Character Building Parents are often the first models and teachers of character their children interact with. Even before children are able to talk and walk, their subconscious is collecting data from their external environments. Character building can be challenging especially in a technology driven culturally diverse climate we live in. I can recall establishing a norm with my niece to not interact with our cell phones while eating in public because we want to give our full attention to each other or the company we are with. This norm is easier said than done when it is tempting to document our experience by taking multiple pictures of different posed angles followed by a social share on Instagram or Snapchat. Once we deviate from the …show more content…
Unlike most of her friends during Christmas break who were fixated on what they were going to find under the Christmas tree, my niece was fixated on raising funds to support the efforts of the International Justice Mission to help end modern day slavery. This level of service-oriented, compassion driven character in her required me providing her with opportunities and support to serve her community through various endeavors she is passionate about. Often times parents become fixated on reprimanding the negative behaviors their children exhibit instead of noticing, praising and further, reinforcing the positive behaviors they practiced. For example, I may get heated when I discover my niece has performed a certain behavior I condone; however, there have been times when she has done a positive behavior and it goes undetected because it did not require me reprimanding her. She has had to bring it to my attention at times that I have overlooked something positive that she has done. When this happens, I apologize for my oversight and praise her for exemplifying positive characteristics independently. As I reflect on this experience, it is essential for parents to take notice and invest more time in positive character building and reinforcement as a preventive to negative behaviors. When children feel seen and appreciated, they are more likely to engage in favorable behaviors that invoke the
Parents need to set rules about how often technology can be used in households because children aren't learning how to live life without it, or even how to think without it. It's showing in how children are choosing to socialize with others their age. Teachers of middle schoolers "observed that students sit in the dining hall and look at their phones. When they share things together, what they are sharing is what is on their phones." (Turkle). It's almost as if a new language and way of conversing has developed between adolescence. With the old way of conversation slowly declining, children aren't learning how to empathize with one
This assignment will look at supporting positive behaviour. I will begin by looking at why consistency is important when dealing with behaviour and applying boundaries and rules. I will include some examples of these rules and boundaries in accordance with school policy and procedure
This encourages the child to continue the positive behaviour and they will be rewarded with positive attention and something for example as a toy or treat.
It is essential that positive behaviour is always promoted and praised to encourage children to continue their ‘good choices’. Teachers and other adults in schools should also demonstrate positive behaviour as children notice when adults’ behaviour is out of character. If teachers are being positive role models it is more likely that pupils will also behave in a positive way.
Policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour
Summarise the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour.
Summarise the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour.
2Class Work Sheet (12.12.11) Unit 3.2 Promote child and young persons development 3.2 A5: Supporting positive
Summarise the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people's positive behaviour (1.1)
Throughout my life, I’ve always had an immense interest in helping others. Being involved in the National Charity League for 5 years has given me the opportunity to be involved with charities that I otherwise would’ve never known about. I’ve had the privilege to help with over b charities in and around my community throughout my years as an NCL member. By far my favorite would have to be Grace’s Feed Our Kids that I have volunteered at every summer since my start in NCL. Through this charity, we are able to provide lunches and fun games to underprivileged kids in Grapevine during the unbearably hot Texas summer days. Each day we serve different meals, either donated from local restaurants or homemade by my NCL class, and have a variety of things for the kids to do, like coloring, water guns,
It is this effort that impressed me the most. I have nearly three and a half years of experience under my belt, where I have worked with nearly 700 different students and I have not met a student more dedicated to having a positive impact on her community. Rebecca has participated in activities such as: Cleaning the local beach of trash, serving citizens at local Soup Kitchen, providing gifts and services to the local nursing home, handed out books at community Safe Haven on Halloween, and helped organize the school blood drive. Last year she was so concerned about promoting the literacy of her community that she approached me about sponsoring a book club. I was awed that she would be willing to take on more activities into her already busy plate and gladly helped her in founding Raymondville High School’s first book
In our current culture we see a lack of respect for adults and authority, too many video games and the expectation of instant gratification in our children. In this culture, it is more important than ever to raise our children in a positive environment. If children are taught the important and basic principles mentioned above, at a young age, these principles are more likely to become part of their character. Your children will take these traits with them as they mature into productive and active adolescents, teens and adults.
Children look to adults, parents, and teachers for approval in order to confirm that the behaviors they are exhibiting are ones that are desired (Lawhon & Lawhon, 2000). By acknowledging the child’s behavior as appropriate we teach the child which behaviors are preferred over others (Bukatko & Daehler, 2001).
I first read the article about positive behavioral supports. I gained an insight about the importance of knowing and observing the child. If we do not carefully do observation, we could misunderstand why a child is behaving a certain way. If we do not understand the why, then we cannot solve the problem. We need to know the purpose of the behavior so we can teach an alternate behavior that provides the same purpose as the undesired behavior. We as teachers can also lessen the amount of times a student is exposed to the trigger which causes the behavior. If we do all of these parts we can help a child overcome the negative behavior and replace it with a positive behavior. I am going to practice looking at what trigger’s Matthew’s bad behavior so that I can avoid those triggers. This will help me learn the process so I will be a more effective teacher when I have my own classroom.
This research will include a pilot intervention program called Think Positive-Live Positive (TPLP), for young teens alongside with parental involvement, which will use cognitive behavioral techniques to teach children to identify the negative aspects of various situations and adjust successfully. The aim will be to help children modify their thoughts, focus on the positive perspectives of each event, and cope with negativity using positive and adaptable solutions. In addition, the intervention program will teach parents how to interact better with their children, and aims to make them good and understanding coaches. To measure children’s positivity, and negativity, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) will be used ahead of the