Behaviour Management (Reflective)
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Behaviour Management Essay
When I first started my current work placement, I noticed that one child in particular
was difficult to manage. He was statemented with a behaviour disorder, to which I
had not been informed of what specific disorder it was, and is included in a Year 1
class. He had behaviour problems which included interrupting the teacher, shouting
when he did not get his way and ignoring teacher‟s requests, instead opting to walk
around the classroom and hide. For the first few months, due to my lack of
experience the staff suggested that the teacher handle any extreme behaviour from
Child A, as she had been trained to react appropriately.
In one particular incident, the teacher was away on sick leave and the class had a
supply teacher instead. Whilst most of the class were generally sensible, Child A
consistently disrupted lessons and playtime. Due to the supply teacher having no
previous experience with the child, it was hard to maintain his behaviour. During an
English lesson using an interactive whiteboard, Child A was disengaged and
frequently interrupted myself and the teacher. The same morning, a main computer
desk was broken and fragile, and was sealed off from children as well as a note and
verbal command not to go near it. The supply teacher was asking general questions
to the pupils, and eventually asked Child A to answer, to which he refused and
shouted “no”. Upon explaining on being polite to a teacher and repeating the
question, Child A refused again and continued to shout which distressed some of the
other children. The supply teacher asked Child A if he would sit next to me to be
supervised, but instead stood up and rushed through the tape cornering off the
desk(personally I feel this was out of attention seeking), hiding underneath. The
teacher was unsure what to do, and I quickly reacted. In retrospect, I believe I was
quite emotional at this point due to Child A‟s frequent negative behaviour. Also
worrying about his safety, I went over to the desk and briefly asked him to step out.
He tried to kick me away, shouting and trying to go deeper under the desk out of my
reach. I held onto him by his waist and gently lifted him out. After he was within
contact, the teacher held his hand and escorted him to be supervised in a nearby
classroom. I was told afterwards by the supply teacher that I had to be careful with
that sort of physical contact, but at the time felt I had done nothing wrong. I did not
hurt the child and afterwards lessons had resumed as normal, but I feel I acted on
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