Please read "Who is Mathhew Ackinclose? pp. 130-131

Then read and answer the following questions.

When you first started reading about Matt, did you feel a sense of hopelessness?

How did Matt's teacher, Ms. Hott, establish a trusting relationship with Matt?

Do you think she provided structure to Matt and enforced rules?

IDEA Definition of Emotional Disturbance

Notice the emphasized terms in the next box and then in the following box identify the characteristics that are included in the definition.

A condition exhibiting one of more of the following characteristics over a long time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a student's educational performance.

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Anxiety Disorders:

Most common childhood disorder characterized by excessive fear, worry, uneasiness.

Types (with explanation):

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Mood Disorders

Involves extreme mood deviation in either a depressed or an elevated direction or sometimes in both.

Students who are depressed may experience changes in:

Statistics about teenage suicide:

Bipolar disorder:

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Casuses a pattern of negativistic, hostile, disobedient, and defiant behaviors.

Symptoms:

Conduct Disorder

Persistent pattern of antisocial behavior that significantly interferes with school, family, and social functioning.

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Describe these two types of behaviors:

Externalizing Behaviors:

Internalizing Behaviors:

Nondiscriminatory Evaluation of Individuals with Emotional/Behavior Disorders

In the following two boxes, prereferral interventions will be identified (as discussed in class).

In class, we will also discuss the types of assessment performed in the referral process for E/BD.

Referral:

Measure of intelligence:

Measure of achievement:

Behavioral assessment:

Theoretical Approaches to Meeting Needs - We will be discussing the rest of this chart in class.

Smith, D. (1988). Inclusion. Schools for all students, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth

Biomedical Approach: Explain and treat disablity from a medical perspective. Biochemical imbalances, neurological abnormalities, and neurological injuries are viewed as causes.

Educational Approach: Based on the perspective that academic and emotional problems are intertwined. By addressing the educational needs of the learner we will impact their emotional/behavioral needs.