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When the Chips are Down, is the name of a workshop lead by Dr. Richard Lavoie. In this workshop he focuses heavily on the term poker chips. These chips are used to identify and associated with how we build children up and bring them down, by the words we speak to them. The objective of this workshop was to enlighten teachers on how to build self-esteem in children. His analogy is that there is good self-esteem and bad self-esteem, however it is up to parents and educators to be on the same page with regard to them both. The poker chips are earned throughout the course of a day as well as being taken away. The comparison is that we use the same standards in the classroom …show more content…

No matter what they do well, we are tasked with the job of building up there confidence. Children who are popular have a good base, so in the event they encounter someone who says something unkind to them they can shake it off somewhat easily. On the other hand we have children who do not start out with as many chips as the regular child. In this instance he likens, the comparison to a learning disabled student. This student doesn’t start the day or life for that matter with the same amount of chips as the regular student. Unfortunately, the learning disabled student may only be presented with a hand full of chips. He thinks to himself, that I should use these wisely just to make it through my day. When children encounter an individual who will not utter a compliment; gives them a put down they cannot pick themselves up and go on to make it through the day. As it stands, learning disabled children are placed into class with regular students and from the start things are off kilter. States have regulated inclusion learning in the classrooms but the child with a learning disorder realizes that he is a little different. This frustrates the student with a learning disability, and there will be days when he or she will not want to attend school professing to have a stomach ache or get involved with the wrong crowd just to avoid the frustration of

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