Turn the Tables on the Tantrum Thrower

November 29, 2012

Bob Brandis, a principal in Australia

Found In: discipline, handling disruptions

As principal, I have responded to early childhood educators who have called for assistance for a temper tantrum thrower in the classroom. We left the tantrum thrower in the room and moved the class outside to continue the lesson. The tantrum thrower soon stopped and joined the class outside. The class ignored him and returned to their activity inside the classroom. A little bit of disruption for a good result. We had to do this three times before the little turkey decided it wasn’t worth the effort.

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Marge | 2012/11/30

Good plan...remove the audience!

Matilde | 2012/11/30

You need to have a plan ahead of time in terms of location since outside is not always an option.

Regina | 2012/11/30

I agreed with CzyTech on this issue. Adiminstrators with a spine.

Susie | 2012/11/29

I have also done this with a disruptive child. You have to be flexible and think quickly as to what you will do when you move the other students out. Additional teacher support is necessary to make it work and be effective.

CzykTech | 2012/11/29

This only works if teachers have administrators with the spine/juevos to back them up.

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