Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (Definitions/Characteristics)
a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance:
•An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
•An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers.
•Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances.
•A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
•A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
What is IDEA's Definition of Emotional Disturbance?
•Social and Emotional
•Aggression (externalizing behavior)
•Immature, withdrawn behavior, and depression (internalizing behavior)
What are the social and emotional characteristics of students having EBD?
•Function based intervention
•Many behaviors are to access something (attention, tangible) or escape from something (task, attention, sensory)
•Social Emotional Curriculum
•First Steps to Success
•Coping Power
What are ways we can support students with EBD in our classrooms?
Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment, that is-
•Due to:
•Chronic health problems
•Adversely affects a child’s a child’s educational performance.
What is IDEA's definition of Other Health Impairments?
People prefer the term emotional/behavioral disorder (EBD) to emotional disturbance.
What is the preferred term for emotional disturbance?
•Students with externalizing behavior are typically identified by teachers.
•Students may exhibit atypical behavior.
•Ex. Schizophrenia
•Standardized teacher rating forms
•Observation of student (and teacher)
What are the methods of identifying students with EBD?
•We ask what is the function of the behavior.
•Access
•Escape
•How can we provide a more appropriate method for meeting the function?
•Conduct a functional behavior assessment (FBA) and develop a behavior intervention plan (BIP)
What is a function-based intervention for students with EBD?
Most students eligible for special education services under OHI are eligible due to ADD or ADHD.
Who are the students who make up the largest category of students with OHI?
•Anxiety disorder
•Depression
•Oppositional defiant disorder
•Conduct disorder
•Schizophrenia
•Trauma or stressor-related disorder
• Often described more generally
Internalizing behaviors and externalizing behaviors
What are common disorders covered under EBD?
•Is physically aggressive with other students or adults (hits, bites, chokes, or throws things)
•Has tantrums
•Exhibits painful shyness
•Sets fires
•Vomits after eating
Harms animals
What are Systematic Screening Methods for Students with EBD related to Critical events?
•Structures and routines
•Consistent schedule
•Established rules and consequences
•Clear expectations
What are ways I can support students with EBD related to structure and routines?
•Behavioral inhibition
•Executive functions
•Time awareness and management
•Problems with goal or task-directed persistence
•Adaptive behavior skills
Socializing with peers
What are some characteristics of students with ADHD?
11.1% of middle school and elementary school students with EBD had been arrested (Blackorby et al., 2005), a rate that jumps to 60% for students with EBD after high school (Newman et al., 2009 )
What are the risk paths for students with EBD?
•Maladaptive Behaviors
•Requires punishment before s/he will terminate behavior
•Child tests teacher-imposed limits
What are the Systematic Screening Methods for Students with EBD regarding maladaptive behavior?
•Positive teacher-student interactions
•Praise
•Systematic response to behavior (pro-active instead of reactive)
What is another way we can support students with EBD related to instructional and management behavioral techniques?
•Before student is 12
•Occur in 2 or more settings
•Not explained by another disability
•Interfere with a child’s functioning in typical activities and environments
What makes these characteristics ADHD?
•Achievement
•On average, slightly below average on IQ but EBD = intellectual deficits.
•Lower rates of academic growth (Wanzek et al., 2014).
What are the characteristics of students with EBD regarding achievement?
•Adaptive Behaviors
•Produces work of acceptable quality given their skills
•Expresses anger appropriately
•Considerate of the feelings of others
•Is socially perceptive
What are systematic screening methods for students with EBD related to adaptive behaviors?
•Materials and lessons
•Engagement
•Opportunities to respond
What is another way to support students with EBD related to Instruction and Management of Behaviors?