J, a Year 9 pupil, throws open the classroom door noisily, stamps in ten minutes late to the back of the class, fishes in his bag for a book and throws it with a thud on to the desk before pulling out a chair, crashing it on the ground and sitting down heavily. The rest [...]

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1. An awareness of the current pattern of undesirable behaviour, particularly of the trigger, that is to say, whatever immediately precedes the unwanted response. A teacher might be helpful in pointing this out. For example, he or she might notice that the pupil in question hits another member of the class whenever angry, or when [...]

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