Managing Student Behavior

This week we talked a lot about managing student behaviors. We also went over the 13 categories of disabilities.

We talked about managing student behavior, which is so important for teachers to know about and to understand.  I feel like I have never been very good at responding to student misbehavior. I love that in the description for the Danielsen Framework (2D) it says, “Accomplished teachers try to understand why students are conducting themselves in such a manner…and respond in a way that respects the dignity of the student”. This is something that I want to work on. When I am in the moment, I always forget to think about why the student is misbehaving and I focus more on the behavior itself. Sometimes I think that I don’t go a great job of respecting the dignity of the student who is misbehaving because I am so focused on correcting the misbehavior. I understand that behaviors need to be responded to as quickly as possible, but sometimes I am not sure how to address certain behaviors that occur in the classroom. We talked about being able to catch the student doing something good, which I think can really go a long way in helping to build the self esteem of a child.

Talking about each category was very helpful to me. It is good to know what disabilities fall under every category. I feel that overall, I have learned so much about how to help and care for individuals with different disabilities of varying degrees. There was so much that I did not know! And so much that I still don't know! I realize now how important it is for general education teachers to be well versed in all kinds of disabilities in order to be able to help each student.