Does your student demonstrate some of the following:
Fails to respond to any redirection, calming, deescalation, etc Extreme oppositional and defiance Deliberately destroy items, furniture, toys, supplies, etc Yell, scream, hit, kick, bite, flail, stomp, roll on ground, crawl, hit head on things Lay on the floor and refuse to do what is asked Run out of or around room Run out of school Run from adults and authority figures Throw things, swing at others with objects, threaten others with objects, motion they will throw objects Pout, whine, moan, groan, growl, or yelp Unable to deescalate after reasonable period Yell “no”, “I don’t want to”, “I don’t have to”, “Make me”, etc Challenge authority figures or adults Make verbal and physical threats Appear extremely upset Begin to hyperventilate, gag, pass out, become light headed, hold breath, turn blue Hit or bite self and become self destructive Yell inappropriate words Say very mean and vindictive phrases Smile and taunt others while threatening Stand up and become aggressive Be unreasonable Fail to see logic Express no concern for consequences Make suicidal and homicidal threats Express hopelessness with the situation and an inability to recover the situation Become fatalistic