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I have two aggressive children in care, When I started at the centre I worked with one boy and a few months later he made great improvement in self regulation skills and social skills, the second child started a few months later, displaying very aggressive behaviour e.g hitting, choking children & teachers, throwing furniture, breaking resources. Recently the two boys have formed a close friendship and the behaviour of both has heightened e.g the 2nd child can be heard telling 1st child to hit other children. Child 1 has speech delay and limited english. We use positive guidance approach, the only time they interact positively with others is when they are separated into different groups which we have only done recently for the safety of others. I know we are supposed to support friendships, however in this case what do you all think?
Leah Continue to keep them separated. Talk to them about why they cannot play together and that they can earn the right to play together if they refrain from negative behaviors.

They have to show you that they can play nicely when they are with each other. Put them together for short periods of time. If acceptable behavior increases, fine, if ...See More
Apr 13, 2010
Sherrie Rodgers It's clear that after you got the first child to calm down and the second on came along that he is influencing the other child. For the safety of other children in the center you need to keep them seperated if that's the only thing that works. You also need to make sure you address this behavior with the parent because we never know what might be g...See More
Apr 14, 2010


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