Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Emotional Breakdowns I have a second grade student who has had many behavior problems in the past. He was recently put on medication that has helped tremendously.Unfortunately, he is now very emotional. At some point each day he becomes very sad. He weeps uncontrollably and says he misses his dad (who is no longer in the picture). The episodes can last over an hour and he is missing a lot. How should I approach this situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I wonder if the student could maybe carry a picture or something that would help him to feel close to his dad while at school. I had a student like that one year and against others opinion I allowed the student to call their mom for a while in the morning so they would know the mom was safe and only a phone call away. I only did it a couple weeks, but it worked. You could also allow the student to do an activity they enjoy to maybe take their mind off the dad.                 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 think this is a good idea especially if the father recently left the students life. It could be a traumatic situation for him and a memento to comfort him could resolve the situation as long as it did not become a distraction for the student. Rated On: October 3, 2015 3:44 pm Rated By: Tamupy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I like most of what you're saying, except that you'd probably get a lot of students who would want to call mom or dad to get out of doing their work. I also feel that having a picture would likely cause more distractions for the student. Rated On: October 18, 2015 9:34 pm Rated By: eVaVeH                 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: This is a great idea. I had a student who lost his grandfather a few days before Veterans Day. His grandfather was in the War. We decorated our door and I allowed him to put photos of his grandfather up. I also allowed him 30 minutes to make a presentation and talk about his grandfather and bring in memorable items. This helped him a lot and the other students were able to see why he was so upset and began comforting him when he did get upset. Rated On: February 25, 2018 3:33 pm Rated By: uBybuz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I don't think this is great solution, if the father is no longer in his life, having a picture of him to look at every day might bring up even more memories or cause the student to be even sadder. Rated On: October 19, 2019 5:07 pm Rated By: aHaQaj                 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: Very helpful, thank you Rated On: October 16, 2022 11:56 pm Rated By: egamyp