Emotional and Behavioral Problems : A Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students

by Paul Zionts

• ISBN13: 9780761977032
• ISBN10: 0761977031
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-26
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

"This book is an excellent overview of a very complex area. It is a useful guide to identifying and treating children with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD), and is particularly outstanding on topics related to the educational system and the numerous laws and policies surrounding the education of EBD children. This book will serve the field well." Krista Kutash, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Research and Training Center for Children?s Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Tampa, FL "This serves as a great resource for educators who want to know more about youth with emotional and behavioral disorders and the needs of their families. I know I will draw from it in the future to orient new staff working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth." Mary F. Sinclair, Ph.D., Institute on Community Integration, College of Education and Human Development University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Finally! A straightforward, practical guide to help you identify, evaluate, and aid students with emotional and behavioral problems. The authors take a complex, under-discussed topic and give teachers and administrators useful, basic guidelines they can put to use quickly in understanding, identifying, and helping this group of students. This well-organized, easy-to-follow handbook features: Definitions and causes of emotional and behavioral problems Concrete examples of diagnostic and assessment methods Detailed management programs for treating emotionally and behaviorally challenged students Resource lists for both professionals and parents In Part One, educators will find clear, invaluable information about recognizing the major types and causes of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), evaluating students with EBD, as well effectively handling aggressive and violent behaviors in EBD students. Part Two offers practical help in treating students, including chapters on school-based placement, the role of medications in treatment, and the joint roles the family and teacher must take to help the student

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
About the Authors	xvii
Part One: Understanding Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Introduction to Emotional Disturbance and Behavioral Disorders	3	(16)
By Any Other Name: Emotional and Behavioral Disorders	4	(1)
Possible Causes of Emotional Disturbance and Behavioral Disorders	5	(2)
Incidence	7	(1)
Serious Emotional Disturbance or Behavioral Disorders or EBD: What's the Difference?	8	(1)
What Are Informal Labels?	9	(1)
How Professionals View Labels	9	(1)
Identification of EBD	10	(1)
Behaviors That Fit Into Educational Stages	11	(2)
Characteristics of Emotionally Disturbed or Behaviorally Disordered Children and Youth	13	(3)
Summary	16	(3)
Major Types of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders	19	(18)
Externalizing Behaviors	20	(5)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	22	(1)
Aggressive and Violent Behaviors	23	(1)
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)	24	(1)
Juvenile Delinquency	25	(1)
Internalizing Behaviors	25	(5)
Depression	25	(2)
Anxiety Disorders	27	(1)
Substance Abuse	28	(2)
Withdrawn Behaviors	30	(1)
Function Disorders	30	(4)
Anorexia Nervosa	30	(2)
Bulimia Nervosa	32	(1)
Enuresis	32	(1)
Encopresis	32	(1)
Other Physical Manifestations of EBD	32	(1)
Childhood Schizophrenia	33	(1)
Summary	34	(3)
Causes of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders	37	(16)
Understanding Factors Related to the Development of EBD	38	(1)
Understanding Potential Causes of EBD	39	(11)
Biological Causes of EBD	39	(4)
Environmental Causes	43	(1)
Family Stressors	44	(3)
Variance Within Environmental Situations	47	(1)
The Community	47	(3)
Summary	50	(3)
Evaluating and Assessing Students Who Have Emotional and Behavioral Disorders	53	(26)
Laura Zionts
Katherine deGeorge
The Purpose of Evaluation	53	(2)
An Overview of EBD Evaluation	55	(2)
Specific Aspects of the Evaluation Process as They Relate to EBD	57	(4)
Screening and Child Find	57	(2)
Referral for Special Education Evaluation	59	(1)
Decisions About Eligibility	59	(2)
Evaluation Techniques Used to Determine Eligibility	61	(15)
Intellectual-Cognitive Ability	61	(2)
Environmental-Ecological Assessment	63	(1)
Medical and Physical Developmental History	64	(2)
Emotional and Behavioral Functioning	66	(9)
Decisions About Eligibility	75	(1)
Summary	76	(3)
Violence and Aggression in Schools	79	(22)
Sara Sibilsky
Paul Zionts
Violence and Aggression in the Schools	79	(3)
The Roots of Violent and Aggressive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents	82	(4)
Violence, Aggression, and EBD	86	(2)
Responses to School Violence and Aggression	88	(4)
A National Perspective	88	(1)
A Local Perspective	89	(3)
Reducing and Preventing Violence and Aggression in the Schools	92	(6)
Early Intervention	93	(1)
Student Connectedness	93	(5)
Summary	98	(3)
Adolescents Who Have Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and the Juvenile Justice System	101	(20)
Background Information on EBD and the Juvenile justice System	102	(1)
Perplexing Issues of Ethnicity Mental Health, and Juvenile Justice in the United States	102	(2)
Addressing Issues of Ethnicity and Bias in juvenile Justice Agencies	104	(1)
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of All Youth in the Juvenile Justice System	105	(1)
Special Education and the Juvenile Justice System	106	(5)
Funding of Educational Programs in Correctional Institutions	106	(1)
Youth Who Have EBD, FERPA Rights, and the Juvenile Justice System	107	(1)
Principles of IDEA in Correctional Facilities	107	(4)
Juvenile Justice and Youth Who Have EBD, Intervention and Reintegration Strategies	111	(3)
Effective Intervention Services and Strategies	111	(2)
Effective Reintegration Services and Strategies	113	(1)
Summary	114	(7)
Part Two: Helping Students Who Have Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Treatment of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders	121	(20)
Behavior Modification	121	(7)
Behavior Modification With Children and Adolescents	123	(1)
Identifying, Defining, and Measuring a Behavior for Change	123	(1)
Identifying Events That May Promote or Maintain a Problem Behavior	124	(1)
Intervention Procedures and How They Are Used With Children and Adolescents	124	(4)
Examples of Two Behavior Modification Programs	128	(1)
Example 1. Positive Reinforcement	128	(1)
Example 2. Punishment Program: Response Cost	128	(1)
Schoolwide Discipline: Positive Behavioral Supports	129	(4)
Counseling-Psychotherapy	129	(2)
Counseling-Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis	131	(1)
The History and Theory of Psychoanalysis	131	(1)
Counseling-Psychotherapy in Schools	132	(1)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy	133	(5)
School Implications for the Treatment of Behavior and Emotions	134	(1)
Positive Behavioral Supports	135	(2)
Keeping a Watchful Eye	137	(1)
Summary	138	(3)
School-Based Placements	141	(16)
After Identification	141	(1)
Determining Appropriate Educational Goals	141	(2)
The Least Restrictive Environment	143	(1)
The Continuum of Services: Placement Options	144	(6)
The General Education Classroom	145	(1)
Part-Time Placement in the Special Education Classroom	146	(1)
Full-Time Special Classroom	147	(1)
Public or Private Special Day School	148	(1)
Homebound Instruction	149	(1)
Detention or Correction Facilities	150	(1)
Mental Health Clinics	150	(1)
An Important Caveat About Placements	150	(3)
Possible Parental Reactions to Placement Options	153	(1)
Changing Placements Because of Behavior	154	(1)
A Few Words About Inclusion	154	(1)
Summary	155	(2)
Supporting Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Outside the Public School Setting	157	(18)
Medications for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Psychopharmacology	157	(8)
Guidelines for Medication Use With Children and Youth Who Have EBD	158	(4)
Types of Medications Used, Side Effects, and Benefits	162	(2)
Adolescent Medication Treatment Issues	164	(1)
The Role of Psychiatric and Juvenile Justice Professionals on the IEP Team	165	(1)
The Psychiatric Consultant	165	(1)
Collaborative Efforts Between Mental Health Agencies and the Educational System	166	(2)
Systems of Care	168	(1)
Insurance, Managed Care, Medicare, and Systems of Care	169	(2)
Cultural Competence and Systems of Care	170	(1)
Systems of Care: Implementation Guidelines	170	(1)
Summary	171	(4)
The Role of Families in Supporting Children With Emotional and Behavioral Concerns	175	(26)
Karla Anhalt
Richard Simpson
Laura Zionts
Parents as Referral Agents	175	(3)
Contact With Medical Personnel	175	(1)
Contact With Teachers	176	(2)
Teachers as Referral Agents	178	(1)
Parents as Advocates for Their Children With Emotional and Behavioral Concerns	178	(2)
The Importance of Being a Support Agent	180	(4)
Implementing Changes at Home	184	(4)
Suggestions to Provide to Parents That Are Designed to Improve the Parent-Child Relationship	185	(1)
Suggestions to Provide to Parents for Improving Communication Skills	186	(1)
An Example of Supportive Communication From Parent to Child	187	(1)
Exercises for Improving Communication	188	(2)
Ideas to Improve Discipline Strategies at Home	190	(6)
The Importance of Rules	190	(1)
Methods of Addressing Individual Behavioral Problems	191	(5)
Finding Ways to Relieve Stress	196	(1)
Tips for Professionals Working With Parents of Children Who Have EBD	196	(1)
Summary	197	(4)
What Lies Ahead: Postschool Transition	201	(16)
Critical Concepts About EBD	201	(2)
EBD Is a Disability	201	(1)
Least Restrictive Environment Versus Inclusion	201	(2)
Behavior Is a Shared Responsibility	203	(1)
Postschool Success	203	(3)
Transition Planning	206	(9)
Transition: Law or Concept?	206	(1)
Curriculum Considerations for School	206	(1)
Individualized Transition Plans	207	(1)
Planning Programs Around People, Not Schools	208	(3)
Self Advocacy, Self Responsibility, Self Direction, and Self Awareness: The Essential Transition Elements	211	(2)
Transition-Related Programming Specific to Youth Who Have EBD	213	(1)
Mental Health for All	214	(1)
Summary	215	(2)
Resources for Professionals and Parents	217	(12)
Laura Zionts
Katherine deGeorge
Resources in Print	217	(1)
Internet Resources	218	(7)
Clearinghouses	225	(1)
Organizations	226	(3)
Index	229