Physical Aggression Essay

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o Physical Aggression This behavior consists of hitting, punching, slapping, pulling hair and pinching. Functions cited as task avoidance, denied access, attention or without clear antecedent. Recently at a graduation party, Alexis was upset that attention was going towards the brother and not her. This resulted in Alexis getting physically frustrated with mom by attempting to hit her. Staff member had to use verbal re-direction such as “Calm hands Alexis” to re-direct her from expressing any further behaviors. o Verbal Aggression: Alexis is non-verbal, verbal aggressions consist more of her screaming “no” or repeating what she wants such as “Drink” or “Thrift Store”. Alexi’s speech is often inaudible so it can often become a guessing game, which may frustrate her more when not receiving the initial request. o Property Destruction: This behavior consists of breaking items such as toys, electronics devices (iPad, MacBook computer, and Nintendo DS systems). Functions cited as task avoidance, denied access, attention or during changes in medication (switching form one pill to the other). Recently, Alexis requested to use her sister’s Ipad, when given the response of no, Alexi’s began to …show more content…

Functions cited as task avoidance, denied access, attention or without clear antecedent. Recently, Alexis wanted to buy an expensive item at a store and mom said no. She got upset and begged for it by repeating the name of the item such as “blanket” or “doll” . When she did not get what she wants she then attempted to strike mom and staff. BRIA staff was able to redirect Alexis in order to calm her down. Depending on the day and time of the month her tantrums may vary from mild to extreme and can be in attempt to hit (puts hand up but doesn’t strike) to actual aggression and collapsing onto the floor and refusing to

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