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The prevalence of student with emotional and behavioral disorders ranges from _______.
12% to 14%
There are many reasons why students with emotional and behavioral disorders are under identified in schools. Which answer is NOT one of those reasons?
Students do not display emotional and behavioral problems at school.
Which statement about students with emotional and behavioral disorders is true?
They are among the most highly segregated students with disabilities.
What is comorbidity?
Having more than one disability
Danae always seems to be irritable and angry. She has temper tantrums at home and in her kindergarten class. Which type of mood disorder might Danae have?
Option 3
Disruptive mood deregulation disorder
Which behavior is a student with externalizing behaviors likely to exhibit?
Aggression toward others
There is a student in your sixth period Biology class who, over the last few months, has shown significant changes in her behavior. It seems as if she is hallucinating and having delusions that cause her to act in strange ways. She may be exhibiting _______.
schizophrenia
What is the title of the reference book that provides a uniform nomenclature so clinicians and researchers can discuss, research, diagnose, and treat mental disorders?
Option 1
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Which behavior is a student with internalizing behaviors likely to exhibit
Option 4
Withdrawal from peers
You have a student in your class who is constantly checking to see if his answers are correct and will start an assignment over if there are any extraneous marks on his paper or if he has made a mistake. Which one of the following types of anxiety disorders may your student be experiencing?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Helping students with emotional and behavioral disorders learn to self-manage their own behavior is one of the major areas teachers must address with this population of students. Which of the following statements is one of the benefits of teaching self-monitoring skills?
It helps students to become responsible for their own behavior.
As a teacher of middle school students with emotional and behavioral disorders, Amanda spends a great deal of time addressing inappropriate behaviors. One of her goals is to teach _______ that will enhance instruction, relationships with others, and her students’ success.
desirable behaviors
You see an increase in gang activity in your school and have students whom you suspect of being in a gang. These students tend to dress alike, but they are not very structured. In which type of gang do you suspect these students are claiming membership?
Delinquent
Alan is identified as displaying socialized aggression because he _______.
routinely engages in antisocial behavior, often in groups of other children
Kaitlyn, an English teacher, established a rule that any student who swears in her class will receive a detention. David is a student in her fourth-period class who has been identified as having conduct disorder. He shouts out a curse word. In order to promote appropriate behaviors, what should Kaitlyn do?
Understand the manifestations of a conduct disorder and avoid giving David any consequences
As a teacher of middle school students with emotional and behavioral disorders, Amanda spends a great deal of time addressing inappropriate behaviors. One of her goals is to teach _______ that will enhance instruction, relationships with others, and her students’ success.
desirable behaviors
Which answer is an example of an environmental factor that can occur at home, at school, and in the community?
Violence
You have a student in your fifth-grade classroom who is constantly hitting, pushing, or tripping other students. You have considered referring him for evaluation for an emotional or behavioral disorder. Which characteristic is this student exhibiting?
Harm to Others
Which behavior is a student with externalizing behavior likely to exhibit
Physical aggression and Theft
The relationship between emotional and behavioral disorders and academic failure has resulted in dropout rates that are _______ for students with emotional and behavioral disorders when compared to students with other disabilities.
Much Higher