EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS I

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SUMMARY

This course will focus on teaching children who chronologically and markedly respond to their environments in socially inacceptable or personally unsatisfying ways. The focus of this course will be on the identification and teaching of children with behavioural disordered. Specific means by which teachers may assist children with behavioural disorders will be examined and discussed.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Get ready to do a lot of reading a lot of chapter quizzes. The majority of the coursework focused on online testing. This is one way of keeping accountability, but perhaps not the most effective method of applying and retaining the information in the textbooks. Two case studies were examined and reflected upon, which assisted in making the readings more applicable to my personal professional situation.

REFLECTION

As I reflect back upon this course, I have visions of multiple-choice tests. Fortunately for me, the content covered in this course was of great interest to me. I found the information in the textbooks fascinating and through-provoking. This is when I first discovered mindfulness. Although mindfulness was not part of the course, as I examined one of the case studies, I found that the calming effects of mindfulness were potentially beneficial to the child in the case study as well as to my own students.

SIGNIFICANT READINGS

Gotink, R. A., Meijboom, R., Vernooij, M. W., Smits, M., & Hunink, M. M. (2016). 8-week
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction induces brain changes similar to traditional long-term meditation practice - A systematic review. Brain & Cognition, 10832-41. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2016.07.001
Gural, D. M., & MacKay-Chiddenton, D. (2016).  Abnormal or exceptional: mental health literacy for child and youth care.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Huang, Z. M., Fay, R., & White, R. (2017). Mindfulness and the ethics of intercultural knowledge-work. Language & Intercultural Communication, 17(1), 45-57. doi:10.1080/14708477.2017.1261672
Hawn, G. and Holden, W. (2011). 10 Mindful Minutes: Giving our children--and ourselves--the social and emotional skills to reduce stress and anxiety for healthier, happy lives. New York, NY: Perigree.
Hawn Foundation. (2011). MindUp Curriculum: Grades K-2 Brain focused strategies for learning and living. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Kauffman, J. M., & Landrum, T. J. (2013). Cases in emotional and behavioural disorders of children and youth (3rd Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.