Today was my first day of observation at Ms. Jen’s Pre-Kindergarten classroom. I was specifically observing Jack (that would be his pseudo-name). Ms. Jen told me that he has at least three different disabilities and they are Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Attention Deficient Hyper Disorder, and asperger. The last terminology caught my attention because I had worked with a child with asperger in the past and it was an interesting disability.
While I was observing him I saw his behavior that he has high sensor issue because he liked to touch everything that is clean. He did not like to get dirty because he when he got dirty, he immediately rushed toward the sink to wash his hands. He did that multiple times. He was a solitary player and interacted briefly with another child. He seemed calm while dealing with a social conflict. For example, a young girl took Jack’s measure tape. He told her “That is mine!” A young girl refused to return it to him. Jack walked toward to Ms. Jen and told her that he had it first.
He repeatedly pulled and let go the tape measure. He rolled it back and listened to the flapping sound while the tape was retracting into its base. He laughed about it. He had been playing with the tape measure for over 20 minutes.
It was interesting to watch Jack because he had all off those disabilities and he still function fine. I could tell by looking his self-portrait paper. All he did was scribbling on the paper. It may look meaningless to other people but it meant something to him. I am looking forward to go back and observe him so I can see how well he can manage in Ms. Jen’s classroom. All of other students are typical students so far.
