Student Symptoms

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Student Symptoms-Severe Behavior Handicap-
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What is Severe Behavior Handicap?
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Severe Behavior Handicap

• A child with severe behavioral handicap exhibits
  behavior that interferes with his or her school
  work and also has extreme difficulty getting
  along with others.
• Its has also been referred to as emotional
  handicaps or disturbances, social maladjusted
  delinquency, behavior disorders, conduct disorder
  or psychological disturbance.

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Safety Issues that are of concern.

• Student or students may harm others or
  themselves.
• Student or students may not follow specific
  safety rules while in shop, causing an unsafe
  environment for all involved.

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What To Look For.

• Some characteristics
• Hyperactivity, aggressive/self-injurious
  behavior, delinquency, withdrawal interaction
  with others, difficulty maintaining friendships,
  excessive fear, severe phobia, truancy, poor
  coping skills, inappropriate crying, and learning
  problems.

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Safety Issues

• Class/Campus Disruption
• Leaving The Classroom Without Permission
• Fighting
• Total Defiance

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What Can I do to help others help themselves.

• Get as much information or background as you can.
• Understand that each student has individual
  needs.
• Try to catch any disruptive behavior in the
  anxiety stage.
• Establish a set schedule allowing for very few
  changes to be made.

• Try to get parental support.
• Follow the schools proactive plan.
• Support the student if and when he/she returns to
  your classroom.
• Be consistent and follow through.
• Notice the positive behaviors and reward the
  child for doing something good.

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What Can I Do To Compensate?

• Give extra time to complete assignments.
• Reward the Good behavior and work completed.

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Always ask for More Help.

• When in doubt regarding any student, use all
  resources available to you.
• Social Worker
• Nurse
• Special Educator
• Speech-Language Therapist
• Assistant Principle

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