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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted about evacuating the class to the closet. These are not run of the mill behaviors that cause this. I've seen more serious behaviors over the last 10 years. A lot of kids have never heard the word "no" in their homes. Their homes are often chaotic and they don't have stable families. These kids have very reactive personalities. They explode about little things. There are many transitions that occur during a school day and they often can't deal with it. You can't just send them to the office. Sometimes they elope from the classroom and you have to text an admin to go get them. Other times, they start yelling and screaming and overturn furniture, throw school supplies, etc.[/quote]
I have noticed the escalation too. In my observation technology plays a huge part. Many kids get violent when their preferred activity is not available or has ended (iPad) these are often the same kids who obsess over video games, talk about them all day. [/quote]

Yes, we don't use technology in my classroom anymore until mid-year (not in FCPS). Last year, they pushed all of the learning apps on us and documented use. Trying to use iPads as a center during small group time often turned into WW3. Kids wouldn't stop using them to move to their next center. They would whine and scream and tantrum when it was time to switch. I had 2-4 students who would escalate these behaviors when I took them away so I stopped using them as a center. Mid-year, I slowly brought them back and told students that they would only be able to use them if they showed me they were able to switch when the timer went off. Three of them couldn't use them at all for the rest of the year. They couldn't handle it.

Parents would tell me "Larlo screams and cries when I take his tablet away so I just let him have it until he falls asleep." I'm so glad this technology was absent from my own child's childhood. It is really changing children in a negative way.[/quote]

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