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  Case: Student is a runner!
We have a third grade student who is a runner! Last week in transitioning to another class, I found him outside climbing the fence. He has been at our school for the last three years, and somehow, teachers have been able to manage. This year his teacher is overwhelmed and is not willing to have the student in his class. The team met and decided to have the student rotate every 30 minutes to a new teacher where he will be distracted until they are able to get this student into a self-contained ESE school. I do not agree with this as I was one of the teachers he worked with in his rotation. Working one on one, this student is great. He is smart, he loves to read, and he has good conversation skills. After more students joined our group, I noticed he started to be disruptive and stomp his feet.

Do you have any suggestions on how we can work with this child without disrupting the entire class in doing so?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I think rotating the student would be beneficial if it was a temporary solution. If every teacher within the team tried different strategies with the student while he was in their classroom then at the end of the week the teachers could collaborate to see which strategy was the most effective for the student. I would suggest supplying the teacher with an aide as much as possible during the day because this student needs attention. I do think there should be punishment for his "running" issue but the punishment needs to be something that he holds valuable because you don't want the punishment to become a reward. I would talk with the student while he is calm and discuss rewards for his good behavior, if he doesn't run he earns a star and 5 stars means something out of the treasure box and then set the goals higher once he can earn 5 stars. I would change my groups from 3-4 to 2-3 so the student can begin to build positive relationships with his classmates and they will start to feel the same way.
 
     
     
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Rated On: February 12, 2013 10:37 am
Rated By: vaLury
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
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Rated On: February 18, 2013 8:20 pm
Rated By: ypedeD
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments:
Rated On: March 2, 2013 1:21 pm
Rated By: emaLeP
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I agree with this. The student needs to learn to eventually work with others, and easing into it with very small groups might be beneficial.
Rated On: October 20, 2014 3:16 am
Rated By: WeGuQy