Behaviour management techniques desperate. Year 1

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This may turn into a ramble but I could really do with some wider thoughts / ideas on how to cope with current situation.

A new child arrived in January, as child 31 in our year 1 class.
He was fidgety and called out but manageable with general TA and teacher support.
Shortly before the holidays the wheels fell off and his behaviour plummeted, unable to stay in the classroom. Running round the school kicking, punching, screaming, throwing things, hurting adults and children alike.
We worked on finding him a safe place to run to we worked on managing transitions.
However, it feels like slt are just sitting back letting us manage.
His home life is very complicated and there aren’t any circumstances that will get him sent home.
He swings between being able to do fantastic work and destructive behaviour.
He has hurt me physically so much this morning, yet when I was leaving today he clung in like a koala demanding to come and live with me.
Any tips/techniques for me to try? Is there any point in me writing when he hurts me and keeping a log.
Very rambling but any tips happily received.

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Use ABC charts to help you understand the triggers, behaviours and consequences.
Be consistent and if you say something, mean it and do it- so don't be rash!
Look up Blackburn and Darwin ACEs and watch the video and do the quiz so that you understand the impact of his early childhood experiences.
Work with his family and with other adults in your classroom to set him SMART targets that last for a couple of days ... then weeks. Make sure he can achieve them. This will eventually form part of your APDR cycle and may go towards getting him an EHCP- make sure they're relevant and achieve able.
Use praise for everything that he does right.
Make sure that his work is manageable for him so that he doesn't 'act up' as an avoidance tactic for work.
Use the principles of nurture. Have a key adult for him who meets him in the morning and checks in with him on how his evening/morning were. Allow him to build a relationship with that adult and allow them to spend time together where he sets the agenda. Have this first thing in the morning, last thing at night and regularly during the day.
Have a 'safe space' in the classroom that he can go to before he hits the point of anxiety. Praise him for using it well and expect him to spend a lot of time in there at first.
Look up the stages of crisis and consider stage 0- pre-anxiety. How can you maintain him at stage 0?
Don't expect him to change. Change your practice and your procedure to meet his needs. His values and beliefs are entrenched by his home experiences and you will find it nigh on impossible to alter them but you can change what you do to meet his need.
Remember that even if you haven't had training, if you need to hold him in order to keep him, others or property safe, you are within your rights. Ensure that any 'holding' or 'guiding' is reasonable and proportionate and is used to protect him, not as punishment.
Tell your SLT that you need support.
PM me if you want further advice.

Not a teacher but a social worker: I love the previous post as it really sets you at a very baseline starting point to work up from. Have you any knowledge of attachment & trauma and how it relates to teaching (this varies with teachers I know so don’t want to assume) - look at Louise Bomber for this.

Understanding the effects of trauma (home life) and attachment will help you maintain your own empathic response as well as inform how you interact with him. He may not understand cause & effect so things like rewards and consequences might not work in the way they do for most children.

Do your council have any teams who can assist - Ed psych, behaviour intervention etc?

Good luck, keep your own resilience up!

Thanks. As yet we have no engagement from parents so as far as I understand help us delayed.
He is such a great kid and thankfully we have an awesome class who at the moment still want to play with him at breaks even if he has just thrown Lego/musical instruments/scissors at them.
I have been allocated as his ta but have no idea how to best support him.
Will look at all the above info.

@LadyFuschia that's the second time this week I've heard her name! I'm going to look her up tomorrow!!

That’s great @JanetandJohn500 - people swear by her.

I think the key bit is to accept that conventional methods may not cut it and the extra effort to adapt to him will in the long run pay dividends.

Sorry no actual teaching / classroom tips as I can understand you want some immediate ideas.