Chapter 6: Emotional Behavioral Disorders

Question 1

IDEA Definition (6)

Answer 1

-condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time (6 months) that adversely affects educational performance
-inability to learn not due to intellectual, sensory, or health factors
- inability to build interpersonal relationships
- inappropriate behavior under normal circumstances
- general pervasive mood or unhappiness
- tendency to develop physical symptoms or fear associated with personal or school problems
- includes schizophrenia, but not socially maladjusted

Question 2

Types of Behaviors

Answer 2

Externalizing Behaviors: frequently get out of seat, yell, talk out, curse, etc., at a high frequency and unprovoked.
Internalizing Behaviors: Not aggressive. Lack social skills, extremely fearful, frequently complain of being sick or hurt, depressive bouts, danger of not being identified b/c not disruptive

Question 3

Academic Achievement (6)

Answer 3

-2/3 don’t pass grade level competency exams
-more likely to get D’s or F’s
-achievement deficits get worse with age
-absent
-1 in 3 graduate HS
-children w/EBD may also have learning disabilities or language delay

Question 4

Intelligence (3)

Answer 4

• <100 IQ
  -Hard to measure their intelligence b/c they are off task often.
  -Lower levels of empathy, fewer extracurriculars, less contact with friends, lower quality relationships

Question 5

Involvement w/Juvenile Justice System

Answer 5

-Children w/EBD are 3 times more likely to be arrested than children with any other disability.

Question 6

Prevalence (3)

Answer 6

-Varies tremendously depending on study. Between 12-20%
- 3-6% of school age children have emotional behavioral problems that are significantly serious and require intervention
- 3/4 of diagnoses are boys, externalizing

Question 7

Causes (3)

Answer 7

-Biological factors such as brain disorder or injury, genetics, difficult temperament, brain dysgenesis (abnormal brain development)
-Environmental factors such as home life, school, community/friends
-Behavior can be treated without knowing etiology

Question 8

Identification and Assessment (4)

Answer 8

-Most school districts don’t have a systematic method for identifying.
-Screening in the form of behavior rating scales and checklists: CBCL, BERS, SSBD
-Direct observation and measurement of behavior
-FBA: generates hypotheses about function of a behavior, to get something, or to avoid something

Question 9

Educational Approaches (4)

Answer 9

-Explicit systematic instruction
-Social skills training
-Research-based teaching practices
-SWPBIS

Question 10

SWPBIS (School-wide positive behavior intervention and supports)

Answer 10

-primary prevention (everyone)
-secondary prevention (check in check out, brief meetings)
-tertiary prevention (individualized, IEP)

Question 11

Placement (7)

Answer 11

-49% reg classrooms
-17% resource rooms
-17% separate classrooms
-12% special schools
-1% residential schools
-1% home or hospital
-Most students with EBD have serious issues that require alternate placement

Question 12

Peer Mediation and Support (4)

Answer 12

-Peer Monitoring (Peers monitor each other’s behavior)
-Positive Peer Reporting (Peers acknowledge and praise positive behavior)
-Peer Tutoring
-Peer Support and Confrontation (recognize positive and negative behavior, peers demonstrate model behavior)