Reflection for Sheila

My Weaknesses in doing the log was that I had trouble understanding the log for a while since

the assignment was introduced. At first I tried to start the log I understood how to do the

observation, decision, actions and strengths but I got confused when it came to the needs and

changes that threw me off a bit after I completed the first part of the log. After Sheila gave us a

sheet on step by step process of how to go thru and do the logs that helped me understand

how to do the needs and changes a little better. For the older infants who are going into the

toddler room soon show more temperament and they like to say “no” to everything. The log

that I did on a child that was not listening and showing temperament and I had physically

removed her from what she was doing to harm herself I didn’t know how to handle her

temperament because we hadn’t learnt about temperament as yet. With this child I tried to

redirect but that didn’t work either I think I need to work on handling temperament because I

noticed that when the child was having her temperament when I removed her it started to

make me agitated because she wasn’t listening to me but I don’t expect her to listen to me

because she is after all a child. However I would have liked for her to listen to me because in

the end she ended up falling and hurting herself and after crying a bit she still had gotten up

and went to climbing a chair.

My strengths in doing this log was that I understood how to follow and do my guidance strategy

well for each situations that was thrown at me. I understood how to handle infants that are

getting into a conflict over the same toy. Because of the age group of these infants it was fairly

easy to guide them and giving a redirection strategy. I found that for me dealing with the

younger infants and their conflicts did not agitate me at all because redirecting strategies work

well with infants because younger infants intend to like sounds and bright lights.