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Emotional Disturbance Education Guide

Emotional disturbance is defined as a condition that adversely affects a student's educational performance through characteristics like inability to build relationships, inappropriate behaviors, unhappiness or physical symptoms associated with school problems. Students with emotional disturbances often perform below level in core academic subjects and have poor social skills and low graduation rates. Their behaviors can include anxiety, mood disorders, aggression or withdrawal. Effective instructional strategies include mindfulness, clear rules, positive reinforcement, personalized check-ins and behavior charts. Accommodations may include quiet seating, breaks, extended time and breaking assignments into smaller chunks. Educational programs should address academics, social skills, self-awareness and career education.

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Emotional Disturbance Education Guide

Emotional disturbance is defined as a condition that adversely affects a student's educational performance through characteristics like inability to build relationships, inappropriate behaviors, unhappiness or physical symptoms associated with school problems. Students with emotional disturbances often perform below level in core academic subjects and have poor social skills and low graduation rates. Their behaviors can include anxiety, mood disorders, aggression or withdrawal. Effective instructional strategies include mindfulness, clear rules, positive reinforcement, personalized check-ins and behavior charts. Accommodations may include quiet seating, breaks, extended time and breaking assignments into smaller chunks. Educational programs should address academics, social skills, self-awareness and career education.

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Emotional Disturbance

Olivia Dockery

IDEA: "A condition that is accompanied by 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...
inability to learn that cannot be explained intellectually, inability to build relationships, inappropriate
behaviors or feelings, pervasive mood of unhappiness/depression, and/or develop physical symptoms
or fears associated with personal or school problems."

Learning Characteristics
Below level in reading, math, and/or writing
Slow self-control and social skills
Low graduation rates
Inability to learn

Behavioral Characteristics
Anxiety Disorder (Seperation, phobia, panics, OCD,
PTSD, etc.)
Mood Disorder (depression, suicide, bipolar, etc.)
Oppositional defiant disorder
Schizophrinia
Externalizing behaviors (bullying, aggression, etc.)
Internalizing behaviors (withdrawal, obsessions,
compulsions, etc.)

Instructional Strategies
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
DBT Problem Solving (Learning opposite ends of the
spectrum)
Clear rules and expectations
Reward positive behaviors
Motivational Strategies
Personalized Check-in notes
Locked journal for safe self-expression
Classroom behavior charts
POSITIVITY

Accommodations
Quiet seat location
Mini-breaks
Extended time on assignments
Short review/readiness lessons
Chunk assignments into smaller portions
Low-interest activities followed by high-interest
activities

Online Resources
Disorders -
https://www.aacap.org/aacap/Families_and_Youth/Resou
rce_Centers/Home.aspx
Book - Teaching Students with Emotional Disturbance: A
Practical Guide for Every Teacher by Bob Algozzine &
James Ysseldyke

Other Pertinent Information


The educational programs for students with a serious
emotional disturbance need to include attention to:
1. Mastering academics
2. Developing social skills
3. Increasing self-awareness, self-esteem, and self- control
4. Career education (both academic and vocational
programs) is also a major part of secondary education and
should be a part of every adolescent's transition plan in his
or her Individualized Education Program (IEP).

https://www.parentcenterhub.org/emotionaldisturbance/
https://resilienteducator.com/classroom-resources/5-tips-for-handling-ebd-kids-emotional-behavior-disorder-in-
Resources Cited: an-inclusive-classroom/
https://www.edutopia.org/article/reaching-students-emotional-disturbances-lori-desautels
https://www.education.com/slideshow/ways-help-students-emotional-disturbance/positive-not-punitive/

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