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Case: Calling Out for Attention In a class I was an intern for, a young girl would randomly call out information. Clearly, the stunts were for attention, as she would talk about her personal life whenever given the opportunity (or not). The teacher of the class tried to combat by reminding the student to not share personal information and not to call aloud unless called upon, but the behavior persisted. Eventually, the child's behavior became a lot less mild after talking with counselors for some time. What else could be done for these types of behaviors? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) With my experience these children who call out for attention are either an only child or children with many siblings, regardless they are both cravings being the center of attention. I would genuinely explain how calling out is unkind to fellow classmates, explain you know that she is a quick thinker and has much to share, but other students may need more time to think of their responses and want to share and when she calls out she steals that opportunity for others which is not acceptable. In addition to privately talking to the student, I would implement a procedure for questioning and answering questions in the classroom and a rule about relevance to subject matter and enforce that storytelling can be done during lunchtime or after school and there isn't always time for those stories during the school day unless it is something one another can learn from and even then you must get teacher approval. |
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