Free Play: Case Study Questions And Answers

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Concern 2: During the free play time, when Luke is faced with the distressful or unexpected events, he frequently displays emotional outburst as severe as crying out loud instead of being calm and solving the problems. My Hypothesis: Luke’s emotional outburst when faced with the distressful or unexpected events is resulted from his not receiving enough attention from the teachers to proactively give him individualized support and emotional coaching in order to prevent the same situation from happening over and over again. Evidence: Luke is emotionally unstable and incompetent in coping with his negative emotions when distressful and unexpected things happen to him during the free play time. For instance, when his peers accidentally broke …show more content…

It is without doubt that Mrs. Y and Mrs. Z play the most important role in noticing Luke’s reoccurring patterns of behavior and came up with strategies to teaching him how to cope with such situations. Yet neither of them responded to Luke’s emotional needs both during and after the three similar accidents. They just let similar things happen over and over again, which indicates that the teachers’ level of sensitivity and responsiveness is rather …show more content…

During one of my conversations with Mrs. Z, I learned that the transition is not easy for Luke. Before he upgraded to our class, he was the eldest child in the toddler class, who was far more competent in every aspect than his peers. Nevertheless, his role in my class has been completely shifted—he becomes the youngest child in the class and is often ignored by his elder peers. To become part of the class, he subconsciously imitate whatever other kids do but fails to distinguish what are the “right” and “wrong” things to do. However, Luke is not the one to blame because the teachers have never made it clear to him what are their expectations for the desired

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