From: May Sarmac
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Date: 25 Nov 1996
Time: 21:36:50
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Chrisite, At first, I tried to point out to Mars that what he was doing (ie: throwing stuff around, screaming inside the computer lab and not listening to me) was not "cool". Then I noticed that the more I gave him attention by telling him to stop or pick up after himself, the more he would do the opposite. So I tried to limit my verbal communication with him. In a sense, I ignored him. When he wouldn't do that I asked him to do, instead of asking him again, I would turn away from him and focus my attention to something else. When I would turn back to Mars, I noticed that he had picked up after himself and was quietly doing something else. I think that sometimes kids behave the opposite of how we want them to behave to get attention. Maybe that is what Mars was doing. By throwing stuff around and "letting" me pick them up, he felt a sense of attention because he had a playmate; not just a regular playmate, but one whose role at B.U is to interact with the kids. After I left Mars tp play with two other boys, he quietly played a game on the computer. When Duane came into the computer lab, Mars immediately ran to him and told Duane to play with him. While Mars and Duane were working together, I noticed that Mars showed Duane a little more respect than he showed me. I guess it was because Duane told Mars that his job isn't to pick up after the kids.
May