Guest guest Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 We had this problem with our son, Logan. Some of the things we used included: 1) plenty of warning (basically a countdown) starting at 5 minutes before it was time to go inside 2) allowing Logan to blow the whistle if he lined up first and without any problems (he had his own that the aide kept until it was time) 3) daily stickers for following directions with a prize every so many stickers 4) lots and lots of positive reinforcement Good luck! Logan's in 2nd grade now and this problem is basically resolved (except, of course, for the rare day when it comes back " out of the blue, " LOL) Kim > ’s teacher is reporting that she is refusing to leave the playground with her class. The teacher is having to go and physically get her. It seems that I remember this being discussed somewhere and some suggestions for managing it. Has anyone dealt with this or have reference to helpful articles? Thanks! > Hope > > ------------------------------------ > > 1. Anything suggested on this site or opinions offered are not intended to be medical or pharmaceutical advice or otherwise take the place of your physicians orders, nor to diagnose or treat your specific health problems. > Please discuss all methods of treatment with your practitioner. > > 2 *****WARNING: Flames and inappropriate treatment of other members on this list will NOT be tolerated. > > 3. Our HOME page is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DownSyndromeInfoExchange where all archived posts as well as photos,links, files, articles etc. are found. You " MUST " have a Yahoo ID and pass word to enter it. > > > To contact Kathy, owner & moderator > kathy_r@... > > To contact , owner & moderator > noliptoday@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I've had this issue with both of my kids--around 1st-3rd grades. Kit still ocassionally is a stinker and won't come in but it has gotten better. I know we've tried a variety of tactics. Here are a few: 1. Social story that we read over and over and over, about " good " playground behavior and when the whistle blew it was time for EVERYONE to line up/come in. 2. Give her a warning/heads-up about 3-5 minutes before the actual whistle...just to get the idea in her head and let it process, maybe reminding her of the story and reciting a line or two from it. 3. Give her a " job " at the end of recess--she could be the whistle blower, have a clipboard and make sure everyone is in line, an envelope that she has to take to the office on the way back to her classroom, etc... 4. Utilize a favorite peer/peers to entice her to line up with them, maybe race them to the line, etc.. 5. Five minutes of a choice activity if she lined up and came in appropriately--computer time, a puzzle, a visit to the office or other special place, a quick game with a peer, a call to talk to mom, a piece of gum, etc... I'm sure there are other things, but this I recall right off the top of my head. This seems to be a fairly common dilemma. Jill Mom to Mac (13 yrs., 8th grade, Ds) and Kit (10 yrs., 4th grade, Ds) ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Reply-To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:21:50 -0500 >’s teacher is reporting that she is refusing to leave the playground with her class. The teacher is having to go and physically get her. It seems that I remember this being discussed somewhere and some suggestions for managing it. Has anyone dealt with this or have reference to helpful articles? Thanks! >Hope > >------------------------------------ > >1. Anything suggested on this site or opinions offered are not intended to be medical or pharmaceutical advice or otherwise take the place of your physicians orders, nor to diagnose or treat your specific health problems. >Please discuss all methods of treatment with your practitioner. > >2 *****WARNING: Flames and inappropriate treatment of other members on this list will NOT be tolerated. > >3. Our HOME page is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DownSyndromeInfoExchange where all archived posts as well as photos,links, files, articles etc. are found. You " MUST " have a Yahoo ID and pass word to enter it. > > >To contact Kathy, owner & moderator >kathy_r@... > >To contact , owner & moderator >noliptoday@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 We must have been typing and sending at the same time--same type of ideas worked for my kids. :-) Jill Mom to Mac & Kit ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Reply-To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:11:29 -0500 >We had this problem with our son, Logan. Some of the things we used included: >1) plenty of warning (basically a countdown) starting at 5 minutes before it was time to go inside >2) allowing Logan to blow the whistle if he lined up first and without any problems (he had his own that the aide kept until it was time) >3) daily stickers for following directions with a prize every so many stickers >4) lots and lots of positive reinforcement > >Good luck! Logan's in 2nd grade now and this problem is basically resolved (except, of course, for the rare day when it comes back " out of the blue, " LOL) > >Kim > > > > > >> ’s teacher is reporting that she is refusing to leave the playground with her class. The teacher is having to go and physically get her. It seems that I remember this being discussed somewhere and some suggestions for managing it. Has anyone dealt with this or have reference to helpful articles? Thanks! >> Hope >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> 1. Anything suggested on this site or opinions offered are not intended to be medical or pharmaceutical advice or otherwise take the place of your physicians orders, nor to diagnose or treat your specific health problems. >> Please discuss all methods of treatment with your practitioner. >> >> 2 *****WARNING: Flames and inappropriate treatment of other members on this list will NOT be tolerated. >> >> 3. Our HOME page is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DownSyndromeInfoExchange where all archived posts as well as photos,links, files, articles etc. are found. You " MUST " have a Yahoo ID and pass word to enter it. >> >> >> To contact Kathy, owner & moderator >> kathy_r@... >> >> To contact , owner & moderator >> noliptoday@... >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hi,My daughter had similar issues and they continued into grade 4.... so here's what we did. Before she left for the playground, the teacher showed her the timetable and told her what the class after that break was and what 'exciting' stuff had been planned for her. Once at the playground, she was warned a few minutes (before whistle blew) and simultaneously reminded that the other stuff was waiting for her. We haven't had any major transitioning issues with this technique.... we've had to use it for other areas like art class or language therapy class too (basically leaving classes/ activities she is fond of :-))... We had earlier made a pictorial time table with Velcro backed bits that she would carry with her and return to paste back into the next class slot etc, but now with her being able to read the time-table, we have stopped doing that.Hope this helps :-)Shalini To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:51 AM Subject: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] behavior challenges ’s teacher is reporting that she is refusing to leave the playground with her class. The teacher is having to go and physically get her. It seems that I remember this being discussed somewhere and some suggestions for managing it. Has anyone dealt with this or have reference to helpful articles? Thanks!Hope------------------------------------1. Anything suggested on this site or opinions offered are not intended to be medical or pharmaceutical advice or otherwise take the place of your physicians orders, nor to diagnose or treat your specific health problems. Please discuss all methods of treatment with your practitioner. 2 *****WARNING: Flames and inappropriate treatment of other members on this list will NOT be tolerated.3. Our HOME page is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DownSyndromeInfoExchange where all archived posts as well as photos,links, files, articles etc. are found. You "MUST" have a Yahoo ID and pass word to enter it.To contact Kathy, owner & moderatorkathy_r@...To contact , owner & moderatornoliptoday@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 You got lots of good suggestions already, I just wanted to add that not only would refuse to come in from the playground but she would climb as fast as she could to the top of the jungle gym so that the teachers couldn't reach her. Ahh, the good old days! Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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