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Case: Student sleeps all day
In my EBD room, I have a student who sleeps all day. He has a very rough home life ( mom on drugs and in and out of jail) and the father is in jail. I ask him why he is so tired and he just tells me that he stays up all night. From what I was told by other teachers, he runs the streets a lot and involved in some stuff with his mother. I am the co-teacher in the room and have spoke to the teacher about allowing him to sleep in the hallway (where two rooms connect by the bathroom) all day and not doing any work. I was told by the teacher that it is easier to allow him to sleep because if he is awake than he is disruptive. There is no talking to his mother because it has been done before and she does not care. How do I transition this student from sleeping at night and not during classroom time?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
As Maslow theorized, if a student is not getting their basic needs at home, how can we as the educators in this student's life, expect them to perform well in our classroom. Due to the nature of the situation, I would first suggest that you talk to the school's administration team (guidance counselor, principal, etc.) to determine if an intervention needs to occur to get this student to have their basic life needs met. While calling on specific student home lives is a tricky situation, in some ways this student not being able to sleep and instead running the streets, means that he is being neglected at home.
However, in the meantime, as others have suggested you could come up with a game plan for this student, where the first hour or so of class, they are able to sleep (to refresh their brain), then they need to get up to do some work. Since it is a co - teach situation, you could even spend some one on one time with the student to first build that relationship, to show them that you care, while also scaffolding knowledge, so they can become engaged, versus disruptive in the class. Part of the reason they may be disruptive during class when they are not sleeping is because they do not understand the content. On top of being tired it just creates a hostile situation for the student. By working with them on their own, it might help them begin to understand content, while also forging a bond with you, that they want to behave during class time.
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: Agreed! |
| Rated On: February 25, 2019 12:50 am |
| Rated By: Vunypu |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: this is an interesting solution. id consider it if I ever have a similar issue in my classroom |
| Rated On: February 25, 2019 4:46 am |
| Rated By: eRuWaX |
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