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Marvin's Aggressive Behavior

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Through analyzing Marvin, I have concluded numerous things. First, I do not feel that he is predictable in regards to his aggressive behavior. He pinches students, yells, flips chairs over, throws things, knocks things down, grabs stuff out of other’s hands, and does not want to listen to the teacher’s directions. Looking at the initial case study and noting that the observations were done about the same time of the day, I do feel as if Marvin’s tantrums and misbehaviors are the around the same time each day. Yes, I believe that Marvin is seeking attention. When children seek attention, they “may stop the behavior for a short time but then repeat it until” they receive the attention that they desire (Machado & Botnarescue, 2011, p. 128). …show more content…

He wanted everyone to know that he knew the answer. It is also apparent that he seeks attention by the way that he reacts to his teacher telling him to do something, such as when he stomped off and flipped chairs over on his way to his seat. Marvin’s classmates do not give him the attention that he is seeking. One student appeared irritated with him because he yelled at Marvin when it was his turn to answer a question and Marvin answered for him. I can only image that the other students find Marvin’s behavior annoying because their class time has been interrupted because of the way he acts. First, he interrupts their read aloud by going to get different construction equipment that went along with the book. Secondly, they had to stop looking for leaves on their walk because Marvin ran into the street and had to be taken back to the school. I feel that Marvin’s triggers are not being able to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it and that he does not like being told what to do. I think that the teacher giving Marvin choices worked for him. An example of this was when the teacher said that he could either do patterns with the class or do them during center time …show more content…

Because I feel that he seeks attention and that he might not know how to express himself all of the time, the expectations will include keeping his hands to himself, not destroying other’s work, no throwing items, and no yelling. The consequences to these expectations would be based on a “three strikes and you’re out” plan. If during the day Marvin does not follow the expectations, the first two times will be known as “warnings”. I will try to find out why he acted in that specific manner. To do this, I will ask him questions regarding the situation to find out what triggered his behavior. During this time, I will also pose the questions to Marvin how he should have handled this situation and what he will do the next time the situation arises. If Marvin breaks one of the expectations a third time, he will lose classroom responsibility and serve a time-out for five minutes. After the five minutes, he will be allowed to join the class, but he will not be given his classroom responsibility

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