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<blockquote data-quote="Angela41" data-source="post: 573463" data-attributes="member: 14703"><p>My son was a very oppositional preschooler. It seemed like daily, I would get a report that he would be asked to stop doing something, and would go right on doing it until he had to be escorted to the office. Or worse, he would wind up and hit another kid. It was so stressful.</p><p></p><p> One teacher in particular reminds me of your director- a nice person, but obviously frustrated and disgruntled my son's defiance. </p><p></p><p>We dealt with it by having a meeting between me, his counselor, and the teachers. The counselor suggested a "simple-to-implement" sticker, that C could bring home if he had a good day. I would provide a small reward for the sticker (not the school). Like J, C responds better to a reward system and this didn't seem to be an inconvenience (certainly not more than his behavior). </p><p></p><p>Well, the teacher that I mentioned argued against any individual system for my boy (would it make the other kids feel bad? would it be too difficult?). I decided then and there, to finish the year and move my son. It became obvious to me that the school just wasn't going to meet his needs, and his self-esteem was suffering. </p><p></p><p>His next school did a sticker chart for all of the kids and C got in trouble only a fraction of the time that he did in the previous school. It wasn't perfect, there were still times when he appeared not to listen, but it let me isolate what was "C" and what was the escalating negativity between him and teachers. </p><p></p><p>Now we have him in a very expensive (ughh!) private school with only nine students, a teacher and an assistant teacher. C is overstimulated by other kids, large groups of kids and in particular intense kids. All the kids in his current class get special "good listening" awards and a "thinking lap" (i.e. a walk around the playground at recess) if things aren't going well. C has been in trouble twice in six months of K.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angela41, post: 573463, member: 14703"] My son was a very oppositional preschooler. It seemed like daily, I would get a report that he would be asked to stop doing something, and would go right on doing it until he had to be escorted to the office. Or worse, he would wind up and hit another kid. It was so stressful. One teacher in particular reminds me of your director- a nice person, but obviously frustrated and disgruntled my son's defiance. We dealt with it by having a meeting between me, his counselor, and the teachers. The counselor suggested a "simple-to-implement" sticker, that C could bring home if he had a good day. I would provide a small reward for the sticker (not the school). Like J, C responds better to a reward system and this didn't seem to be an inconvenience (certainly not more than his behavior). Well, the teacher that I mentioned argued against any individual system for my boy (would it make the other kids feel bad? would it be too difficult?). I decided then and there, to finish the year and move my son. It became obvious to me that the school just wasn't going to meet his needs, and his self-esteem was suffering. His next school did a sticker chart for all of the kids and C got in trouble only a fraction of the time that he did in the previous school. It wasn't perfect, there were still times when he appeared not to listen, but it let me isolate what was "C" and what was the escalating negativity between him and teachers. Now we have him in a very expensive (ughh!) private school with only nine students, a teacher and an assistant teacher. C is overstimulated by other kids, large groups of kids and in particular intense kids. All the kids in his current class get special "good listening" awards and a "thinking lap" (i.e. a walk around the playground at recess) if things aren't going well. C has been in trouble twice in six months of K. [/QUOTE]
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