Go to the Chapter 4 Book Portal on the Conscious Discipline website, found at
https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/book-portal/chapter-4-composure/
and select a video that interests you from any of the sections (#3 is the only one that does not have any video content).
Please make every effort to select a variety of videos. It will be a much more interesting discussion!
View the video, then post the following for your colleagues by Monday 01/27:
https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/book-portal/chapter-4-composure/
and select a video that interests you from any of the sections (#3 is the only one that does not have any video content).
Please make every effort to select a variety of videos. It will be a much more interesting discussion!
View the video, then post the following for your colleagues by Monday 01/27:
- Briefly describe the contents of the video and what you learned.
- Was this video useful to you personally? Why or why not?
- Who would benefit from viewing this video?
- Would this video be useful to share with the whole group at the next book study meeting? Why or why not?
When you respond to your colleagues by Monday 02/02, state whether you are interested in viewing the video and explain the reasons for your response.
Be sure to monitor your initial post periodically to see if there are any questions that need to be addressed.
I watched this video https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/book-portal/chapter-4-composure/#13safeplaceselfregulationlearningcenter
ReplyDeleteI picked it because it was a 1st grade model of the "safe place", which I introduced last week. It was useful personally because it showed me what it looks like and why it might be used in another classroom. It was confirming. If you've introduced a safe place and been slightly discourage by it (I kept it together, but Grandma can't handle it), this might be for you. It's less than a minute long.
Good for the whole group? Probably not. It doesn't explain the safe place, but it sure does show a squirmy girl, missing her dad.
I need a bigger room in order to have a safe place. I can't come up with a good place that wouldn't eliminate a much-needed storage space.
DeleteI love the idea of a safe place in my classroom, but I agree with you Nicole, not enough room to do it. Wouldn't it be fun to be able to design your own classroom from scratch? I can only imagine the great things I would see in the different classrooms at different grade levels.
DeleteI thought I would need space for a safe place, but I really only have a chair next to the door and it does the trick.
DeleteI watched the video for "Attuned or Misattuned?" - It was a brief overview of the brain states and triggers. The video caption also mentioned temperaments, but I didn't really notice much about that. The video is about 6 minutes long.
ReplyDeleteI learned that we naturally have a tendency to try to match brain states. Someone in the emotional state wants you to also be in the emotional state because then you're speaking the same "language". But the adult should never be in a lower brain state than the child. Additionally, as adults, we should strive to be in the executive state all of the time.
I don't feel like this was all that helpful to me because I need to know HOW to do this. How do I keep from being triggered? How do I find the time to negotiate with an emotional or "flipped" student and do it successfully? And it honestly goes against everything that I've learned as an educator to negotiate with children who are acting out, so I am really struggling with that.
This video would be helpful to someone who is still unclear about the 3 brain states and needs to review it quickly. It would not be good for the whole group because there's not enough new information and really no strategies.
I very much agree with you Nicole, on finding ways to not be so easily triggered. And more importantly, I'd like strategies/techniques of what to do with remainder of class while I/we deal with student that is emotional or 'flipped out'. As was brought up at meeting on Friday a bit, what about the learning of the other students who are trying to learn?
DeleteIt is extremely difficult to remain in a calm state when many students are displaying disrespect in the classroom.
DeleteI agree with all the above comments. What Bridgette says is very true, so I would also agree with Rhonda on finding the techniques not to get easily triggered. I wish I wouldn't let people push my buttons so easily.
DeleteI actually watched several of the videos, but the ones that stuck with me the most were 'Oops', Attuned or misattuned?, and the section with the 'Jack Be Noodle' ritual. I believe that any of these would be useful within our classrooms. While we all make mistakes (including us adults) it is always good to know--and also be reminded-that mistakes are often made into opportunities to be learned from. Students need to realize that we and their classmates can help realize this and recognize the lesson to be learned. With 'Attuned or misattuned', I was reminded that, as adults and educators, we are better equipped to think through our actions and responses to the student behaviors and choices within the classroom. With our words and actions, we can share/teach children a better way.
ReplyDeleteI believe anyone could benefit from watching these and practicing what we learned.
I wonder at what point we stopped trying to help students solve problems and instead only began punishing them for having problems. I look at my 2 year old and teach him so much about what is going on around him, but when my 13 year old acts out, I forget she's learning too. As you said, we are better equipped to think through our actions and responses, so why don't we?
DeleteThe videos I watched in Chapter 4 were called downloading calm. I learned that I would not use the techniques that they showed at a fourth grade level. This video was useful to me to see what an early educator may do in their classroom. I can modify the calming activity by using 4 square breathing at my level as a whole class. What stuck out to me, was the rest of the classroom was very noisy as the teacher was working with one student. I think all could benefit from watching this video, especially early elementary. I wouldn't show this at book study because I don't think all grade levels would see the value of these specific activities. The second video was not showing an example of the technique. They were just talking about how well it worked. I'm one who would like to see it in the real classroom.
ReplyDeleteWhen my son was in pre school, his safe place was the "Cozy Cave". Being autistic, he had difficulty with many sensory issues. One such issue was being around too many people, harsh lights, and noise. When these issues exacerbated, he went right to the "cozy cave". He could still listen and see what was going on - but he felt safe from all the commotion. This was in response to Alesha's comment.
ReplyDeleteI also felt the downloading calm videos would be something useful for me. However, I can relate to the noisy class at times. Instead of working with one student - why not the whole class, therefore, keeping things under control. Also, you would think that downloading calm would show more useful activities geared toward the upper elementary levels. I also felt the the "Attuned /misattuned" video didn't really help me that much. As a teacher, I try to remain calm at all times, but there are times when I am at the same state as my student. I have learned at times just to say "I respect you too much to argue with you", and this seems to calm the student and is easier for me to eliminate the arguing and remain calm myself.
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