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[quote=Anonymous]The child is walking up to the teachers and hitting them, or the child is reacting to something physical from a teacher? This is important.

The antecedent and the consequence of the behavior is as important as the behavior itself. If you can't answer these questions you won't know if the behavior can be characterized as normal or understandable.

I witnessed a couple of kids hit teachers at the school I worked in. One time a teacher trying to physically move a K child by picking her up and the child kicked her. Another time a teacher blocked the door when a child wanted to leave the room. I have heard about but have not personally seen kids struggling and as a result hitting adults when the adults try to restrain them after they threw something or they had to break up a fight with another student.

Have not seen a child hit a teacher because they are upset about something not physical like not wanting o comply with an instruction or not getting to play or felt hurt by something the teacher said. That would be out of the norm.[/quote]

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