Problem: AJ is an 18-month-old whose attending childcare. He lives with his extended family including his father and mother, aunt and uncle, and grandparents. He's the only grandchild, and the family is very happy to have the new addition to the family. AJ has a close relationship with all of them. The adults take turns bringing AJ to school. They always give him a kiss and love bite on the cheek. AJ usually enters the classroom impatiently running for his friend, a little girl a few inches taller. He hugs her and gives her a kiss and love bite on the cheek, as a result, several times he broke the skin. The little girl is the only child in her family and very close to her father. He is very concern about the situation. Community Care licensing insist that AJ cannot be enrolled if this behavior continues, and the director must come up with a plan to resolve the situation. What would you do? choose a topic below and come up with an action plan to solve the issue. You will also need to find a minimum of two sources online to support you in creating the plan.
Possible topics are:
- cultural beliefs
- language
- teething
- Imitating/modeling
- exploration
- attention
- oral stimulation
- etc.