How to Deal with Children Expressing Anger in Class
Tips for Teachers
To be in the classroom with students of different backgrounds and training is very challenging and stressful. The teacher's duty is not only teaching the students how to read, write and compute but also to mold their characters, attitudes and values. A teacher needs to be patient, committed and dedicated to be in this profession. In the classroom, the teacher would act as parent, facilitator, leader, nurse, police, caregiver, judge, etc. Everything that is going on in the classroom is the teacher's responsibility. This is not an easy task. Dealing with children's behavior problems is more exhausting than teaching how to read and write. But there are ways on how to deal with children acting differently in the classroom. Ways on how to deal with children expressing anger in the classroom:
Keep Calm/ hold your temper
The most common reaction of teachers when a student is angry is to scold him for displaying such behavior in class. The angry student will be more resentful if he will be scolded in public without considering the reason of why he is angry. I had a student who was so angry, he bang the door, threw his notes and kicked his chair. The more I raise my voice to stop him, the more he became wild. I became nervous also of what to do, so I decided to keep calm and called his name in a relax tone of voice to assure him that everything is fine and I want to help him with his problem. The next thing that happened was he cried. I then, realize that being calm when somebody is angry would help to ease the situation.
Talk to the child in private
Keep Calm/ hold your temper
The most common reaction of teachers when a student is angry is to scold him for displaying such behavior in class. The angry student will be more resentful if he will be scolded in public without considering the reason of why he is angry. I had a student who was so angry, he bang the door, threw his notes and kicked his chair. The more I raise my voice to stop him, the more he became wild. I became nervous also of what to do, so I decided to keep calm and called his name in a relax tone of voice to assure him that everything is fine and I want to help him with his problem. The next thing that happened was he cried. I then, realize that being calm when somebody is angry would help to ease the situation.
Talk to the child in private
You can build the trust and confidence of the child if you talk to him in private. It is best to give seat work to the rest of the class so that you can concentrate talking to the child privately. Talk to him in a relax tone of voice to make him feel comfortable. Avoid asking so many questions why he did it. Instead, let him do the talking. Let him tell you what happened with the assurance that you will listen and understand him. In this manner, you will be surprised that the child would open up everything that cause his behavior. By then you will be able to decide what is the best thing to do in order to help him improve his behavior.
You save the child from embarrassment when you talk to him in private and this would encourage him to cooperate with you.
Help find solution
When the cause of his being angry has been identified, help him find solution. If it is because of an irritant classmate, talk to the irritant child too. Most common causes of the child's being angry are frustrations, irritant classmate, family problems, or he maybe is a victim of child abuse and the only outlet of his bitterness is the classroom. If the problem is already identified, do something to help him instead of giving punishment and scolding because of the disturbance he caused. Finding the right solution to the problem would help the child a lot to overcome his behavior.
Talk to the parents
When the child has a problem in school, it is the teacher's responsibility to talk to the parents and discuss how they could work out things together to help the child. There are many instances that the parents were informed by the school administrators when the thing is already worst which is not the ideal procedure. In proper protocol, the teacher is the direct contact of the parents, so, it is his responsibility to inform the parents immediately if something is wrong with their children in school.
Give support to the child
A child who is always angry and easily gets irritated needs a supportive environment. Anger is an expression of emotion and there is always a reason why a child is angry. It might be frustrations, jealousy, rejection, conflict with classmates or maybe family issues. A child must have difficulty learning how to cope his anger if his environment is not supportive of how he feels. It is the teacher's noble task to influence his students of how to be supportive by living as an example for the students to emulate. A supportive environment could make a difference to every person specially to the heart of a child.
You save the child from embarrassment when you talk to him in private and this would encourage him to cooperate with you.
Help find solution
When the cause of his being angry has been identified, help him find solution. If it is because of an irritant classmate, talk to the irritant child too. Most common causes of the child's being angry are frustrations, irritant classmate, family problems, or he maybe is a victim of child abuse and the only outlet of his bitterness is the classroom. If the problem is already identified, do something to help him instead of giving punishment and scolding because of the disturbance he caused. Finding the right solution to the problem would help the child a lot to overcome his behavior.
Talk to the parents
When the child has a problem in school, it is the teacher's responsibility to talk to the parents and discuss how they could work out things together to help the child. There are many instances that the parents were informed by the school administrators when the thing is already worst which is not the ideal procedure. In proper protocol, the teacher is the direct contact of the parents, so, it is his responsibility to inform the parents immediately if something is wrong with their children in school.
Give support to the child
A child who is always angry and easily gets irritated needs a supportive environment. Anger is an expression of emotion and there is always a reason why a child is angry. It might be frustrations, jealousy, rejection, conflict with classmates or maybe family issues. A child must have difficulty learning how to cope his anger if his environment is not supportive of how he feels. It is the teacher's noble task to influence his students of how to be supportive by living as an example for the students to emulate. A supportive environment could make a difference to every person specially to the heart of a child.
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