My son threw a shoe in class recently. In this case, he was working at the chalk board, and a classmate noticed that one of his shoes was untied, and kindly went to tie it for him. The good news was that my son didn’t throw the shoe at his helpful classmate. The bad news was that after he threw it, he hid under a table and refused to leave.
When asked why he threw the shoe, my son says he was acting shy. My suspicion is that he lost his concentration and panicked when he could no longer keep up. Am I proud of him for hiding under a desk instead of kicking and screaming? You bet I am. But I also know that we needed to find a better way for him to self-regulate in the classroom. (more…)
