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Are you having more negative interactions than positive interactions with a disruptive and acting-out student? Your ability to influence and to persuade a disruptive student toward appropriate classroom behavior is contingent upon the bond, or rapport, established between the child and you. By applying basic child guidance principles, you can shift the balance from negative interactions and comments to positive interactions. Some guidelines follow. Develop the Ability to Distance Yourself from the Acting-Out Behavior Increase your tolerance threshold to disruptive and acting out behaviors; downplay mild disruptive behaviors and allow behaviors that deviate from what is standard or “appropriate.” Do not personalize the student’s behavior, and avoid reacting emotionally. Emotional reactivity to what the student says or does is the number one reason why interactions between teachers and students turn into conflict, and the main reason why a conversation turns into an argument. R...

A popular belief in interactional and language-based discipline is that, when adults state any direction or command given to a child using positive wording , the child complies faster (and easier) than when we use negative language, i.e. negative directions or a negative command. Typically crowded with harsh terms and spoiled with negative presuppositions about the child’s character or identity, a negative direction tells the child what not to do, for example, “ Don’ t run on the hall” or “ Don’t bang on the table. What’s wrong with you today?!” (Negative presupposition: “There’s something wrong with you.”) In the same category we find the “Stop” command, for example, saying, “ Stop yelling! I’m getting a headache!” (Negative presupposition: “ You are giving me a headache.”) or “ Shut up ! I don’t want to hear another sound coming out of your mouth!” (Negative presupposition: “ Your sounds are annoying.”) Positive directions, on the other hand, give the child an alternative of...

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