Hostile-Aggressive Behavior

​How do I intervene with a hostile-aggressive student?

Identify those behaviors which are inappropriate and perform a functional assessment. Doing an "A-B-C"(antecedent, behavior, consequence) chart can be very helpful in understanding what particular situations tend toset the student off.

Keep in mind that it took the student a long time to learnthese behaviors and it will likely take a long time to replace them with others.

Give the student the opportunity to talk about feelings and give reinforcement. Give thestudent special responsibilities. This will show that while you do not appreciate his or her behavior, you do seehim or her as a worthwhile and capable individual.