Educational Research Paper: Students with Behavioral Issues

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Abstract

Behavior issues are a big topic among teachers, and parents alike. Behaviors can affect the student exhibiting the behavior, the other students, the teachers, administrators, and parents. Behavior is the actions and reactions of an organism, usually in relation to its environment. The real source of behavior is still somewhat a mystery; behavioral issues are said to be psychological, emotional, environmental, or psychosocial, and even heredity.

Some behavioral issues are also known as conduct disorders, some examples of conduct disorders are oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and antisocial personality disorders. Not all behavioral issues are an actual disorder. Human behavior is the behaviors exhibited by human beings and influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, coercion and/or genetics, which often have a social norm. Teachers are often the first people to notice some kind of behavior issue. Behavior issues are typically exhibited early on in a child’s life. The behavior of people is a vast subject; psychiatry, psychology, social work, sociology, economics, and anthropology are all fields which study people’s behavior.

Studying behavioral issues in the classroom is very important. Some behaviors, if caught early on, can be dealt with and changed. Teachers need to learn how to avoid power struggles in the classroom, ways to address student behavior, and they need to learn how to deal with students who do have behavior disorders.

Behavioral Issues

Behavior is one of the biggest issues in our classrooms today. The eccentric behavior of just a couple students disrupts the whole classroom, and affects the learning ability of many other...

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...sroom is very important; especially when the teachers have to combat against it. Sure, some schools have psychologists that administer and interpret tests to the students, and help teachers with the classroom related problems, but not enough schools have that kind of funding, or help. If a teacher is constantly in a power-struggle with a child, students are losing valuable instruction time and not gaining any new knowledge; this is why educators should focus more on behavior issues, and strategies to help with those types of issues. Though we should focus more on dealing with behavior issues, we must note that the teachers are in no way going to act as the parent in children’s life. Teachers need to learn how to avoid power struggles in the classroom, ways to address student behavior, and they need to learn how to deal with students who do have behavior disorders.

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