I'll post a lot more tomorrow. Work has been pretty draining this week as it is the first week back for our kiddos. I have a student in the morning who has hit, bit, and pinched me every day so far and my assistant/aide doesn't want to deal with him when he is so agitated. I think they're just young and get tired/sleepy. And they have special needs. Our friend who hits, bits, and pinches also hits himself.
He cries even louder if I don't hold him and goes around hitting other students. So I have accepted getting bruises on a daily basis for a while and try to best prevent getting hit too much, especially preventing him from self harm - that's most important. Another student I have also cries at a random time [I think due to sleepiness as well], because it's not like he didn't get his way on something. He likes to lay on my lap and get a back rub to soothe him.