Child Observation: Case Study of an Elementary Student with Aggressive Behavior

I have dealt with many students in my lifetime. I have worked in schools over a decade in different capacities, specifically as a teacher’s assistant, special needs trainee substitute, counselor, and counselor supervisor. Based on my experience, education, and training I have developed a series of tools/interventions that have worked for me over the years. Of course, I would change my interventions based on a student’s individual need. For the purpose of this answer I will address a student’s disruptive behavior by: remaining calm, responding with empathy and a positive attitude, not reacting negatively or with behaviors that perpetuate disruptive behaviors, using praise and positive reinforcement when it is appropriate, involving the student

Our Life-span Development class observed a child in class for his social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development on October 2nd, 2017. The child observed for this report was almost seven months old at the time of the observation. His name is Maddox and he seems to be a very happy baby and developing at a normal rate. He was observed in classroom 1143 on Dordt College’s campus. His mother gave consent for this observation and both his mother and grandmother were present for the observation and answered questions about his behavior and development outside of what was observed in the classroom.

recording observations over time, through written records, builds a picture of the young person life and allows us to recognise patterns and changes in their behaviour. Children and young people who have been physically abused may be fearful, submissive and aggressive after the abuse has stopped. The abuse has taught them that hitting is a way to control others and solve problems. The beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours that appear after physical abuse can cause problems with friends, struggling to maintain and keep friendships. They may be distrustful of authority figures at home or school becoming fearful of their carers and those there to help them. They may feel guilty, ashamed, angry, helpless or hostile resulting in anxiety disorders or depression.

The second result; this intervention may help the child to reduce a long-term of negativity during the adolescent and adult years. Aggression is a behavior that forms in the middle school years to adulthood. But is caught and redirected in the early years can be

Through the last two weeks I noticed some behavioral changes in my first grade class; to be more specific I noticed increased rate of violence, increased rate of conflicts, increased rate of complains from two students, increased rate of bulling and increased rate of crying and screaming.

This student is on medication that greatly reduces the aggressive behavior, but there is also the complication of hormones and the poor living situation for the first 6 years of this student's life. She is learning to use her "words" by telling staff if another student is irritating her instead of hitting or kicking.

In school, Jayson is very respectable towards his teachers and other adults and he is a very sweet young man. Although, he struggles to maintain relationships with his peers and has outbursts often in class. Socially he becomes frustrated easily, which affects his ability to engage and interact with his peers. During class, he has expressed extreme angry towards his peers and an uncontrollable emotion. He is continuously plagued by his unsettling and hostile behavior, which causes him to act irrationally. His inability to cope and manage his behavior during classroom instruction results in breaking the classroom rules. For example, in the classroom Jayson yells out he is not doing his daily classwork. Then, he rips up the daily worksheet and storms out of the classroom. Another example, in class he is constantly reminded not to call out if he would like to share- out. Due to his “behavioral and emotional”

I noticed almost immediately that he was putting forth an effort to complete all of his work both in class and outside of class. I also noticed that in the spot that I moved him to in the classroom, his behavior seemed to improve. I think that the reason his behavior showed improvement was because he was so close to me throughout the class time. He knew that I was watching his behavior both inside of class as well as outside of

It is my hypothesis and opinion after the indirect assessments, interviews and direct observation, that Shunaysha is a bright, likeable, young lady who exhibits the non-compliance, argumentative behaviors and aggression, because she needs to develop more social appropriate skills to handle peer conflicts and disagreements. In addition, she has to learn how to follow instructions as given by her teachers although it may be an activity or academic assignment that is not her preference. Throughout the observation, it was apparent that Shunaysha has the capability to handle herself appropriately and complete the necessary task within the classroom. The target behaviors were noticed sparingly, as

As much as four times a day OM gets upset and start to scream at me or his follow students if something does not go exactly the way he wanted. He often cruse at his classmate and even push or hit them if the situation escalates.

Whether it disrupts the entire classroom or something only you witness, challenging behavior is something every teacher and parent alike comes across at some point in life. Challenging behavior comes in many shapes and forms, as it can be physical or verbal and aggressive or disruptive. As a teacher, there are several techniques and approaches to dealing with this behavior. An important thing to remember when dealing with challenging behavior is that your child has feelings. Whether your child screams in your face because he or she does not get his or her way or hits another friend because he or she is angry about cleaning up, there is a reason why the child is upset. Communication is key when dealing with challenging behavior and having a supportive environment is also important. First, you need to assess the problem that involves challenging behavior. Talk to the child. Understand the story. Ask the child what the two of you can do to help the situation. If these two steps do not help, then give the child two choices. For example, if there is a child who does not want to clean up centers, you can say, “You can clean up centers or you can sit out for four minutes while we are…” If this does not work, I usually ask for help from either other teachers or the Director. Sometimes it can be hard to understand where a child is coming from with their behavior whether it is attention based or not. I just like to remember that it is your job to keep your students safe and that they have feelings that need to be

An unannounced monitoring inspection was conducted on 1/6/2016. I arrived at the operation which is located at 3422 Richmond Rd, Texarkana about 12:57 pm. I was greeted by Comekia Island, the person in charge while director was at lunch. I handed her business card and then explained the purpose of my inspection and reviewed the subchapters I would be observing. Roshonda Epps the director arrived approximately a hour later. When Epps arrived I handed her business card and then explained the purpose of my inspection and reviewed the subchapters I would be observing.

Subject “Chris” is a 7 year old middle class Caucasian male. Observation is taking place in the child’s home over the course of two separate afternoons. Chris is a friendly and well spoken child who is small for his age. Chris is the youngest child in his family and both observations take place while his siblings are home. In each case one or both parents are absent.

Initial thoughts: Ms. Rollison needs to understand that students behave differently which will require a different way to approach their behavior. In most cases, when a student is acting out it is due to something stressful they are experiencing. A young student does not communicate their wants and needs well, this causes them to express their emotion is not the best manner. When children need are not met they will misbehave more frequently. Therefore, Ms. Rollison will need to understand and have patience with the student because there is always a reason behind why the student is misbehaving.

For this child observation, I decided to observe my younger brother Jacob. Jacob is 5 years old, but he insisted that I write that he is almost 6. He is also in kindergarten this year and loving every second of being a loud, rowdy boy. I suppose I am at an advantage in this observation since I have seen the numerous developments in Jacob’s life thus far.