This week we held the first behaviour awareness course. The idea behind the focused 2 1/2 hr session with senior staff, selected students and their parents is to tackle the underlying issues of low level persistent disruptive behaviour. The course was a great success and it was encouraging to see young people addressing their emotions, setting targets for themselves and talking it through with their parents. Below is an extract from one the modules we used. Work in progress, but we look forward to seeing the impact of this new initiative.
Have a relaxing Half Term break.
An obvious example of disruptive behaviour is in school, when you cannot do what the teacher or member of staff asks you to.
- At break, something has happened and the teacher wants to speak with you and asks you to “come back here” but you walk off.
- In the class, a teacher asks you to pay attention, but you keep talking to others and mess about.
By you doing this, it shows a lack of respect, but more importantly, whatever the issue is, the teacher cannot help you resolve it, so you feel it is more unfair and usually escalate this disobedience to challenging and aggressive behaviour.
This is the most basic of all anti-social behaviours that leads to something more serious.
- Your inability to do as you are told, will lead to serious consequences in school and life in general.
- You will struggle to read, write and understand and struggle to complete school successfully or keep a regular employment.
- Why would anybody give you any time or help if you cannot follow all instructions?
This disobedience is a challenge to authority.
- In other words, you end up arguing at home with parents/carers.
- You end up arguing at school with teachers/staff.
- The victim is actually the very person or people who have authority to help and support you.
- Amongst friends, it is also what causes the most anti-social fallouts.
The people you choose to be friends with also end up behaving this way, so there is little trust and respect for anyone or anything.
Think when you grow up to be an adult, and someone else was being disobedient and not doing as you ask.
How would you feel?
If you are someone who has been disobedient before, the best way to avoid this is to manage your attitude towards others.
There is no need to not follow instructions, or not pay attention or simply ignore others.
You need to control the way you behave when you asked to do something.
Rules are there for everyone to follow. The law is there to make our community safe for everyone.
It is your choice. Making the right choice, breaks this cycle of disobedience.
