• Concerning Behavior

    IMMINENT WARNING SIGNS/HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS

    Severe rage for seemingly minor reasons
    Possession and/or use of firearms
    Sexual aggressiveness (perpetrator or at risk for potential perpetration)
    Severe destruction of property
    Fire setting [links to Firesetting Brochure | Checklist | Strategies/Techniques (powerpoint training)]
    Severe alcohol and/or other drug impairment
    Serious self-injurious behaviors or threats of suicide
    Student admits to a plan or method to hurt others and/or detailed threats of lethal violence

    CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATIONS MUST ALWAYS BE WELL THOUGHT OUT WHEN PLANNING STUDENT SUPPORTS

  • Behaviors:
    Poor academic performance
    Low school interest
    Sudden changes in school attendance
    Lack of interest in things he/she used to enjoy
    Little to no affect displayed
    Easily distracted
    Hyperactive
    Stealing from others
    Frequent lying
    Animal abuse
    Running away from home
    History of discipline problems
    Expression of violence in writing and drawing
    Preoccupation with death

    Feelings/Thoughts:
    Excessive feelings of isolation
    Excessive feelings of rejection
    Feelings of being picked on and persecuted
    Uncontrolled anger
    Persistent sadness/depression
    Anxiety/nerviousness
    Rapid mood Swings
    Obsessive or compulsive thoughts
    Intolerance for differences

  • Physical Concerns/Symptoms:
    Frequent complaints about physical aches and pains
    Unaccounted weight loss or gain
    Disordered eating
    Sleep disturbances/nightmares
    Wetting/soiling self at school
    Lack of attention to hygiene, grooming
    Dull, watery, dialated, droopy or bloodshot eyes
    Drug use and/or alcohol use
    Sees or hears things that are not present
    Altered perception of time, space, sights, etc.

    Social Interations:
    Social withdrawal/isolation
    Family conflict
    No friends or difficulty making/keeping friends
    Recent change to peer group
    History of violent and aggressive behavior (fighting)
    Afiliation with gangs
    Sexual inapproriateness/lack of boundaries
    Patterns of impulsive/chronic hitting, biting, intimidating and/or bullying

    Other:
    Victim of physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect
    Experience of a recent loss
    Access to, possession of, and use of weapons away from school