Another hot issue!
Speaking of bullies, I have possibly encountered another problem. I boy (age 12) was teased that he is bad at English. He actually is weaker than others, he also has dyslexia and dysgraphia so he is weak in all subjects, but English is a foreign language so it is even worse. I pay attention to his disorders and help his as much as I can, and know. Unfortunately besides the formal knowledge in psychology and the theory on what the two disorders are I had no previous practical training!
I got information and materials from Internet sytes http://www.dyslexia-teacher.com/ http://www.dyslexiahelp.co.uk/ and many more...
But, the last two weeks I have noticed that the boy is not in my classes. Once he was absent when an assessment sheet was being held (they knew it before) and the next few days he left school previous to my classes because of abdominal pain.
I believe he is avoiding class. Could it already be a form of School Phobia? http://www.panic-anxiety.com/phobias/didaskaleinophobia/
I am sorry for this because I try my best not to make a difference between him and the rest, but the other children are very cruel to him. I tryed talking to them when he was absent, warning them to be more tolerant. They nod their head but behave as they did before.
Ideas? Suggestions? Experiences?
- singerina's blog
- Login or register to post comments
Log in or register
Follow TeachingEnglish
 |
 |
 |
 |
Comments
Hello Singerina,
As to me, the problem is much deeper than can be seen. Of course, teachers play a lot of roles. They can be instead of parents in school ,as a friend and even psychologist. But in my opinion teacher isn`t a psycologist and can`t solve such kind of problems totally. The teacher only can help such Ss in some way. Don`t be sorry and ask his parents to work with the specialist and maybe at that time you all together could be able to overcome the problem.
Yes I feel I am not capable of solving it. As you say I am a teacher, not a psychologist. But I feel an obligation to help. It is my classes he is skipping.. :/
I wouldn't talk about this young guy with the class, they have their own stereotypes and that's it. He is different. Kids rarely accpet those kids who are different in some way. I would encourage him and give positive feedback in front of the class. Try to develop learning strategies for him, if he can't do that himself. I've had such a student before, so I talked to him during breaks and checked his homework. If you show yourself tolerance, patience towards him you will give a model to the whole class. Do it systematically, not from time to time. Such Ss are often rejected and denied by teachers. I love the story on storyonline.net "Thank you, Mr. Falker" about the girl with dyslexia and how her teacher helped her and later she became a famous children's writer.
Dear partner,students can be very cruel from time to time.. So, very hard and real issue again..Actually it seems that,,you did your best for him;but his dyslexia is another problem,,So,, huffff.. hımm..... have you ever talked with his family,,,how are they? how is your relationship with them?...
Happy to see a post about the ones who has dyslexia, however sorry to hear that he has dyslexia.I didn' face a student like this or maybe we jus don't know even if there was one. I'm sure you searched for information about him. But just another suggestion to help you understand him better and find a way for his good, please check one of my posts in which I mentioned about this.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/dgdokurlar/maybe-you-are-hero-a-...
Happy blogging:)
The boy knows and feels that you think and worry about him. You all need time and patience
His family is strange. His father wants him to do good at school but sets some wrong examples for him, hits him for bad marks, so I don´t contact him at all anymore. I try to have a relationship only woth the student, one on one.
Dyslexia is a very big problem, but the bigger problem are the children who have it but it isn´t diagnosed! so they have bad marks, have a very hard time and no one pays attention to what is the problem.
I have two more children, already grade 7, who I believe have it. Wrongly written words, incapable of even copying from the blackboard, always letters missing, troubles with reading, mixing /m/ with /n/ and /f/ and /h/.
Is it late for them to get special treatment? What do you think? I think it is never too late!
I hope so, Elena. And I wish he will approach me if he has any problem.
Thank you all so much for responding to me. I sometimes have a feeling my school psychologists would wish that there were no children with special needs, and don´t like talking about really problematic issues..