Today has been a difficult day for our students. Unfortunately the main issue today is the lack of staff we have had recently, due to sickness, which means they can't have their usual staff for lessons.
2 students in particular have struggled greatly. They both have decorated their classroom and staff with pens. We do pick our battles so we werent too bothered but we did call for support because it was starting to get out of hand. They didnt want their staff so they were in a room together by themselves which they know they arent allowed but refused to have staff in. In the end it ended up with this:
The first student was breaking, throwing and smashing stuff in the classroom, screaming, swearing and in tears.
The second student was hurting staff so was put into a positive hold. They then started shouting and trying to bite staff. They then started to head bang and bite themselves and pull their hair. In the end they were on the floor hyperventilating, sweating, bruised and with a swollen head. This went on for 1 hour.
We gave them the help and first aid they needed once they were calm enough but we hate seeing our students struggle. What else could we have done to help? We tried our best and in the end they were happy and calm to a point. We are going to let the parents know after debrief. In all honesty, we've never seen these 2 students struggle this much before.
Thanks for letting us rant on but we want to hear your views and opinions on what we could've done better so we can improve.
