I just read the front page of this website and what i took from it was that i can write about whatever i want. I started a journal about three minutes ago, but it told me to start a new page because the day was over. So.. here i am starting a new page. (where my other post went, i have no idea).
I write notes pretty much anywhere i can fit them: on post-its, in margins on my notebook/textbooks, and even on my hand sometimes. I have been stewing over what i want to write my 20 page paper on for a while and, as of now, i have chosen to research the following topic:
*Common disorders within middle school-aged children*
All of these random notes that come into my brain and that i write down in weird places are pretty decent thoughts, but they are very disorganized. I plan to use this journal to organize these thoughts a little bit. I will list my notes, because that is the way that they will make sense the most.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
-How kids act when they're weird, do they need an IEP/RTI plan?
-How different factors affect children (why they misbehave)
-Why students behave one way in one class and totally different in another class
- *Common disorders within middle school students.
SPECIFICS OF MY TOPIC (POTENTIAL SUBHEADINGS OF MY PAPER AND WHAT WILL BE IN THAT SECTION)
- Name of disorder
>Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, Bipolar disorder, Autism, Auesbueggers, Turrets, (Epilepsy, Cancers, ....)
>**Need to classify these into 5 categories: Social, emotional, behavioral, academic, health related/concerns
-What it entails
>Common behavior/ different forms of each of these disorders.
- How it affects students (Academically, behaviorally, socially, emotionally, health related)
> Academic: not being able to complete work, missing work, bad test grades
> Behavioral: acting out, not paying attention.
> Social: not having friends, kids are mean to them (vise versa)
> Emotional: argues with self, doesn't know how to feel, emotions are unpredictable
> Health related: emergency removal from room, medical attention needed
- Why it happens
> Technical terms and definitions for these disorders
> I will research each disorder and get scientific information explaining why the child has this disorder
- How the child thinks/ how they process things (differently)
> Have a "Think aloud" with the student, so you know their thought process
> Research common ways that these children think and process things
> Give them advice on how you solve problems/think about things, and maybe they can learn from that or appreciate that advice
-How other children associate with them (and vise versa)
> Do they get along with other children, why or why not?
> is it easy for them to make friends?
> Do they try/ are they nice?
- What to do/ How to deal (with these children with disorders in your classroom)
> **Students don't usually want to be off task or have behavior issues. They can't help it! If we notice these types of behaviors it should be a red flag to look into the child's situation deeper**
> 1) Talk to the student before you go and make assumtions about them! Do they know how they are behaving? Do they like/not like it? Do they have questions or concerns about their behavior/ their school work being at risk? *This would also be a good time to give advice to the students.
> 2) Have a way in which to bring students back in/ keep them on task. Help them overcome/deal with their problem they are having.
> 3) Give them a checklist to keep them on task thorughout the day
> 4) Chunk tests (for anxiety children)
> 5) Try and get parents involved and have the family pick positive consequences the extend good behavior into the home as well as the classroom
RESEARCH
> I plan to get much of my research from a website called Iris. the link is www.iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. This website has many case studies and situations, and modules that explain exactly what i want to write about. First you pick a topic, say we pick behavior problems in the classroom. Next you can pick to read a module, or case study- but anything you pick it gives you many different situations of behavior problems, and ways to correct them/ help to improve them, and why they occur.
> I also plan on doing some interviews. I have a professor at UC who has a daughter with Ausbeugers syndrome, and i would like to ask her some questions about her daughter.
> I also plan to interview the special ed/ intervention specialists/ nurses at my school to get familiar with their experiences with these disorders.
> I could also ask them if i could borrow any sources/ books that they deem useful.
> As for other sources go, i will mostly use the internet and books from the CECH library.
So..... I can't really believe i just did this but i actually wrote over 750 words! GO ME!
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