Re-read Questions and Blog on :
“Difficulties During Diaper Change” and “The Contested Doll”
As I re-read the questions and my blog I noticed that I felt comfortable in my answers, however, it was missing something. My blog was told from my perspective and how I thought the teacher and Laura felt. I went off of my knowledge and what I thought was right. I notice now that it would be important to include, yes, some “big” questions along with my answers.
“Difficulties During Diaper Change”
Since this would be Laura’s 4th day of school it would be important to know some information from Laura’s parents, such as: “How is Laura when she goes home? How does she react when she comes to school? Does Laura have a difficult time when you change her diapers at home? What are some things that you do with Laura during diaper changing? Who usually changes Laura’s diapers? What kind of baby is Laura? What are some of her likes and dislikes? How do you think that we could make Laura feel more comfortable during diaper changing at school? What are some things that we can do for Laura to make her feel more relaxed at school? How do you feel about us? Do you think we could change something that would benefit Laura, what?”
Besides only asking Laura’s parents questions we can also ask ourselves, the teachers, questions, like: “How can we make Laura feel more comfortable at school and during diaper changing? Would it have been better to change Laura’s diaper quickly or was it better to do it the way that it was done? Why? How important is it to have Laura feel comfortable in the school? What is Laura feeling during diaper changing? Is Laura feeling this way at other times during the day, when, why? How can we involve Laura’s parents in her adjusting to school? Should Laura bond with one teacher or all? How is Laura around the other children? Should we be concerned with Laura not be adjusted to school yet? Is it important that Laura always feel comfortable, why or why not? Is what Laura feeling during diaper changing normal?”
“The Contested Doll”
I feel that in this scenario I would also ask questions to get a better understanding of what happened, some of these questions I would ask my colleagues would be, “How important is it that this was Laura’s first time arguing over a toy? How do you thing she handled it? Do you think intervention was a good thing to do or not, why? How is Laura with other children? Does she play with them? How long? Is this type of play important for children her age? What can we do to increase Laura’s play? Would Laura have only reacted this way because of the doll or would another object get the same reaction?”
Also to get input from Laura’s family would be a good idea to get a more rounded understanding of Laura, questions that could be asked are, “Does Laura play with other children her own age, or a different age, what age? (does age even matter?) How is she with them? What kinds of toys does Laura like to play with at home?”
I wouldn’t be surprised if I could come up with even more questions but I think I made my point. I have learned through this course that communication between staff, parents, and child is very important. Not just the kind of communication that we already have and do but to have a deeper type of communication. One that isn’t swept under the rug or put into a file without ever to be looked at again unless a red flag comes up. To me it has become apparent that I need to step up my communication and ask questions.
