By Daniel Price
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 18, 2010
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 18, 2010
Today in class we watched a long video on dealing with kids who have disabilities. The instructor had a class of adults and 1 child all of whom were not disabled to sit as his students for the day. He then asked them questions so they could see what it was like to be a student with a disability. He brought up some very good points about things that even I did wrong when speaking to kids in general. Badgering a child to answer a question is always the wrong thing to do.
I remember when I was younger; Mr. Leone my middle school band teacher would always yell and scream at us when we played something wrong or misbehaved. One time he even threatened us because we couldn’t keep up the tempo. He walked over right behind me where the drum section was with the lid of a metal trash can and a drum stick and preceded to bash on it so that the drum section would stay within the tempo. He frightened us in line which I guess worked at the time but was horrible for our self-esteem and general attitude in and outside of class. The instructor in the video spoke about how badgering or putting children down will always cause the child harm in some way whether it be mental or emotional.
A child with a learning disability will only get worse if the teacher only upsets them when they are trying to do as told. As parents and teachers we tend to think that if a child is not answering correctly or can’t get an answer at all for a question we have asked, then they must not be trying very hard. That is not the case and usually if the teacher or parent says that, it can make it harder for the child all together. Before tonight’s video I did not think it was harmful to the child if I were to nag at them for the right answers when they became frustrated because my teachers had done it to me and I am a product of that. Now I see how that can only make a child feel worse when they are struggling.
I remember when I was younger; Mr. Leone my middle school band teacher would always yell and scream at us when we played something wrong or misbehaved. One time he even threatened us because we couldn’t keep up the tempo. He walked over right behind me where the drum section was with the lid of a metal trash can and a drum stick and preceded to bash on it so that the drum section would stay within the tempo. He frightened us in line which I guess worked at the time but was horrible for our self-esteem and general attitude in and outside of class. The instructor in the video spoke about how badgering or putting children down will always cause the child harm in some way whether it be mental or emotional.
A child with a learning disability will only get worse if the teacher only upsets them when they are trying to do as told. As parents and teachers we tend to think that if a child is not answering correctly or can’t get an answer at all for a question we have asked, then they must not be trying very hard. That is not the case and usually if the teacher or parent says that, it can make it harder for the child all together. Before tonight’s video I did not think it was harmful to the child if I were to nag at them for the right answers when they became frustrated because my teachers had done it to me and I am a product of that. Now I see how that can only make a child feel worse when they are struggling.
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