One of the most challenging situations to deal with as an educator or parent of special needs children is classroom disruption. Disruptions impede the learning process and create additional stress for the child and other students.
There are various methods and approaches for managing disruptive classroom behaviours.
- Look for signs of anxiety and over-activity in the child, like excessive fidgeting. Then pre-emptively assign the child to a class-specific task to divert and refocus their attention.
- Identify triggers that cause the child to act up. Pace the learning so students have enough time to digest and understand what’s going on. In many cases, a student acting up can be the result of their inability to grasp what’s being taught in class.
- Manage your own emotions. Your frustrations may exacerbate the disruptions. It’s important to remain calm so that you can find a way to de-escalate that particular situation.
Taking care of children with special needs can be strenuous. Everything you take for granted for your day to run smoothly can be hijacked at any moment by the child’s strong refusal to follow instructions, insistence of doing things in their usual preferred manner, or their inability to remember basic daily instructions or rules.
Just keep in mind that you need to regulate your own emotions and understand the child is also not able to communicate their needs as well as they’ve like or are able to. Managing disruptive classroom behaviour is just as much about managing yourself as it is about managing the disruption.
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CAE’s 12-month Advanced Diploma in Special Education course trains educators and parents in the identification, diagnosis and treatment of these needs and the basic principles and practices of effective teaching and learning. The programme is highly practice-oriented to ensure that what you learn in class can be applied to children with special needs under your charge.
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