Aggressive Situations
By Richard Kizis - Added 21st of December 2008Aggressive Situations
Children can find themselves in situation they feel they can’t get out of, often leading to verbal aggression and/or physical aggression you need to bear in mind at all times is to remain calm, you can’t meet aggression with aggression this could result in more problems and a higher level of behaviour problems.
Shouting is out of the question for these children as they have been shouted at all there lives and respond in the only way they know how, more aggression. Never back a child into a corner always give them options for example come with me now should be you can sit down in class or you can come with me you make the choice but one has to happen. Don’t try and deal with the problem straight away by asking question about the situation that caused the aggression to start in the first place, this will result in a lot of aggressive answers to your question and may cause refusal by the child to go with you or the child end up running around the school and the whole process will start again, therefore taking longer to control the situation.
Colouring for children who have lost control, has proven over my many years to be the best therapy to use in these situations, proving a calming effect, allowing the child to settle and regain control. Never send a child back to class if they are not fully recovered from their aggressive state, otherwise the child will be sent or run out of class and back to the first state of aggression.