Observation Report of A Child School Recess

A detailed Summary of Observation Report of A Child School Recess

This observation is of a 10 year old male child during his lunch recess

at an elementary school located in the South Bay area. The student participates

in a day treatment program for children with emotional/social difficulties. The

length of this observation was approximately forty five minutes. For the purpose

of confidentiality this student will be referred to as John. In the first

section of this observational analysis a brief description of the program which

John participates in will be given. This will be followed by an analysis of

John's activities during the observation.

The day treatment program John participates in is located on the campus

of a public elementary school, and is supported by a local private mental health

agency. In general, children referred to this program experience some form of

emotional and/or social deficit. In addition to John, there are nine other

students enrolled within the program at present. John currently attends a

mainstreaming class three times per week, where he has developed several

This observation began as the students in the day treatment program were

let out for recess following lunch. After leaving the

of multicultural books on display. I think that they looked pretty new. There

that there was going to be a fire drill in just a few minutes. We waited for

John landed more solidly then he did in his first attempt. John was called over

I think that the lesson was interesting enough, although maybe a little

I think I see the way they were going with the green bear in his home and a

seemed very interested in this activity, and spent approximately five to eight

varying height, and horizontal bars constructed in a ladder fashion for climbing

Approximate Word count = 2441
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)

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