EBD

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EBD

• Emotional Behavioral Disorder

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What can be the perception of EBD?

• Bad outrageous behavior
• Disrespectfulness to both peers and staff.
• Severe emotional problems
• Crying, yelling, lashing out at people.
• Mean, intentionally hurtful, out of control.
• The WORST kids in the building.

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Factors that contribute to the federal definition
of EBD

• 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.

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• A general, pervasive mood of unhappiness or
  depression.
• A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears
  associated with personal or school problems

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Contributing Factors to Emotional and Behavioral
Problems
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Biological Factors

• Certain biological conditions have been
  associated with emotional and behavioral
  problems.
• There appear to be genetic links to depression
  and schizophrenia, as well as to nutritional
  deficits, certain physical illness and injuries,
  and some neurological conditions.

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Family Factors

• The environment in which children live can
  either help or hurt healthy development, just as
  a childs behavior may have both negative and
  positive influence upon other family members.
  Certain elements, too, within a childs family
  may increase his or her risk for developing
  emotional or behavioral problems. (Physical
  abuse, child neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional
  maltreatment have all been associated with
  troubling behaviors in children.)

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School Factors

• These students tend to underachieve in school.
  Learning problems put them at a disadvantage in
  any school environment, particularly since many
  of these students have not developed adequate
  social skills by the time they enter school, and
  poor social skills may result in social rejection
  by both peers and teachers. This rejection leads
  to further disinterest in school and even greater
  underachievement and failure.

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Community Factors

• Children are often exposed to stressors within
  their communities. Exposure to crime and gang
  violence has often been linked to a tendency to
  behave in ways associated with emotional and
  behavioral problems.

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How does having EBD affect our students?

• Poor Attendance
• Low Motivation
• Low or poor academic skills
• Leads to feelings of hopelessness or poor self
  worth.
• Leads to poor work completion.

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What can you...... as general
education teachers do to help these students be
successful?
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Accommodations and Modifications to use in your
classroom

• Establish a quite place
• Peer advocacy
• Peer tutoring
• Structure activities for opportunities of social
  interaction
• Focus on social process rather than activity
• Structure shared experiences in school
• Cooperative learning groups
• Use multiple/rotating peers
• Teach friendship skills
• Praise specific behaviors
• Using self motivating strategies

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Cont.

• Giving extra privileges and rewards
• Keeping classroom rules simple and clear
• Implementing time our procedures
• Allowing for short breaks between assignments
• Cueing student to stay on task (nonverbal signal)
• Marking students correct answers not their
  mistakes
• Have a classroom management system
• Allowing student time out of seat to run errands

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• Ignoring inappropriate behaviors not drastically
  outside classroom limits
• Allowing legitimate movement
• Contracting with the student
• Increasing the immediacy of rewards