Marco
He and his family are Italian. There are 4 members in the family, including himself. He is the smallest kid and his sister is already in primary school. His parents take turns to bring him and pick him up. He has been in this kindergarten for 2 years. He is now the busiest and naughty boy in the class and a large porton of the children take him as an example and learn from him.
Brief assessment (summary):
I found that every time when the teacher tell a story in the circle time, this boy will climb on the floor and play and disturb other children in listening to the story. He will do a lot of things to get the teacher's attention. In free play time, he will grab other children's toys and will push or attack them. When the teacher askes him to apologize, he refuses. When the teacher punishs him, he will lose his temper and cry and scream. He is the naughtiest boy in the class and since he becomes the leader of a large portion of the children and they learn from him, I need to have some strategic plans to let him know that beating and pushing others are not correct and reduce this kind of problem and attitude.
Intervention plan/ Two strategies/:
1. In circle time, I will tell them stories about beating and pushing people is not good and will hurt. I will especially ask Marco if we should hit others with the toys, what will be the consequences and the feeling of the victim.
2. When I see Marco hitting or pushing others, I will bring him aside and seriously tell him the consequences of this kind of behavior. I will bring the victim and ask Marco to give him a hug or kiss and say sorry to him. In this case, he will know that it is wrong to hurt others. If he still continue with this behavior, I will repeat this strategy to change his behavior.
Summarize this observation/ assessment of benefit of the intervention:
After my intervention, and with the help of other teachers, he improves a lot in his attitude and behavior. When he does something wrong, he will apologize. When I show him the victim, he will hug and say sorry to him. There are still problems with his attitudes. I have some discussion with other teachers. Since he is the only boy in the family, they all love him too ardently that he has this kind of attitudes. I expect this can be further improved and stop hitting or pushing others with toys.