Ashanti's Defiance Observation

458 Words1 Page

Ashanti’s Inappropriate Interactions with peers, in regards to her taking video images and pictures were not exhibited during my observations. It was shared during the Interviews, that Ashanti previously had taken pictures of another student and posted it on the internet. It would be hard to ascertain the function of this behavior since these behaviors were not exhibited during the in-school observations.
Ashanti’s Defiance behaviors appear to be derived from her frustration with completing assignments or activities that are difficult or those that are less preferred. I did have the opportunity to observe her defiance behavior during English class when her teacher needed to give her several prompts to get started on the assignment, which she eventually did not complete. When she was asks to complete the assignment at one point she adamantly stated, “I am not doing that work”. Although, she was encouraged and given prompts it was obvious that she was not interested in completing the assignment nor adhering to the teacher’s …show more content…

Her classroom disruptions were once again observed during her English class, as she used a loud voice tone, taking “selfie” pictures on her phone, continually talking with her classmate, yelling out, and getting out of her seat. As she yells out a response to the teacher, it was obvious that she wanted him to come over to address her, as well as she gained attention from the female classmates sitting near her. Ashanti needs to learn how to access the attention from her teacher by raising her hand or asking for help rather than exhibiting inappropriate behaviors. During math class, whenever she wanted the teacher to come over to help her she would put her head down, or get on her phone. The teacher would always come over to get her back on task and offer support, especially once he observed her exhibiting these

Open Document