How do you feel about working with students, that can sometimes be difficult due to their circumstance?

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This school year, I had a student in my preschool self-contained class that gave both the lead classroom teacher and me a difficult time. This student would exhibit violent tendencies and was fixated on violence such as zombies and shooting. It became difficult to hold circle time or work on lessons with the students because we were constantly having to calm him down or stop him from harming himself or another student. It became frustrating dealing with this situation, but as the school year progressed, I learned about his home life and how difficult he had it at home. I learned that many times at home, instead of communicating, he was yelled at or argued with when he became difficult. On top of this and his communication issues, he had no outlet for his anger or how to communicate what he was feeling. I realized this and spent one on one moments with him, forming a relationship and helping him ease his frustration.