Hello all, I've been lurking on this forum occasionally when I need help and suggestions for work and decided to go ahead and join XD. I'm a lead teacher in a center in the "rainbow room" a class of eighteen 2 1/2 to 3 year olds. I have one co-teacher who is in there with me, however 18 children in that age group can still be a lot of us to handle sometimes. Between potty training and trying to keep their social skills (and sometimes lack of) in check. One of the main reasons I wanted to reach out and join was for suggestions for a child I have in my room that I have yet been able to find anything that works for him.
One of the main problems is his rough behavior with some of the other children. I understand it is not because he is trying to be "mean." Most of the time it's very obvious that he is play wrestling, however he does things like jump on top of other children, grab them by the collars of their shirts and yank on them, or straight put his hands around their necks like a choke hold. When another child does upset him, he goes straight for their necks as well, and gives very little warning to us that something had occurred to upset him other than that.
I have a very hard time correcting this because he is very stubborn about anybody disrupting his play. If I try to redirect him he starts getting upset and throwing chairs and starts stripping his clothes off. I've tried offering him stuffed animals to fight with, calming bottles, bubble wrap, all kinds of things.
I was also the teacher to his older brother, who was much more difficult. He pitched tantrums much the same, however was also delayed in speech and never really showed interest in interacting with peers. When he moved from mine to the older classroom, his outbursts became so bad he had to leave the center due to hurting other children and too many parent complaints. He was eventually diagnosed with ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. His little brother reminds me a lot of him, except he is more affectionate and actually has built good teacher and peer relationships. I really want to try and nip some of these aggressive behaviors before they get too bad this time. Any suggestions on this?
One of the main problems is his rough behavior with some of the other children. I understand it is not because he is trying to be "mean." Most of the time it's very obvious that he is play wrestling, however he does things like jump on top of other children, grab them by the collars of their shirts and yank on them, or straight put his hands around their necks like a choke hold. When another child does upset him, he goes straight for their necks as well, and gives very little warning to us that something had occurred to upset him other than that.
I have a very hard time correcting this because he is very stubborn about anybody disrupting his play. If I try to redirect him he starts getting upset and throwing chairs and starts stripping his clothes off. I've tried offering him stuffed animals to fight with, calming bottles, bubble wrap, all kinds of things.
I was also the teacher to his older brother, who was much more difficult. He pitched tantrums much the same, however was also delayed in speech and never really showed interest in interacting with peers. When he moved from mine to the older classroom, his outbursts became so bad he had to leave the center due to hurting other children and too many parent complaints. He was eventually diagnosed with ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. His little brother reminds me a lot of him, except he is more affectionate and actually has built good teacher and peer relationships. I really want to try and nip some of these aggressive behaviors before they get too bad this time. Any suggestions on this?
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