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  Case: Age is a problem
Mrs. Honeycutt has a student in her 7th grade class that is 16 years old. He is constantly disrupting the class and does no work at all. All the kids try their best to impress him even if it means breaking rules. When this student is not at school everything runs much smoother. This student also bullies younger students because he is much older and larger. What should be done about this?
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There should already be a plan in place for this child who is 16 in the 7th grade. I would look in his PR folder and figure out what his defiency is in. In my ELA class, I have a number of students who are struggling readers. As middle school students, they don't want anybody to know that they struggle, so they act out to take the attention away from the fact.

I would try a behvaior contract between him and his parents. Every day he has to get all of his teachers to sign it and the parent has to sign off on it, so they see how his behavior was for that day. It keeps all parties accountable, while the academic problem is being handled.
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I love the idea of the behavior contract! Great idea. I'm just wondering that at this point how helpful could the parents be.
Rated On: October 19, 2014 11:00 pm
Rated By: Lauren Hill
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I agree with this solution
Rated On: February 28, 2015 9:47 pm
Rated By: eSaPaz