A child is behaving violently -- throwing stones or fighting -- and does not pay any attention when you tell him/her to stop. How would
you manage this situation?
2006-09-19 11:48:43 · 5 answers · asked by Employee 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Ages 2 yrs to 10yrs
the groups are toddler, preschool, and after school care age.
2006-09-19 13:39:50 · update #1
You cannot restrain them really, unless you are the SED teacher and trained in restraint. I think that if others were in immediate danger you probably could restrain them without getting into legal trouble.
If you are unable to get between fighting students (or afraid if it is very violent) then you should get help immediately from another adult. Once there was a very large high school boy beating the snot out of his ex-girlfriend at school. The first teacher there was female. She felt pretty powerless to stop him and went to get help rather than try to stop him.
Basically you need to clear the area if he is throwing things and if you cannot stop him yourself get help from other adults. If it is a constant problem then perhaps he needs to lose recess privileges or if it is not at recess something needs to be taken from him in order for him to realize that this is not okay.
2006-09-19 12:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First you need to try calming the child down, get down to their level and speak in a calm soothing voice. If this does not work, you may have to call for reinforcements from the office and physically restraint the child for the safety of the other children. As a last resort you can always call the police.
2006-09-19 12:01:05 · answer #2 · answered by fairyqueen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a referral to the Principal - call the office & have the kid removed from your class.
2006-09-19 11:56:09 · answer #3 · answered by Quarter Midget Mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Timeout is often effective. Tell the child he must go to timeout now. If no response, "You've just earned five more minutes. Please go to timeout now." Again? "You've just earned five more minutes. Please go to timeout now." If still no response, an if/then statement: "If you don't go to timeout now, you will ______(name a privilege he will lose.) Please go to timeout now."
If three warnings are not effective, remove other children from harm's way and get help. You probably are not authorized to lay hands on and you definitely do not want to put yourself in jeopardy.
2006-09-19 14:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you are a teacher call the parents
2006-09-19 11:50:57 · answer #5 · answered by Mike R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋