Emotional Disturbance
Read more about students diagnosed with emotionally based conditions that adversely affect their behavior and schooling
School Climate & Safety
Majority of Special Ed. Students in Texas Suspended, Expelled
Students with disabilities, in particular an emotional disturbance, are especially likely to be suspended or expelled from Texas middle and high schools, a new study finds.
Teaching Profession
Free Resource Friday: Resources for At-Risk Youth
The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent and At-Risk has a number of resources for educators who work regularly with students who may have emotional or behavioral disabilities.
Teaching
Weekend Reading: Emotional/Behavioral Disorder in the News
Two news items show mixed news for students with emotional/behavioral disorders.
School & District Management
Behavior Disorders in Teens Are Focus of New R&D Effort
A consortium of seven universities received a grant to establish a research group that will search for successful methods for educating a group of students that some experts see as long overlooked.
Education
New Definition of 'Emotionally Disturbed' Sought
BALTIMORE--Seventeen national organizations in the mental-health and special-education fields are proposing, for the first time in nearly 17 years, that the federal definition o "emotionally disturbed" children be changed.
Education
Schools Falling Short In Aiding Emotionally Disturbed, Study Says
The first comprehensive look at the quality of school life being provided the estimated 3 to 5 percent of U.S. children suffering from emotional and behavioral disorders is a portrait far from flattering.
Education
Needs of the Emotionally Disturbed Emerging in Debate on Federal Law
When Kristin Huff first started having problems with her schoolwork at the age of 6, teachers at her Wichita, Kan., elementary school labeled her "learning disabled" and placed her in a special-education program.
Education
New Study Cautions Against Overreliance on Multiple I.Q. Tests
Black children with learning disabilities or serious emotional disturbances run a high risk of being improperly classified in special-education programs, according to Vernon G. Gettone, dean of the school of education at South Carolina State College.