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         On October 9th I went to a training for my internship. I learned so much and felt that it was very informative. The first thing that we did was an icebreaker. It was sort of like tag but one person said "step" and when he said it you can take a step in any direction and avoid getting tagged. If you were tagged you became part of a wall and every time the person said step you would step forward making the playing space smaller. Then we learned about passing out snacks and that we have to keep record of each child if they take both components of the snack. I thought that was a no brainier but you can not discriminate against any child when it comes to giving them a snack. Every child has the right to a snack.
     The second part of the training the whole group was split into two groups and each went to one station and then we rotated. The first station was about maintaining a safe environment for the children. I learned about the 5 golden rules for maintaining safety:

  1. keep children within eyesight at all times
  2. keep children within earshot
  3. double team rule 2 adults present at all times
  4. be on high alert
  5. maintain good boundaries
and I learned about abuse disclosure

  1. stay calm
  2. tell the child you believe them
  3. if they want you to swear to secrecy explain that there are people that can help you and you have to tell them. 
  4. it is confidential
  5. must report to supervisor ASAP.
The second half of the training the thing that stuck with me the most was not to focus your attention on a child that is misbehaving but keep an eye on that child and once the right choice is being made then you can give them attention.

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