Dominating the last couple of weeks has been the behaviour of one particular child. I have been in "the pit" several times feeling that i'm not doing enough for this child, or that perhaps i'm triggering the behaviour.... What I am beginning to realise is that he is 5, and a 5 year old child, even one as challenging as this one is, shouldn't play on my mind, or affect my home life.
Decision made, and whilst I may ponder on the day, I now don't let the day affect me (too much!). Our belief that "it takes a village to raise a child" and my realisation that this applies to this situation too has also been a load off my shoulders.
Putting together the IBP has been like the icing on the cake. We have documented what to do in various situation and even gone as far as detailing what language we use with him, his goals, our goals, and a check list of questions we ask ourselves before interacting with him.
This has been in place for 2 days and they have been 2 amazing days for this child. The positive language, clear expectations and clear consequences are hopefully having the affect we are all working so hard to achieve.
The other good thing about putting this in place during week 7 of term 4, is that next year, when we hopefully have him again, we can refer him early on, and we have a plan of attack that seems to work!!
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