Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Not Prepared? When I was interning, there was a student in second grade who seemed to be in la la land for most of the day. He would wander around the classroom, draw on his desk, and was not prepared or pay attention in many of the lessons. When asked, he would not be able to tell you the last thing the teacher said. The student was the youngest in the class and his teachers felt that he just wasn't developmentally prepared to be in second grade. What can be done in this situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Try a reward system. If the student has a reason to pay attention (they get points or tokens or tickets), they may try harder to pay attention. My sister had this issue with one of her ADHD students. He is an extreme case as he is not on medication right now, but the minute she implemented a reward system that involved daily points for good behavior (and subtraction for bad behavior), that student was much more motivated to try to manage his inattention.                 Rating 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 like this idea because it teaches kids to start to think about their feelings and actions and how to self motivate in a way and start to control their own bodies and minds. Rated On: February 28, 2019 12:05 am Rated By: byXyha