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BESD Key Information
Children with emotional and behavioural difficulties may:
• find it difficult to form friendships
• often appear preoccupied and therefore find it difficult to get involved in activities
• have difficulty keeping on task
• have difficulty taking part in group activities and discussion
• often become tearful or throw tantrums for no apparent reason
• have psychosomatic illnesses
• have low self-esteem and often become victims of bullies
• become bullies themselves
• be aggressive and disruptive
• find it difficult to conform to classroom rules and routines
• be excessively attention-seeking through either negative behaviour or clinginess
• sometimes have school phobia
• underachieve in many areas of the school curriculum.