1.) Investigation
Please identify two resources related to (but not directly from) the course content that will enhance your professional practice and deepen your understanding of the course. For example, consider looking for resources that will:
Allow you to extend your learning beyond the course
Challenge your beliefs or assumptions
Provide an alternative viewpoint to course content
Resources selected may be blogs, podcasts, websites, videos, documentaries, films, articles, books, journals or combination. Resources selected should be recent – published within the last five years.
Summarize what you learn from critically analyzing each resource. (Examples of critical analysis include asking questions, looking for gaps in information, disputing contradictions, etc.) Please explain how the resource supports or challenges your assumptions and/or course content and how the information presented will impact your professional practice.
To meet “A” criteria as outlined in the course rubric, please include at least two different examples detailing how the resource supports or challenges assumptions AND explain two ways this resource will impact your professional practice. Each resource review should total 2 paragraphs, or more. For each resource, include:
Title
Author
Copyright or publishing date
URL if applicable
2.) Application
The course text (How to reach and teach children with challenging behavior by Kaye Otten and Jodie Tuttle) lists several common reasons that students may display problem behaviors, and the video discusses the idea of children “doing well when they can.” First, watch this video that outlines the reasons “why” children may make poor behavior choices, and then complete the activity that follows. ( )
Choose a problem behavior that you have experienced with a student. Outline information you have on setting, triggering antecedents and the “payoff” for displaying the undesirable behavior. Then, write a short note to them, explaining that you now understand why they did the thing they did.
