Topic > Intermediate - 848

1) Part 1 – Explain the statement “Every behavior a child does has a healthy impulse/good idea behind it.” In a healthy impulse a child's behavior that we may not think is unsafe, but in children's eyes is something greater. An adult or caregiver might think differently and think that it is unsafe and unhealthy, because it does not fit the adult's needs and expectations (HELP handout). And that could jeopardize what that child was thinking at the time. Every child we see has a healthy impulse and a good idea behind it but most of all not all parents can or cannot see what is going on in the child's mind so sometimes we yell and scream at the child but in defense of the child their La fight or flight response is triggered because someone is upset or scared about the child's well-being, so that child will want to escape or escape from that scary situation, which may cause stress to that child. And you might think that the intention was out of curiosity, but now that child is afraid of that object (Jean notes), and that could really damage a child's self-esteem. Part 2 - For example; a baby is at home with mom and the baby is in the living room, mom is on the couch reading her book, she looks up and the baby is taking out all her toys from the toy box and mom told her to don't do it for the fifth time, then (honoring the impulse) mom says "I see you have all the toys out and you want to play with them, do you want to play with all of them?" “The child says no, so says the mother; “Let's put aside the toys you want to play with and help me put away the other toys, the little girl screams, cries and kicks her feet,” says the mother (empathy) “I see you are upset, do you want to put them away?” away too?" The child nods yes, so the mother says: "Ok, let's go...... middle of paper...... denying the sensation of the child who was crying. For example, if a child cries because a family member accompanies him and a caregiver might say “I see you are really angry”, let's go to the window and say goodbye to your mother for the last time” (Jean notes). And that way the child might have some form of closure when a parent or family member leaves, if that child is still upset and crying, I'll let that child let out all their emotional needs and I'll let them take it all the necessary time they need to cry. If they go to the storage room and take a picture of mom, I will let them look at the photo and I will also let the child draw a picture for mom or dad or whoever left them, I will ask if they want help, if the child doesn't need it To help, I will give him some time to draw or write to his family member and I will return to the group when he is ready.