Fighting
The Garrison Model
B.H. Johns & V. G. Carr
Technique: Managing Verbally and Physically aggressive students
Procedures: Sixteen teacher tips for handling aggression:
- An ounce of preventions is worth a pound of cure.
- Teacher tension can agitate crisis behavior.
- Remain calm.
- Lower your voice.
- Slow your rate of speech.
- Arrange the environment to minimize risks.
- Stand 1.5 to 3 feet away from an acting out student -- give the student
space.
- Be aware of your body stance.
- Dress in a manner that minimizes risk of injury.
- Remind misbehaving students of the consequences of their behaviors.
- Allow verbal venting.
- Ignore irrelevant comments and redirect student to problem at hand.
- Provide choices.
- Set limits.
- Use physical restraint technique as last resort.
- Once the student is calm, use the incident to teach alternative appropriate
ways to deal with aggression.
pp. 55-62.
Breaking up Fights
- Never overlook an aggressive act.
- Walk to the scene of the problem.
- Assess the situation immediately.
- Keep an appropriate body stance.
- If the situation has not come to blows, talk with the student with
whom you have the best rapport.
- If the individuals are already engaged in a fight, direct them to
stop and get help.
- If feasible, remove observing students from danger.
- Do not allow the aggressor to benefit from the aggression.
- Allow trained staff (as a team) to intervene physically.
- Bring the situation to closure.
- Avoid physical punishment.
- Listen to the students.
- Contact the parents of the "watchers and cheerleaders."
- Notify police in situations of assault or battery*.
- Document the situation.
- Offer support and protection for victims.
pp. 103-110.
* Crime in the school should be treated the same within the schools as outside
of the school. The authors point out that tolerating crime, any form of
aggression or any kind of bullying is a form of countenancing the behaviors
and sends mixed messages to aggressors about the need to conform and discipline
self. Obviously, tolerating aggression is no service to other students,
to the learning community or the surrounding community.
Resource: Johns, B. H & Carr, V. G. (1995). Techniques for managing verbally
and physically aggressive students. Denver: Love.
Self Defense Techniques
Biting
The teacher can push the hand or body part being bitten further into the studentās mouth. The inward shove into the mouth causes the jaw to open wider and the bite to release. Get first aid.
Hair Pulls
To prevent hair loss the teacher can push the head toward the student. This abrupt motion will unbalance the student and as a reflex, the studentās hand should release. As a part of the abrupt motion, the teacher places the studentās hand on his or her head at the scalp. Hold the studentās hand on the scalp until the student releases. Call for assistance, since the student may not release the hair immediately.
Wrist Grabs
The tender point in a grab is between the studentās thumb and first finger. The teacher can twist his or her wrist in the direction of the hold where the studentās thumb and first finger meet. Move away from the grab and the student at the same time.
Two-handed Wrist Grabs
Make a fist with the arm that is grabbed. Place the other hand over the fist and jerk upward and to the side out of the grab.
Choke from the Front
Very quickly raise both arms outside the studentās arms and twist away from the hold. As the teacher twists, the arms will knock the studentās hands away from the throat. At the same time yell or scream to startle the student and summon help.
Choke from the Rear
Rapidly raise both arms outside the studentās arms but this time twist backward toward the student.
Kicks
Quickly turn to the side raising the targeted leg and bending it at the knee. This will prevent a full blow that might break the bone.
Punches
Try to grab the studentās fist as the punch is thrown and pull it past the body. Use the momentum of the punch to pull the student past his or her body. While pulling the punch through, move in the opposite direction.
Practice these defenses with other teachers so that they will be available in an emergency.
From: Johns, B. H & Carr, V. G. (1995). Techniques for managing verbally and physically aggressive students. Denver: Love.
Resource Nonviolent restraint and team transport of students is pictured and described in:
Wolfgang, C. H. (1995). Solving Discipline Problems: Methods and models for todayās teachers. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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