Intervention For Trent

Trent is a five year old African American male. He is in his first two weeks of his first year of school. During a morning walk through, Trent was found in the hallway having a yelling and screaming competition with a teacher aide. The teacher and aide had labeled Trent, stating that he was rowdy and aggressive and suggested he be placed in a special education program. This suggestion is concerning for Trent because it could mean a misdiagnosis of a learning disability because of the teacher’s views of African Americans as being slow learners with behavior problems. The white teachers have known Trent for less than two weeks, tried one intervention that involved time-out, yelling, and screaming and have stereotyped him because of his race. Trent, like all children, regardless of race or gender, has a right to an education where he can learn and succeed in life. A new intervention is required.
Summary
It was once said by someone that “A teacher should inspire a child to reach academic success; a parent should inspire their child to use that success in a way that influences positive change in the world.” This quote influenced a new intervention for Trent. This intervention is a collaboration approach. In a
One limitation that must be considered before using this intervention is that it will require effort from everyone to work together in order to make the approach work. The time and energy required for a collaboration intervention may not be easy for all parties to participate in. If one person does not give a full effort, it is possible that the whole intervention will be useless. Another limitation would be that if the student had to move schools due to a move and the new school did not implement this learning strategy. If this is the case, the student would feel lost and unimportant where before the student’s education was focused on