BEHAVIOR DISORDERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Answers to the Five-Minute Assignment
What to do about Jordan?

from Parents and Staff on Reservations in North Dakota

Cleo Keplan

1. Point out that the child needs to be watched more carefully.
2. Every time behavior occurs there needs to be a consequence.
3. Solve problems before they start.
4. Teach children problem solving.

Broadus

1. Get a one on one aide.
2. Find out why or what sets the child off.
3. Have the child become your helper.  Keep the child busy.
4. Come up with a plan with the family to deal with the problem.

 RaeLynn J. Belgarde

1. Provide more adult supervision, extra aides, one on one aide possibly.
2. Try to occupy him with different centers like art, painting.
3. Praise good behavior and have time out for not good behavior.
4. Reinforce classroom rules, why we made those rules.

Dinah Hoover

1. I would set him aside and tell him what he did was wrong.
2. I would also schedule a parent conference and discuss the behavior.
3. I would also have his aide increase his supervising.
4. I would recommend that we take immediate action so that this doesn’t happen again.

Sherri Baker

1. Keep child occupied throughout the day.
2. Praise child for good behavior.
3. Read to him or her.
4. Sing songs together.
5. Talk to the child about different things.

Lynn DeCoteau/Frances DeCoteau

1. Keep close tabs on child with a disability and other children.
2. You notice child getting loud, talk in soft voice, repeat behavior is not what we should do, but tell child to find something nice to do and say.
3. Teacher is usually standing at a distance, ask children if you can join in and play with them before things escalate to hitting.
4. Remove children from situation, let the child know mean words and hitting will result in having no one to play with.

Heather DeCoteau

1. Sit down with the child’s aide and tell her she needs to help and watch the child.  So this child is occupied the time he is at school.
2. Sit down with the child and/or his parents.  Tell them your concerns, make suggestions.
3. Have a meeting with proper persons and the child’s family.
4. Give child more one to one time often.  Read, play games or with toys.
5. Observe or get someone else qualified to observe the child.

Lonnie/Cheryl

1. Address the severity of the child’s disability.  Maybe parent/child don’t believe child has a disability.
2. Set up a team meeting (parent, teacher, etc.).  Get feedback.  Make recommendations from the team members.
3. Try some role playing, maybe teaching the child more options, positive ways to interact with other students in the classroom.  And if the child follows through, reward him/her.

Carol Jerome/Loretta Belgarde

What would we do if we ran a center:

1. First problem who would be Patti.
2. She should be written up.  She is unattentive.
3. She ignores him, so he does what he does to get attention.
4. Meet with Jordan’s parents.
5. Have a meeting and discuss what could be done, include the parents and teacher or whoever else this problem may concern.