Students With Challenging Behavior Analysis

The characteristics of students with challenging behaviour are diverse and these must be understood to recognise the learning and teaching impacts within the classroom. Behaviour is a context dependant means of communicating a need or want, to reinforce or avoid a situation (Conway, 2015). Understanding that behaviour has an antecedent, behaviour and consequence is the first step to changing it. Approximately 12-15% of students display challenging behaviour with a further 1-5% exhibit severe disruptive behaviour (Rogers, 2015). Additionally, external challenging behaviours are unproductive, leading to unsuccessful learning experiences (Conway, 2015). Therefore, teachers need to understand learner characteristics of external challenging behaviour to minimise the impact in the classroom.
There are a number of identifiable characteristics which students with challenging behaviour may display. These often include learning difficulties relating to academic skills, self-regulation of …show more content…
As skills get harder in upper grades, behavioural difficulties are increasingly utilised as a coping mechanism (Porter, 2014). Low academic and reading ability is a risk factor to failing a variety of academic subjects and falling further behind peers. This leading to an increased likelihood of school failure (Thompson, 2011). Ineffective school response to students’ academic failure and challenging behaviour, can lead to peer rejection and if unresolved develop into intensive challenging behaviour and physical aggression. (Carter, Clayton, & Stephenson, 2006). The intensified behaviour is an attempt to communicate and avoid an unwanted situation. As the school is intrusted with the student’s welfare, early identification and intervention are imperative to prevent the student falling further