Today we are going to tell you how to manage aggression during the shoot. Working with young people will probably expose you to aggressive behaviour eventually, despite your best efforts to prevent it. The following methods have reduced aggressive behaviour in children and adolescents receiving treatment: These techniques can defuse a problem or soothe an angry person. They can also be used to establish stronger relationships with young people and determine whether they require special assistance.
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- Maintain appropriate voice and body language
- Calm down
- Never threaten somebody
- Hold off till the appropriate time
- Threats must be handled properly
Maintain appropriate voice and body language
We represent our physical, mental, or emotional emotions through gestures, postures, and facial expressions, and we do so without words. Our spoken words can be emphasised or misinterpreted depending on how we present ourselves through our body language and voice. Be mindful of your own body language and tone of voice if you encounter a young person acting violently or making threats. Some young individuals can become upset and aggressive when certain body language and speech tones are used.
Calm down
You can get upset or frustrated when you encounter a child or young person who acts violently. These emotions are normal, but if you express them, the young person may become more upset. Try to encourage the child to focus on his or her own feelings while approaching them gently. Use straightforward phrases like “It seems like you’re having a hard time.”
It doesn’t need to be that way. Keep in mind that when you speak to young people who act aggressively, they will most likely respond verbally and aggressively. They might swear or yell; ignore them. When someone criticises you, don’t take it personally. Additionally, if a young person acts aggressively towards you, avoid resolving the issue or conflict that caused it. Prioritise letting the person know that you value him or her, are worried about what is transpiring, and are there to assist.
Never threaten somebody
Don’t warn about repercussions you won’t uphold. If young people learn from previous experience that they will not always face warnings, they will not react well to them. Avoid the urge to threaten a young person with a punishment you know you can’t deliver or that is excessively harsh. This is when they exhibit particularly hostile behaviour.
Hold off till the appropriate time
Wait until after an aggressive episode has ended and everyone has cooled down before speaking with a young person about inappropriate conduct.
Threats must be handled properly
Your main objective will be to get a young person making threats to focus on the way he or she is experiencing, and away from any target of aggression. You can do this by saying things like, “You must be feeling really sorry to do something like that.” What’s going on? “You must be feeling really sorry to say something like that.”
Even if you have effectively handled the situation the threat was made during, it is not always easy to predict if a young person will carry out their threat. Consider the past actions of the person who made the threat in order to determine if the threat will be carried out. Teenagers who have acted aggressively, destroyed property, started fires, injured animals, or displayed other behaviour issues in the past are more likely to follow through on a threat.
