Biological Issues In Schools

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Introduction:
Jesse is a 15-year-old student who is not doing well in school. He gets into lots of fights at school. He has been kicked out of all his classes at least once. His anger gets to point where he cannot handle it. Jesse feels that he does belong there at the school. His peers in school judge him for what he wears and how he smells. He is always being bullied by another student each day. He only has from a single-parent family with no male figure.

Biological Issues
Jesse does not display any genetic issues that may be affecting him. He does not display signs of having schizophrenia. It does not appear that Jesse has been put on any medication or therapy. He does not show any signs of having malnutrition, allergies, or other health …show more content…

His dad left Jesse’s life at three years old. Jesse’s dad does not acknowledge him as a son. If his dad sees him he looks the other way. Also, his dad has two step-sons that bullies Jesse at school. It seems that in child management, Jesse’s mom does not portray authoritative discipline. She does not try to help solve the issue. She does not seem to be demanding and responsive. She does not do anything because she believes that the only way for him to get better is to find a father figure. The ineffective discipline for Jesse involves lax supervision. Although he gets in fights, he does not do well in school because his parents are not positively involved in his education. Due to his family’s coercive process, Jesse is not sent to school prepared to comply with the teachers’ instruction, to complete his assignments, and relate to his peers. Jesse seems to not have social training at home and it is important to be successful in school. An external influence affecting Jesse’s family is poverty. Due to his severe economic hardships, it causes his stress to …show more content…

The students in his school demanded a strict conformity regarding dress for social acceptance. Since Jesse does not wear name brand clothing, his peers made him an outcast and bullied him. The teachers do not seem to be sensitive to Jesse and have clear and positive expectations for him. They assume he is going to hurt someone in the classroom and try to argue with him during class. The school uses instruction in nonfunctional and irrelevant skills. The different classrooms do not provide Jesse with reasons why the instruction was worthwhile. Due to this situation, Jesse tries to avoid or disrupt class. Instead of providing him with reasons, the teachers argue with him to complete the work. The school provides destructive contingencies of reinforcement. The school is providing Jesse with negative reinforcement, by pulling kicking him out of class, and it allows him to avoid class work. The teachers misidentify in the case of Jesse. If Jesse arguing with them and fighting allows him to leave the class and the work, they are reinforcing his behavior. He may argue with the teachers to get out of work and being with the students that judge him. Teachers use undesirable models of conduct. By arguing with Jesse, they are fostering Jesse to act out and be

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