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challenges your authority. If one student becomes challenging, other students could do the same. If challenging behaviour doesn’t go away, then the situation should be solved properly.
EFFECTS ON STUDENTS
If a student is disruptive, it can make it hard for other people to complete their work. Even worse, it can also cause emotional distress. Challenging behaviour can include bullying, which may upset some children. It also creates a negative classroom environment, which could decrease productivity and grades. Worse, it could influence students to replicate this behaviour.
PREVENTING THE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR
1. COOPERATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL
Cooperation between home and school is very important. Getting to understand the home situation will help teachers understand the problematic students so that teachers can find ways to manage their behaviour. There are many reasons why a child might be misbehaving. One can have a poor home environment. Maintaining frequent communication with parents is essential for managing challenging behaviour. School should be in active communication with homes. Talking to parents or carers will help school to know them better, so teachers can understand the causes of bad behaviour. It will help teachers to establish some good behaviour management techniques for school as well as some that might work
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