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DEFIANT

The student may…

  • Lashes out verbally at others

  • Withdraws (emotionally or physically)

  • Challenges the authority of the adult

  • Refuses to comply with adult requests

  • Refuses to follow classroom routines

  • Projects blame onto others

  • Denies the obvious

  • Unable to admit a mistake

  • Poor judgment

  • Difficulty going from Point A to Point B

  • Enormous energy and persistence

  • Often plays out scenes of control

  • May ask the same question over and over

  • Prefers to focus with intensity on one task

  • Often have only a couple of friends they seek to control

  • Inflexible in his/her emotions

 

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