Well, we are into a new school year. I can't believe that this is my 12th year teaching. Where has the time gone? One of my old students came by and is now in high school. I had him in second grade! What is going on here? I am starting to feel a little old. Ahhh.. oh well, on to the business at hand.
Student 12 has been having more tantrums lately. Today we were playing dodgeball and he had won the previous game, but then was hit casually by a ball that he did not see. He paused for a second and then burst into tears complaining that the ball had hurt his foot. Tears flowed incredibly quick. His face was soaked in less than a minute. There were two other events today that were of a similar nature. It is obvious to me that he seems to have very little coping mechanism for his emotion when things do not go his way. The question is what can I give him in terms of tools to deal with this kind of disconnect between his feelings and the resolution to the problem. I think I need to start first by reinforcing his crying as NOT the means to a resolution. I want him to use his words to express what he is feeling and then seek a resolution. Uugggg…. Criers are harder to deal with than most.
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