Working in a Special Education School, with Children who have Challenging Behaviours.
Anyone who has worked in a Special Needs School with Children who have Challenging Behaviours will attest to how difficult and exhausting it can be. There are a few days here and there, that you feel you are making a real difference to these children’s lives, but most days are fraught with the tension of not knowing when or why one of the children may experience a violent outburst. Hopefully you will receive some professional Challenging behaviour training from an elite training company such as https://www.tidaltraining.co.uk/learning-disability-training/challenging-behaviour-training-breakaway-techniques. If you have been fortunate enough to attend a bespoke course on Challenging Behaviours at least you will have a much clearer understanding of why some children behave as they do. Plus, you will have been taught special techniques and calming strategies to help the children remain calm.
If you work in a close-knit Team and the rest of the Teaching Assistants in your class are as well trained as you are, then there’s a chance of consistently more days when you genuinely feel you are all making the children’s lives better and educating them, to reach their full potential.
With a classroom of possibly only six children, three teaching assistants and a qualified Special Education teacher in charge, if you have all received professional training you definitely will be able to make a positive change to the children’s daily routines and actually educate them in a way they can understand.
