Aggressive Behavior Summary

It is important for a teacher to challenge disruptive behaviour immediately and consistently. I feel by trying to make lessons enjoyable and providing work that helps students to achieve minimizes disruptive behaviour. The use of good communication by the teacher can also be a useful tool. This includes the use of the voice, phrasing, eye contact and body language. For example, using an assertive tone when making a request or physically positioning yourself near disruptive students.

The issues in this case study involve Melinda Smith, a veteran special education teacher, Derrick Yate, a student with behavioral disorder, Greg, the school principal, Barba Cole, the school social worker, Mrs. Yates, Derrick’s mom and Mr. Douglas, a general education teacher. Besides being a student with behavioral disorder, Derrick was low achieving and had developed a notorious reputation around school. According to Karen, one of the fifth-grade teachers, “Derrick has terrorized everyone”. Despites all the putdowns on Derrick, Mrs. Smith decides to take on the challenge to straighten his behavior.

determine whether they belonged in the violent group or the non-violent group. To complete the LHA participants had to send in their official criminal records, had to go through staff interviews, and had to be scaled on a chart. Participants were considered violent if they had higher than 20 on the LHA, physically assaulted someone within the past year, and if they had a higher score than 3 on the Physical Aggression Against People (PA- people) subscale. Participants were considered non-violent if they had no cases of physical assault within the last year, no cases of severe physical aggression, and a score lower than 15 on the LHA and a score lower than 2 on the PA-people. Another questionnaire used was the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire

Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children. You can do this by remembering children's names and pronouncing them properly, also helping them feel safe around school and other pupils. Make them feel safe by willing to listen to what they have to say, reassure the children that they are valued at all times make aware of any different behaviour in pupils and being alert of their feelings, avoiding stereotype judgements concerning race, gender, ability and religion will also make the children feel more safe and comfortable around you building a trust relationship. this is the same sort of thing with young people, adapting methods to suit their needs For example if the individual had hearing impairment

In chapter ten, Oaklander discusses how she treats specific problem behaviors in children. Oaklander does not view a child’s annoying or socially unacceptable behavior as an illness, but rather as a strength in coping to survive. She advocates for children and acknowledges that childhood is like a prison where there is often a double standard of behavior for children and adults. The first problem Oaklander discusses is aggression which is often caused by hurtful feelings.

Purpose: The test that will be administered will be the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ). The purpose for this test is to assess aggressive acts and proneness to aggression, by first measuring traits of aggressive habits and second to measure the frequency of specific acts of aggression. The demographics of Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire has been administered multiple types of individuals from prison inmates men and women, individuals diagnosed with mental problems as well as individuals in specific employment fields. The BPAQ is administered to measure ones aggression levels. Objective: The ability to discover an individuals aggression levels would provide organizations a post character indicator of individuals

believes, and I agree, that the best way to accomplish this is by being clear with the

The foster parent explained Alex had another bad tantrum after school this week. Foster parent explained she does not understand what could trigger the tantrums. The youth never had tantrums this bad. The foster parent, youth and I discussed possible triggers of anger and tantrums. I modeled positive communication and practice coping skills with Alex. Alex and I played a communication game and reviewed poor behavior displayed in the past week.

Tone or volume of voice may portray a negative environment. By shouting across a room or talking down to the child, may scare the child. Always kneel down, or sit along the side the child to talk on a one to one basis. Never let an argument at home follow you into the classroom, and always be mindful that tiredness and hunger, or pain (toothache etc) can make all of us more short tempered. It is important to ensure that you are prepared as possible for work to try to keep this to a minimum, and always remember that it is not the fault of the children in the setting.

To begin my research I started off by interviewing an ex-military Lieutenant and Hammond, Indiana police officer with experience of 22 years. His ideas on the topic of murder were simple. I asked him, “Do murders kill for different reasons” and he simply answered, “yes but, mostly gang related reasons”. He expresses his views on murders by talking about how psychological help will not be any use because, “that’s the only life they know” according to the Hammond police officer. I also asked the question, “What causes the murders aggressiveness”, he states from his experience, “that’s there way of getting back at someone”. This is common from an excerpt from Dr.Lisa Firestone in Making a murder.

If you've ever worked in retail, you know that the customer is always right, even when they're wrong. It's all about "service with a smile" and making sure the customer is always happy. What about the employee? What happens to the mentality of the employee who gets scolded by customers that are exhibiting verbal aggression? These are questions Anat Rafaeli, Shy Ravid, Dorit Treister, Amir Erez, Rellie Derfler-Rozin, and Ravit Scheyer (2012) asked which led to the study on how the verbal aggression of customers affects the cognition of an employee.

This study examined the predictors of repeated aggression on a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital by conducting a sudy, approved by the Institutional Review Board, in a 1,500 bed maximum-security forensic hospital located in the Los Angeles area. The subjects of the study were patients committed due to their inability to stand trial or found not guilty due to insanity.

The term conflict is defined as a mutual disagreement or hostility that occurs among two or more individuals. Conflict occurs daily among children in preschool and with adult or teacher guidance, children will learn effective resolution skills to solve their own conflicts. Without an adult or a teacher to guide them, they will not develop effective skills to solve conflicts themselves. Recent research shows us that young children have the capability of being loving, caring, and prosocial with the support of adults to maximize these competencies (Wittmer, 2012). As children are growing they can easily change their behavior with repetitive words from an adult figure. With adult support, children can get along with their peers and have less behavior problems in school as well as in the

The first step in classroom management is to create an environment where students feel cared for and valued. To do accomplish this, teachers need to build positive student-teacher relationships. Marazano (2003) reports in his book, Classroom Management That Works, which is cited in the Jones and Jones (2013) book, that “Positive teacher-student relationships were the foundation of effective classroom management” (p.56). I am committed to creating a safe learning environment that is organized, structured and conducive to student learning. While influencing a classroom of community learners, I strive to also build positive teacher-student relationship with all of my

More importantly, creating positive student-teacher relationships can prevent discipline issues from arising. By establishing a persistent tone of mutual respect, students will participate in class activities with confidence that they and their opinions are valued. Students also should be taught how to appreciate the unique contributions each student brings to the class, as well as how to effectively resolve issues that may arise. I believe that demonstrating genuine respect to students and showing interest in their concerns will allow the effective use of instructional time, positive relationships to prevail, and minimal discipline problems to avail.