Reality Therapy for Reducing Aggressive Behaviours among Students with Hearing-Impairment in Nigeria

Abstract

Aggressive behaviours are common among adolescents, hearing impaired students are not exempted; these behaviours affect students with hearing-impairment in the school and other social interactions. Counsellors are worried about its influence on the behaviours of the students. It is, therefore, important to reduce the behaviours to the barest minimum because of the effect in the schools, at home and in the society at large. This paper, therefore, examined the concept of aggression, aggressive behaviours and how Reality Therapy (RT) can be used to reduce aggressive behaviours among students with hearing-impairment in Nigeria. It was suggested that counsellors should assist the students change their behaviours, feelings and thoughts from negative to positive behaviours. The counsellors should also apply the therapeutic procedure of reality therapy to assist students with hearing-impairment reduce the aggressive behaviours.