. Therefore, I giggled a little and said, “Boy! It looks like you were so excited to find your sight words that you circled almost ever word on the

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