Here are some of the pieces.
Hi Kelly and Erik,
Hazel came into the classroom with her classmates this morning and after following morning routine asked for snack. Although this took her about 25 minutes, she did say she felt better! She had a bit of a hard time being respectful following along during Ms. Batliner-Gilettes lesson in the classroom. She did not participate, and refused to stop playing with her watch. After a bit of behavior at the end of the lesson( refusing to get up off the carpet,making noises, rolling around, follow the schedule (go out to recess) she did finally comply. She went to P.E. with her classmates and did great following along with her class to go to the seated area. Hazel did began showing some disrespect towards the teacher(inappropriate sounds, as well as turning away as the teacher talked with class) and targeting another child, taunting, blaming for noises, trying to upset him by repeatedly sliding all the way from her spot at the back, to the front where this child was seated. Throughout P.E. her behavior went back and forth between playing and defiance.
This type of behavior continued throughout the school day, alternating between following her class schedule with peers to outbursts of behavior through each area of the day.
Hazel did have a very nice Free Choice time at the end of the day. She chose art at a table with a large group of peers!
Have a good evening,
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Liz Kuhn
PALS Coach
Northwood Elementary
Hazel did a nice job sitting with her class on the carpet first thing this morning! She then did not follow class directions until approximately 10:10. Her behavior was as such: ignoring, no response, whiny,baby like noises, rolling on floor. Later, she sat on a wiggle stool at front of class, with her back towards classmates when they were on the floor sitting. When she heard the class may earn I-pad if they all reached a silent reading goal of so many minutes, Hazel did get up and get her book bag. She joined her class at snack time after recess at her desk. The beginning of Music class went very well! She joined her class on the carpet and participated and was able to "help" the teacher with piano. She seemed to really enjoy this.
Unfortunately, shortly after, she then began grabbing musical items, darting around room, running back to the piano playing it and then later refusing to line up and leave with her class. She then did go out of the music room and after some behavior with the drinking fountain, bolted off and eventually ran to the classroom. She went to lunch/recess with her class and finished the remainder of her day in class with only one more episode of crawling away under her desk during a lesson. She then had a nice tradition to the bus with some peers.
Take care,
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Liz Kuhn
PALS Coach
Northwood Elementary
Hi Kelly,
The class was actually engaged in a lesson when Hazel entered the room. At that point she wasn't responding to quiet support given. Peers who have briefly questioned snack in the past were told not to worry about it. The class put there snacks on thier tables before going out to recess, Hazel began eating some of hers, rather then going out with the class.
The kindergarten schedule is made very clear, with priming before each area of the day. I had also prompted her when it was nearing time for P.E. and time left (we had also reviewed her the class schedule before hand that P.E. would be next) Hazel had actually refused to go with her class. I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Liz
Hello,
A few things Hazel mentioned last night in the event it's helpful.
1. When she re-entered her classroom she told me she felt embarrassed with "all of those eyes on me." According to her that's why she wedged herself near the door. She also mentioned kids are asking why she gets snacks when they don't and she doesn't like (being different??).
2. She seemed upset that she missed gym. When I asked why she didn't go she said she didn't hear Mrs Clark. When I asked about that she did the kids are too loud and the noise is too much.
I reminded her that everyone is trying to help her and if she feels embarrassed or needs help she needs to tell an adult if she can't solve it on her own.
On Oct 3, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com> wrote:
Thanks Liz.
We have Hazel’s doctor appointment tomorrow afternoon and will keep you posted on that front.
From: Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org>
Date: Monday, October 3, 2016 at 3:38 PM
To: Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com>, Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com>, Heidi Clark <heidi.clark@mercerislandschools.org>, Karen Wilke <karen.wilke@mercerislandschools.org>, Laura Falsgraf <Laura.Falsgraf@mercerislandschools.org>
Subject: Hazels Day
Date: Monday, October 3, 2016 at 3:38 PM
To: Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com>, Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com>, Heidi Clark <heidi.clark@mercerislandschools.org>, Karen Wilke <karen.wilke@mercerislandschools.org>, Laura Falsgraf <Laura.Falsgraf@mercerislandschools.org>
Subject: Hazels Day
Hi Kelly and Erik,
Hazel had a rough start to her school day. She was refusing to leave Kids Co., having unsafe behavior which lasted until 10:15 this morning. Upon entering the classroom, she refused to join in/participate with the class,including going to P.E. This behavior lasted until just after the class left to go to lunch. She did then walk with Mrs. Falsgraf to the lunchroom and then bought her lunch ( refused to take her lunch box), then went out to recess. She chose to stay by her self for most recess's today. After lunch recess, she did participate in class activities for the remainder of the day!
Have a good evening,
--
Liz Kuhn
PALS Coach
Northwood Elementary
Hazel is acting out again and stepped it up a notch. Climbing on tables and ran out the door. They cornered her and were able to get her to come in side to Ms. Falsgraf’s office while I was on the phone with her.
I spoke to Hazel and asked what was going on and that she was not making good choices but she dropped the phone and laid on the floor.
Ms. Falsgraf said she was calm for the moment and would call me back if she started to act up again.
erik anderson | manager, Labor & Deployment | Operations Services
w: 206.318.7687, c: 206.852.3094 | eriander@starbucks.com
Hooray Hazel!
She really had such a great day! I can't wait to hear about her special events planned for this weekend :).
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Heidi Clark
Mercer Island School District
Northwood Elementary School
Kindergarten, Room 116
206.275.5823
Fantastic!! Thanks for the update Liz. We will certainly praise her on a job well done and hope to see the same performance (or better) on Monday. Have a great weekend.
On Sep 30, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org> wrote:
HI Kelly and Erik,
Hazel has had a good day! She easily got back on track each time she was redirected.
She went to music class with her peers, sat towards the back (at a table) with her snack and small stuffed animal. She did begin to participate while at the table, then eventually joined after being given a job by the teacher. She participated in the remainder of the day with her class.
Have a good weekend.
Sincerely,
--
Liz Kuhn
PALS Coach
Northwood Elementary
Thank you for the update.
Hazel mentioned she the episode at kids co and again something about recess and lBased on what Hazel shared lunch but was not very clear.
Thank you Liz for your continuous support!!! You must be exhausted! I know we are!
Erik
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 29, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Laura Falsgraf <laura.falsgraf@mercerislandschools.org> wrote:
Hi Erik,
It was off and on like the other days. Liz has been providing a lot of one-on-one support so she probably wasn't able to access her email. The morning took about an hour and 20 minutes to enter the class. She started the day by lying on the floor in kids co and not getting up. I spent 40 minutes with her at lunch time and she wouldn't go to lunch or recess. Once she realized she was missing recess she ate lunch but then it was over.
After lunch and returning to class she had a better afternoon. I'm not sure after 1:30.
Take care,
Laura Falsgraf
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 29, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com> wrote:
Hi,
Didn't see any emails or any calls so hoping Hazel had a better day!
Can anyone provide a quick update on how it went?
Thanks!!!
Erik
Hi Kelly and Eric,
Hazel had a rough start to her school day, running away from Kids Co.(when it was time to go line up for class) inside the building lower floor to begin with, then upstairs and eventually landed in Mrs. Falsgraf's office. She was able to go to class at about 9:40. She then requested a break.
Great recess time. Had a hard time transitioning to Music, then following directions in Music. She was able to turn that around with support after music was over.
Afternoon was great! She played with a couple of peers at recess (Hazel was the leader) and had a good remainder of her day.
Have a good evening
--
Liz Kuhn
PALS Coach
Northwood Elementary
Thanks Heidi and Liz! Very relieved that she had a better day after the incident with Kids Co.
Liz, were you able to determine or do you have any thoughts as to what triggered the episode during Kids Co.? Adam Foote explained that he asked her to do the roll call but Hazel did not want to participate. Below is the email Adam sent with the details. He said Elizabeth stayed with her and I’m assuming that’s you but I might be wrong. We will sign the mutual exchange of information for Adam tomorrow so you may communicate between the two organizations.
Please let me know if you have any insight on today’s incident.
thanks!
Erik
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From: Adam Foote [mailto:adamf@kidscompany.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:56 AM
To: Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com>; Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com>
Subject: RE: checking in
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:56 AM
To: Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com>; Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com>
Subject: RE: checking in
Hi Erik and Kelly,
I wanted to keep you in the loop about Hazel’s behavior. She did a great job in the beginning of the day. She transitioned well to go outside putting the toy animals away during the general cleanup announcement (cheetah is her favorite). She played the tag game with everyone the entire time we were outside. She even lined up well.
I choose three kids to help randomly select where we start calling roll and if we go backwards or forwards. Most kids like to help select so I use it as a subtle reward. It also makes it so there is not a mad dash to get inline. I choose Hazel as one of those kids today since she was doing so well. Maybe this is what set her off. I am not sure I can not think of anything else that might have triggered her.
When I called her name (she was in the middle of the line) she did not line up. I believe she said here. I thought she was confused so I told her She could get her spot in line and she did not move. I offered a couple more times. I did not think too much of it. Sometimes kids just want to be in the back of the line. However, as we started to walk in she did not get in line. Elizabeth stayed with her. She got her to race the line to the door. I was leading the line and I told her she could get her spot back. I did not want to reward her with the first spot in an attempt to make sure this behavior did not lead to a way of getting what she wanted. She wondered away from her the line toward her class. Elizabeth stayed with her and got her to come back in after pumping the water about 5 minutes later. I was also able to see her through the window/doors while I was serving snack.
Once she was back in her mind set was great. She has some snack from her lunch, played a little Mouse in the house, made you all notes with Elizabeth. I had a quick chat with her about how she needed to stay with the group and walk with the line because it was a safety issue. She apologized and seemed to understand. When it was time to clean up she walked out to the open learning space outside the art room. I stayed with her. Trying to coax he back in reminding her of our plan that if she listened to staff and walked with the kindergarteners she could give the notes to her family. Nothing worked. One of the counselors saw the situation. And tried to help. The principal also came by and let me know they would take over. When I left at about 9:20ish two counselors were trying to get her up to their office to plan out the day.
Tomorrow morning when you stop in I have a mutual exchange of information form to sign that I believe will allow the school to talk with us and hopefully be included in any plans to help Hazel have successful days at Kids Co. and at school.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Adam Foote
Program Manager
Kids Co. at Northwood
Kids Co. at West Mercer
Cell (206) 422-0866
Fax (206)535-6474
erik anderson | manager, Labor & Deployment | Operations Services
w: 206.318.7687, c: 206.852.3094 | eriander@starbucks.com
From: Heidi Clark [mailto:heidi.clark@mercerislandschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 2:32 PM
To: Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org>
Cc: Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com>; Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com>; Laura Falsgraf <Laura.Falsgraf@mercerislandschools.org>; Karen Wilke <karen.wilke@mercerislandschools.org>
Subject: Re: Hazel's Day
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 2:32 PM
To: Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org>
Cc: Kelly Goodejohn <kgoodejo@starbucks.com>; Erik Anderson <eriander@starbucks.com>; Laura Falsgraf <Laura.Falsgraf@mercerislandschools.org>; Karen Wilke <karen.wilke@mercerislandschools.org>
Subject: Re: Hazel's Day
I posted a picture of her smiley chart on SeeSaw!
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Heidi Clark
Mercer Island School District
Northwood Elementary School
Kindergarten, Room 116
206.275.5823
Heidi Clark
Mercer Island School District
Northwood Elementary School
Kindergarten, Room 116
206.275.5823
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org> wrote:
Hi Kelly and Eric,
The remainder of Hazel's day was good! She joined in play with a couple of the girls from her class at recess time, remained in Spanish class and was able to earn a golden ticket for earning smileys today.
Have a good evening,
--
Liz Kuhn
PALS Coach
Northwood Elementary
Hi Kelly and Erik,
Hazel had a rough start to her day and it started at KidsCo. The good news is that she wasn't running all over the school. She was finally able to return to class around 10am. We explained the PALS goals to her and she seemed to understand them and be interested. We have begun and she already knows she will have a "try again" for both morning goals.
I revised a small part of the PALS goal sheet because our numbers were wrong. Instead of earning 2 smiley faces a day to earn a golden ticket and 9 smiley faces in a week to earn a PALS reward we double it because there are two goals instead of one. Meaning there are 30 possible smiley faces she could earn in a week rather than 15.
Thanks, see attached.
Also, do you happen to know what is important to her in trying to understand what might work or not work in trying to gain cooperation?
Hello team,
Liz, Heidi Clark and I had a chance to sit down and get a PALS goal sheet created for Hazel. We wanted to give everyone a chance to look it over before we present it to Hazel tomorrow morning (Wednesday). This is a working document and can be changed as needed. Please don't hesitate to ask questions or offer feedback.
We will start tomorrow. So far Hazel has had a positive day.
Thanks, see attachment.
Laura Falsgraf
We are coming now
Hi Kelly and Erik,
Hazel is have a very difficult time right now and running all over the school. Aimee Batliner-Gillette is concerned that it is becoming a safety issue. Please call ASAP 206-275-5800. Also, please come to the school.
I left msgs on your cells.
Thank you.
Laura Falsgraf
Hi Liz,
Hazel openly shared about her day unprompted. She explained she didn't hear the recess bell since she was further away from the building. Once she realized she ran back to class and then off to Spanish. She explained she was beginning to get cranky because missed snack time and started to crawl in the floor but then remembered a conversation I had with her where we talked about crawling not being a good choice and so she thought it would be better to get food to stop her crankiness. She told me she got as far a going down the ramp when she got scared and didn't want to be away from her class so she went back. She mentioned she got to hold a bear and that the rest of Spanish was "really fun."
Hazel and I talked about how unsafe it was to venture away from her teacher and class. We also talked about it is better to talk to a teacher than going alone. I told her I was happy she decided to make the choice of not crawling but it is best to communicate and work with an adult on this type of problem.
I got the impression from Hazel that missing the recess bell snowballed the other event.
One quick question. Erik and I were concerned to find out her absence wasn't noticed until later. We understand that Heidi was out yesterday (Hazel told us that) so a substitute may not know all of the kids but surely this is a safety issue. Can we understand what the school does in these situations to make sure all kids are accounted for?? Thanks again team!
On Sep 16, 2016, at 5:23 PM, Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org> wrote:
Hi,
she said that she missed snack and she was hungry. Snack time was after recess.
Liz
Hmmm. We will ask why she stayed out and left Spanish emphasizing this was not a safe choice. We appreciate the communication so we can help support at home.
Hoping for a better week, next week.
Thanks for the team effort with hazel's kindergarten transition.
Kelly
On Sep 16, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Liz Kuhn <liz.kuhn@mercerislandschools.org> wrote:
Hi,
Hazel had a good morning in class today. She did, however, stay out both- morning recess's (her recess, then the next one immediately following). A recess teacher found her and brought her back to her classroom. Next was Spanish class. She left the Spanish classroom with out permission. She was back in the Spanish class when I arrived. She responded well to support to stay, follow along and then go back to her classroom afterwards .Because of not coming in when recess was over and leaving the Spanish class, she was not able to earn her owl note today.
She had a great remainder of her day in class, following along with the rest of her peers.
Have a good weekend!
Sincerely,
Liz Kuhn
PALS coach
Northwood Elementary
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