Let me start my answer through this line "A good teacher tells, a mediocre teacher explains, an experienced teacher demonstrates and the best teacher inspires"
Dealing with a student with behavioral problem should undergo some steps. However, the steps vary from country to country, places to places and from one student to another.
The first thing that I should do in dealing with these learners is to undergo mind setting. From the psychology subject I learned that the mind of the child when he was born has a blank space or "tabula rasa". That the child has two instincts, the EROS which means life and the THANATOS which means death. The EROS will help the child to feel happy and enjoy life as it is, while the THANATOS will drive the child to be pessimistic. It will eventually depends to the nurturing of the child which will be stronger than the other.
Another psychologist explained that the child has to face controversies in life, the good versus bad. A child has to develop either good and bad depending on his values as taught by the parents at home and the significant others around.
Second, being a teacher, I have to interview the parents, or persons very close to the child to gather more information on the like, dislike, strengths and weaknesses of the child. Moreover, from the interview I gathered I will be able to note down what cause the child to behave defiantly.
Third, I have to study the child's record, medical, scholastic and child history and some very informative records to get the overview of the child.
Fourth, I have to interview the child himself/ herself. I have to talk the child personally with the subject of his/her interests cautiously and be the keen observer of his and my actions, words and moves to avoid driving him into undesirable behavior that may take place during the interview. Of course I have to accustom him/her to me prior to the interview so he/she feels at ease with me. My being keen observer is the key to success.
Fifth, I have to be a good model to him/her that is, to set as an example to him/her. I have to live on what I teach to the child. With my modest words and innovativeness, resourcefulness, creativity and experience in teaching field, I can assure I can deal this child in friendly atmosphere.
Sixth, after friendship is established between me and the child, this is now the right time for me to teach the lesson of the day loaded with morals and values for him as a growing person. Kohlberge, a psychologist once said that a child should undergo stages of morality until he is ready and able to decide what is right and wrong as weighted by his conscience. Telling stories such as fables, fairy tales and myth with morals will help me teach this behavioral- problem child into a well-mannered person.
Seventh, the best element of dealing this child is to let him feel that he is loved and important. In that way he returns that love, respect and honor to such persons around him. This is to remind you that this type of personality is a personality of attention getter. Thus, if this child is given attention, he behaves on the way we expect him to be. Showing him he is cherished, valued, cared and loved is the same as he is important and that everybody loves him will be desperate once he behaves negatively among others even to himself.
Lastly, to deal with this kind of child is to posses the attitude of being patient, perseverance, understanding, kind and with self control. It is in these attitudes that the child fails to have and that acquiring him will mean happiness to him and others around.
If then after all the the steps have been given but there is no effect to the child, then use the behavioral contract forms and ask assistance from the school psychologist or guidance counselor in your school to deal this child.
The process is not so easy then but let's remember that " A long journey begins with a single step."
SUSAN TAN APAREJO is a Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education ( MAT-SPED) graduate at Mindanao St University of Science and Technology (MUST) Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines. She is a SPED teacher at Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School ( GCCNHS ) Gingoog City and currently working in her dissertation writing for the degree in PhD. EPM at the same university.
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Dealing with a student with behavioral problem should undergo some steps. However, the steps vary from country to country, places to places and from one student to another.
The first thing that I should do in dealing with these learners is to undergo mind setting. From the psychology subject I learned that the mind of the child when he was born has a blank space or "tabula rasa". That the child has two instincts, the EROS which means life and the THANATOS which means death. The EROS will help the child to feel happy and enjoy life as it is, while the THANATOS will drive the child to be pessimistic. It will eventually depends to the nurturing of the child which will be stronger than the other.
Another psychologist explained that the child has to face controversies in life, the good versus bad. A child has to develop either good and bad depending on his values as taught by the parents at home and the significant others around.
Second, being a teacher, I have to interview the parents, or persons very close to the child to gather more information on the like, dislike, strengths and weaknesses of the child. Moreover, from the interview I gathered I will be able to note down what cause the child to behave defiantly.
Third, I have to study the child's record, medical, scholastic and child history and some very informative records to get the overview of the child.
Fourth, I have to interview the child himself/ herself. I have to talk the child personally with the subject of his/her interests cautiously and be the keen observer of his and my actions, words and moves to avoid driving him into undesirable behavior that may take place during the interview. Of course I have to accustom him/her to me prior to the interview so he/she feels at ease with me. My being keen observer is the key to success.
Fifth, I have to be a good model to him/her that is, to set as an example to him/her. I have to live on what I teach to the child. With my modest words and innovativeness, resourcefulness, creativity and experience in teaching field, I can assure I can deal this child in friendly atmosphere.
Sixth, after friendship is established between me and the child, this is now the right time for me to teach the lesson of the day loaded with morals and values for him as a growing person. Kohlberge, a psychologist once said that a child should undergo stages of morality until he is ready and able to decide what is right and wrong as weighted by his conscience. Telling stories such as fables, fairy tales and myth with morals will help me teach this behavioral- problem child into a well-mannered person.
Seventh, the best element of dealing this child is to let him feel that he is loved and important. In that way he returns that love, respect and honor to such persons around him. This is to remind you that this type of personality is a personality of attention getter. Thus, if this child is given attention, he behaves on the way we expect him to be. Showing him he is cherished, valued, cared and loved is the same as he is important and that everybody loves him will be desperate once he behaves negatively among others even to himself.
Lastly, to deal with this kind of child is to posses the attitude of being patient, perseverance, understanding, kind and with self control. It is in these attitudes that the child fails to have and that acquiring him will mean happiness to him and others around.
If then after all the the steps have been given but there is no effect to the child, then use the behavioral contract forms and ask assistance from the school psychologist or guidance counselor in your school to deal this child.
The process is not so easy then but let's remember that " A long journey begins with a single step."
SUSAN TAN APAREJO is a Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education ( MAT-SPED) graduate at Mindanao St University of Science and Technology (MUST) Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines. She is a SPED teacher at Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School ( GCCNHS ) Gingoog City and currently working in her dissertation writing for the degree in PhD. EPM at the same university.
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