Characteristics of a difficult student: compilation scheme and example

Characterization of a difficult student requires the teacher, who composes it, not only psychological knowledge, but also the ability to analyze the situation from different angles. Such a document is intended to provide the most complete information about the personality of the student and help plan the development assistance for the child himself.

When is a characterization of a difficult teenager required?

The characterization of a difficult student is usually compiled on a planned basis (when moving to the next level of training, when transferring to another educational institution, visiting a military registration and enlistment office) or at the request (requirement) of other authorities: law enforcement agencies, social services, and other services for working with minors.

In this case, the document gives the requesting authority information about the child and the opportunity to draw conclusions: what is the reason for the problem behavior, absenteeism or poor student performance. The information received is usually used in planning appropriate assistance - bringing parents to justice, corrective and preventive measures with the child, medical treatment, etc.

Characteristic of a difficult student: plan

Any characteristic is an official document, so it must be correctly composed. Information should be presented in portions, in each paragraph one aspect of the child's development should be described. The document must be certified by persons from among the teachers who have the greatest experience in communicating with the child (class teacher, psychologist, teacher-defectologist) and the leader (director or his deputy). If the characteristic is not printed on the letterhead of the institution, then all the details of the school are indicated at the top, in front of the heading.

The characteristic for the student (a difficult teenager or an exemplary excellent student) is also compiled according to a certain algorithm, which includes such information:

• general information about the student (what is the name, age, where does he live and in what conditions, state of health);
• family characteristics (social well-being, status, material standard of living);
• pedagogical information: performance, behavior in the classroom, cognitive interest, attitude to social activities;
• child's psychosocial development (development of mental functions, personality traits, sociometric status in a group, social influence on development, tendency to deviant behavior: offenses, self-destructive acts);
• extracurricular interests and inclinations.

Student Social Information

Characterization of a difficult student implies the disclosure of the reasons for his poor performance or lack of education. A great influence in such negative moments is assigned to the social situation of development. It:

• family influence (single-parent and large families, parental dependencies, criminal convictions, violence and family conflicts);
• low material well-being in the family;
• the presence of seriously ill close relatives who are in direct contact with the child;
• difficult life circumstances (for example, relocation from "hot spots").

The characteristic for a difficult elementary school student should also include information about the child's visits to kindergartens, correctional groups (whether it was registered with defectologists), to what extent the development of basic physical and mental functions corresponds to the norm. Thus, the organic features of development are excluded from the failure factors and a conclusion is made about pedagogical neglect, which will become the subject of correction in the future.

Psychological characteristics of a deviant teenager

In the language of psychologists, “difficult teenager” is a rather broad designation. Specialists distinguish deviant adolescents (the personality trait and social development situation which lead them to deviant behavior) and pedagogically neglected children who do not have an interest in learning, do not have a learning activity skill and academic performance suffers. In order for the characteristic to give an idea of ​​a specific child, these psychological moments should be analyzed in it:

• the development of motivation for learning, cognitive functions (thinking, speech, attention, memory);
• normal emotional state of the child;
• personality traits, character;
• physical and psychological traces of child abuse;
• the presence of cases of deviant behavior (bad habits, offenses);
• communication with peers (sociometric status in the classroom, company of friends);
• the presence of interests and useful activities.

Example characteristics on a difficult student

Vasilisa Vasilyeva began her studies in ... (school) 2 years ago. Before that, she was a student ... (at school), where she moved from in connection with a conflict situation in the classroom. In this educational institution, Vasilisa proved herself to be a difficultly performing student with reduced motivation for the educational process.

Vasilisa lives in an incomplete dysfunctional family. Father, Vasiliev V.V., is in prison, mother, Vasiliev V.V., unemployed, has an alcohol dependence. Occasionally raising a child, the girl is left to herself most of the time. The material well-being of the family is low: Vasilisa does not have all the necessary items of seasonal clothes (she walks in autumn boots in the winter), sometimes she asks classmates for money for lunch. The girl left the previous educational institution because she created a conflict situation in the team - she stole money from a classmate.

At lessons Vasilisa behaves passively, does not delve into the learning process, does not perform homework. Academic performance is low, no favorite subjects. Often skips classes, sometimes for a good reason (sick, has chronic bronchitis).

By the nature of Vasilisa, a closed, unsociable, incredulous girl. With classmates behaves detachedly, trying to avoid them. He reacts coldly to comments, without interest, but not aggressively.

With Vasilisa, it is planned to conduct corrective classes with a psychologist, as well as informing social services about the child’s family situation as unsuccessful for full development.

At the end, put the date and signature.