Identifying & Responding To Aggressive Student Behavior: Proactive Intervention Strategies

Description  Overview “Students may become verbally abusive when they encounter frustrating situations which they believe are beyond their control. Aggression varies from threats to verbal abuse to physical abuse and violence. It is very difficult to predict aggression and violence. They can displace anger and frustration from those situations onto the nearest target. Explosive outbursts or ongoing belligerent, hostile behavior become this student’s way of gaining power and control in an otherwise out-of-control experience. It is important to remember that the student is generally not angry at you personally, but is angry at his/her world. You may have become a convenient object for his/her pent-up frustrations.” ~ University of Rochester, University Counseling CenterIn this interactive webinar, we will explore the detrimental influence students who exhibit aggressive behaviors can have on the college experience both in terms of the students themselves as well as the institu