1 Definition of SBD eL II

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Definition:

The Nature of the Problem

What is an emotional or behavioral

disorder?


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Estimation: 2% or more of student population having

some type of EBD

Difficulty: understanding the characteristics and

nature of students with EBD

Understanding the nature of EBD + acquiring the

tools to teach students with disabilities teachers

will be better prepared to educate students who

have EBD

The Importance of understanding

(emotional and) behavior disorders


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1. A student rocks constantly in her seat. Does she havean emotional and behavior disorder?

2. A student beats up a peer because he was singing asong from a popular movie at lunch. Does theaggressor have an emotional and behavior disorder?

3. A student threatens to commit suicide because herparents are getting a divorce. Does she have anemotional and behavior disorder?

Are these EBD?


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Terminology

Emotionally disturbed.

Behaviorally disordered.

Emotional or behavioral disorders.


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Important Terms

Emotionally disturbed-- term now used in

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1997)

Behaviorally Disordered-- term used by Council

for Children with Behavioral Disorders, focuses

attention on observable aspects of the children


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Developmental Norms versus Sociocultural

Expectations

Universally recognized.

Muteness, serious self-injury, eating feces, and

murder.

Sociocultural expectations.

Academic achievement, aggression, sexual

behavior, and language patterns.


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Behavior Shaped by Social Context

Interactions

Transaction

Behavior is formed by the childs social interaction and transaction(modeling, reinforcement, extinction, and punishment).

Example: when dealing with a child with temper tantrums, one

needs to consider the appropriate expectations, demands and

reactions of his/her teachers, peers, and parents.


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Types of Disorders and Causes

Examples of disordered emotions and behavior.Environmental conditions under which disturbed children grow are varied;

some disturbed children grow in conducive to normal development

conditions whereas others grow in adverse conditions.Because there are a great number of possible causal factors of disabilities, it

is very difficult to determine these causes for the individual child.

Externalizing

Allen, a 13-year-old, was described as a discipline problem. Examples of hismisbehavior include:

He justified calling one of his classmates a name by saying that she wasmaking him mad;

He justified telling his teacher to shut up and calling him stupid, by explainingthat an assignment was Stupid.


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Types of Disorders and Causes

Internalizing

Schizophrenia

Elizabeth has schizophrenia: Since she was in kindergarten she

avoided doing work. Although she was in the top reading group in first

grade, she was in the bottom reading group in third grade. In fourth

grade she was taking Ritalinand thought she was doing better untilshe got really sick and spent 2 months in the hospital. She started

taking Mellaril and feels that she is doing much better because of the

medicine and the support she gets from her family and some

teachers.


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Problems of Definition

We judge a behavior as normal or abnormal through our subjectivecultural norms, rules, and expectations. Therefore, definingemotional or behavioral disorders is difficult.

Examples of these difficulties: Differences in conceptual models,differing purposes of definition, the complexities of measuring

emotions and behavior, the range and variability of normal and

deviant behavior, the relationship among emotional or behavioral

disorders and other exceptionalities, the transience of many

problems during human development, and the disadvantagesinherent in labeling deviance.


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Differences in Conceptual Models Psychodynamic

Biological

Sociological

Behavioral

Ecological

Psychoeducational

Educational

Phenomenological


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Differing Purposes of Definitions

Courts

Clinics

Families

Schools

States definitions of EBD differ. Therefore, a child

might be considered normal in one state but

disturbed in another.


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Difficulties in Measuring Emotions and

Behavior

Psychometric tests

Behavioral frequencies


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Range and Variability of Normal and Deviant

Behavior

Intensity

Rate


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Relationships Among Emotional or Behavioral

Disorders and Other Exceptionalities

Mental retardation

Learning disabilities

Communication disorders

Transience of Many Emotional and Behavioral

Problems


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Disadvantages in Labeling Deviance

We cannot talk about things, includingdisabilities, without using labels (language)

to describe them.(Kauffman, 2004)


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Importance of the Definition Medical Legislative

The Current Federal Definition

Derivation

In Bowers 1981 definition, there is some ambiguity in defining the

inability to learn; is it inability to learn social behavior or only academicskills? How long does it last? How can we determine that inability tolearn is irrelevant to intellectual or health factors? Are health and mentalfactors separable? What are satisfactory interpersonal relationships withpeers? What is inappropriate behavior? What are normal conditions?When is unhappiness pervasive?

Status IDEA. Did the definition of IDEA resolve the ambiguity in Bowers

definition? What is the problem of including schizophrenia in thedefinition?


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Perspective on Definition

A useful definition for educators is one that

focuses on the students behavior at school

settings. Therefore, teachers should be viewed

as the most important individuals in the

process of decision making and defining

disturbed children.


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EBD Defined: The IDEA definition:

Difficult to define due to its subjectivity

The condition persists and adversely affects educationalperformance.

An inability to learn exists that cannot be explained by factorsrelating to health, IQ, or sensory problems.

The condition results in poor interpersonal behaviors and a pervasivemood of depression or unhappiness.

The condition includes a tendency to develop physical symptomsrelated to fears.

IDEA is criticized because it:

Leads to under-identification.

Narrowly interprets school performance as academic.

Emphasizes emotional problems.

Underemphasizes behavioral problems.


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Emerging Definition: National Mental Health and

Special Education Coalition

The condition includes behavioral or emotional responses inschool different from appropriate age, cultural, or ethnic norms.

School performance (academic, social, vocational, and personalskills) is affected adversely.

It is not temporary or an expected response. The behavior is consistently exhibited in two different settings, at

least one of which is school-related.

The condition is unresponsive to direct intervention in generaleducation.

EBD may include schizophrenic disorders, affective disorders,anxiety disorders, or other sustained disorders of adjustment orconduct.

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