Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 4/4/2007 7:51:00 AM Author: Barbara Subject: We have a suspension and termination pol... We have a suspension and termination policy in our parent and staff handbooks and we will follow it to suspend or terminate care. It starts with written notes sent home. In the note, besides describing the unacceptable behavior, we tell the parent what we have done to correct it and ask them for support at home to reinforce the correct behavior. After the second note for the same behavior, a parent conference is requested where we decide together on the appropriate action, which could include calling in an outside consultant to observe the child and help in the decision making process. If that fails, the child is either suspended or terminated, depending a lot on the willingness of the parents to help. Using candy as a "good behavior" reinforcement is something that I do not encourage. Some children may react to the sugar or red dye in the candy making the situation worse. You need to have the support of your director. Ask her/him to get involved by observing the behaviors of the children and asking for suggestions to improve behavior. Sometimes when children are bored, they react negatively. Have you talked to the children to get suggestions of what they like to do and what they don't like to do. You can't alter your program to suit their likes and dislikes, but it will give them a feeling of ownership in the room. One of the times that we have discipline problems with our older children is a transition times - lining up for snack, waiting for everyone to finish a project, etc. We need to keep our children busy. There are several good books on transition activities - Transition Magician I and II from Redleaf Press and 2 of them - which are full of great activities to use. Good luck with your class and remember May 23 isn't that far away! Name: Email: Subject

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