Saturday, October 11, 2008

Assignment 6

1.     How well is your child adapting to social situations in the home and outside the home?  Does your child have any behavior or emotional problems at this point?  Why do you think these problems are occurring and what are you doing about them?

 Sky is adapting very well in social situations right now, in the home Sky is becoming helpful and seems to be doing great, the only information I have regarding Sky outside of the home came from her report card and it had nothing but great things to say about Sky.  In school Sky has been working very cooperatively with groups, usually respects rights and property of others, usually demonstrates appropriate peer social interaction, listens attentively and follows directions, and usually follows classroom rules.  Sky seems to be doing ok with emotional issues right now, which is good because me and my partner just split up and Sky seems to be handling the situation just fine.  However Sky has had a few behavior problems that seemed to have popped up out of know where, Sky has been cheating in games lately.  I’m not too sure where she got the idea to cheat.  I think she is still a little too young to understand the morals behind cheating, Sky has know problem when it comes to knowing what is right and wrong. I truly think that Sky got the idea to cheat by simply understanding that a game is played to win and she wants to win, now that she is getting older she is becoming more and more sufficient in figuring things out.  So with that in mind I think she just figured out she can cut some corners in order to win.  Currently I am focusing on explaining to Sky that cheating is not right and if she continues to do it know one will want to participate in games with her.

 2.     Do you notice any improvements in cognitive and language skills since age 4?  Give specific examples.  Does your child have any special needs with regard to cognitive or language development at this point and what do you plan to do. 

  Sky is becoming more and more efficient in her language abilities, Sky seems to be improving every time I get a progress report regarding her speaking, reading, and writing skills.  For example Sky has been reading a lot of books ever since I can remember, whether it was me reading it too her or her being able to read it herself.  Sky is now in first grade and I made the decision to go ahead and buy her some new books that were above her reading level, and now Sky is reading books at a second grade level.  I am very proud of her, I’m hoping that all the reading she has been doing is going to pay off in the long run.  That is one example of an improvement but unfortunately I have an example of Sky needing some special attention with cognitive learning.  When Sky was 4 I got a progress report stating that Sky’s cognitive skills are lacking in the area of copying designs, solving picture puzzles and building block towers.  Since that report card Sky hasn’t really had much improvement since the report card stated that she required some additional support in the areas of spatial understanding and visual arts, which reflects the problems I stated above.  I am a little confused on how to fix this problem since I have been dealing with it for some time now, but I do have some ideas.  I plan on taking some time to sit down with sky and trying to put some puzzles together, study some picture books with certain designs, and maybe even buy a little doll house that we can put together.  By putting a doll house together it might give sky the basic understanding of looking at something and then trying to make all the pieces fit together in order for it to turn into a doll house.  Those are just some ideas that I have been thinking over but who knows if that will have the desired effect, on a good note though Sky is developmentally appropriate in math now and when she was 4 she wasn’t really up to speed in that category. 

 3.     Which aspects of your child’s behavior and personality reflect continuities from earlier behavior and which seem to be novel for this age level?

 Sky has tons of great aspects about her, she is such a fun loveable person that seems to surprise me all the time.  One of Sky’s behavior traits that has been very continuous is how sociable she is.  Sky was a little shy when she was like 2 yrs. old, but grew out of that stage and has continuously been very sociable and liked by many.  This is very good for her age level because she is now at the point where she needs to be sociable and be able to interact with others in an appropriate way, and from the information that I have gathered Sky seems to be right where she needs to be regarding her social skills and seems to be very consistent in this category.  Her social skills also seem to play a big role in her personality, Sky has been considered a leader for quite some time now.  Sky’s personality is awesome sometimes she can be a little brat but that’s to be expected.  When she was younger around 3 years old we started teaching her the difference between right and wrong, with those skills being taught Sky has the basic understanding of how to treat people.  Once again Sky is at that age where she needs to understand the appropriate way to behave when it comes to the rules and how she is to present herself while around others and with that information at hand Sky is doing well for her age when it comes to interacting with others and being able to follow rules at home and in the education setting. 

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