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Disability paper Georgeanne Costello

I have a 4year old child in class who is not potty trained yet. He is quite definte in class, he is verbal with his teacher or any authority person. His Mother has had him tested and he is Mentally challenged. One of the causes and factors is herditary. Most common is brain damage or infection during pregancy or maybe drugs. This child development has affected his social and emotional with his peers or anyone. With this child he must be supervise andyou must have lots of patience. His Mother more or less just let him say and do whatever he wants,when his mother asked to go potty he quickly was NO. I try using behavior modifecation techneques. When he acts out inappropriately or engages in unacceptable behaviors he does so because he knows he can get away with it. I know it is important to ignor these behavior and also rewards appropriate behaviors with praise. Success for this child would be and has been early intervention consistency. Working with the family and having the support staff to help him individual with mental and developmental disability so to obtain the educational needs and deserve. .