The conflict I am experiencing is with a parent due to her student having a body odor. I have spoke to the parent and not the child at all about this. My approach was what I appear to be a soft approach. I asked the parent to come in because I felt that it would be a face to face moment instead of a letter or phone call. This mother was furious with me threat to remove her child from the program and everything. So I ignored it for a while which now I know I was being a escapist (Conflict is avoided or given into; personal goals may not be important; conflict is not seen as a viable alternative Dan O'Hair page, 228) But unfortunately it gotten out of hand to the point children began making fun of the child, so I had to attempt to get through to mom once again this time I had to be serious and let her know that I am mandated to report all forms of neglect. She explained to me that she has problems financially washing and that its not on the top of her list. But if I was aware of Meta communication I would have used it. I would have felt better is I would have asked mom, is there a reason this keep occurring, is there anything I could do to help this situation? I must say I could have been more responsive, I should have been able to get this a quicker resolution before it got to the children teasing him. Children are going to be children but me being more responsive could have avoided this situation. I asked a colleagues imput and Mr. Torn feel as though I let it go on to long and that I actually allowed neglect to go on. I agree to certain extent, if I felt that child was in danger it would have been reported instantly. Mr. Torn is a stickler and may deter parents away from him because of his ways.
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gail
2/11/2018 04:57:30 am
This is a hard one to address with parents. We had this to happen to a little girl in our room. Like you we spoke to the family but it did not help and children begin making fun her. When i could not get help from mom we did a unit on washing ourselves and our pets. This helped the little girl for a few weeks and we even had mom stop back by and talk to us again about this.
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Elizabeth Young
2/11/2018 07:36:56 pm
Hello Katisha!
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gail
2/18/2018 04:44:35 pm
I enjoyed your
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gail
2/18/2018 04:49:21 pm
I enjoyed your blog. I hate that you didnt receive anything other than pizza and salad. I feel when I leave a group that it is important to close with things that was mastered and accomplished and recognize the team members. No matter what group you have been on it is important that members know they are a special part of why things were completed.
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Teresa Herbert
2/18/2018 06:47:11 pm
Hello Katisha Jackson,
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