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  • Essay / Midterm - 848

    1) Part 1 – Explain the statement “Every behavior a child does has a healthy impulse/good idea behind it.” » In a healthy impulse, a child's behavior we might not think is safe, but in children's eyes it is something bigger. An adult or caregiver may think differently and think it is unsafe and unhealthy, because it does not meet the adult's needs and expectations (HELP document). And that could jeopardize what that child was thinking at that moment. Every child we see has a good healthy impulse/and idea behind it, but most of the time not every parent can or can't see what's going on in that child's mind, so we scream sometimes after the child, but in a child we defend their the fight or flight response is triggered because someone is upset or scared for the child's well-being, so that child will want to run or move away from the scary situation, which could cause stress for that child. And might think the intention was out of curiosity, but now this child is afraid of this object (John notes), and that could really hurt a child's self-esteem. Part 2 - For example; a toddler is at home with his mother and the toddler is in the living room, mom is on the couch reading her book, looks up and the toddler is taking all his toys out of the toy box, and mom told him to don't do it for the 5th time, then (honoring the impulse) mom says "I see you have all the toys out, and you want to play with them, do you want to play with all of them?" “The toddler shakes his head no, so mom says; “Put aside the toys you want to play with and help me put the other toys away, the child is screaming, crying and kicking,” says mom (empathetic) “I see you are upset, will you you put them on yourself? The child nods yes, then mom says: “Okay, I will...... middle of paper ...... denying the feeling of the child crying. For example, if a child is crying because a family member is dropping them off and a caregiver might say, "I see you're really upset,' let's go to the window and wave to your mother one last time" ( John's Notes) And this way the child could have some form of closure when a parent or family member leaves, if that child is still upset and crying, I will let that child express all of their emotional needs and let him take as much time as they need to cry. If they go to their compartment and take a picture of their mom, I will let them look at the picture and I will even let the child draw a picture for mom or dad. for whoever dropped them off, I will ask them if they want help, if the child doesn't need help. I will give him some time to draw or write to a family member, and I will come back to the group when he is ready..