Emotional Disturbance Flashcards
From these observations, Scott and colleagues
showed that in many classrooms…
key teaching practices occurred at very low rates (Hirn & Scott, 2014; Scott, Alter,& Hirn, 2011; Scott et al., 2017)
Evidence consistently shows students with
disabilities are…
more than twice as likely as nondisabled
peers to receive an out-of-school suspension and also experience increased likelihood for repeated suspensions.
A set of instructional and behavior change strategies have
been empirically tested and found to be effective for meeting the needs of students with ED. Among others, these include…
(a) teacher praise (reinforcement); (b) high rates of
opportunities to respond; (c) precision requests and behavioral momentum; (d) clear instructional methods including
direct instruction, class-wide peer tutoring, and continuous
monitoring of student performance (e.g., curriculum-based
measurement); (e) positive behavior support, including
functional assessment-based planning, self-management,
and modifying antecedent and consequence events; and (f)
group-oriented contingencies such as the Good Behavior
Game and Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention
Teams (Landrum, Tankersley, & Kauffman, 2003; Lewis,
Hudson, Richter, & Johnson, 2004).
IMOW: Excellent classroom management skills and if things are real bad, do an FBA.
What is a criticism of the IDEA definition for ED?
For example, all of the inclusion criteria must be met (long
period of time, marked degree, and adverse impact on educational performance) but there is no guidance on how these
should be measured.
There are no cut off points!
What’s something schools need to do to prevent ED?
“Thus, it is essential that schools regularly conduct universal
screening of all students to identify those with and at risk
for emotional and behavioral challenges.”
What are some concerns raised doing universal screening for ED?
“Other concerns frequently raised
include the worry of false-positives that may inadvertently
stigmatize a child with an unfavorable label, the potential
burden placed on schools to provide support for students
with elevated concerns, and the financial costs of administering and then responding to meet student needs (Owens
et al., 2015)”
What if it’s expensive? What if that means we now have to treat all of it and that’s overwhelming? What if we mislabel someone?
The potential advantages of early intervention…
outweigh the commonly cited disadvantages.
Preferred definition as proposed by the National Mental Health
and Special Education Coalition…
means a disability that is characterized by behavioral or
emotional responses in school programs so different from
appropriate age, cultural, or ethnic norms that the responses
adversely affect educational performance, including academic,
social, vocational or personal skills; more than a temporary,
expected response to stressful events in the environment;
consistently exhibited in two different settings, at least
one of which is school-related; and unresponsive to direct
intervention applied in general education, or the condition of
a child is such that general education interventions would be
insufficient.
IMOW: Anything the school tries, fails.
What are some evidence based interventions that help with ED?
The Incredible Years Program (WebsterStratton, Reid, & Stoolmiller, 2008), Promoting, Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS; Greenberg,
Kusche, Cook, & Quamma, 1995), and the Good Behavior
Game (Bradshaw, Zmuda, Kellam, & Ialongo, 2009) are a
few examples of effective preventive interventions delivered by teachers to whole classrooms, or in some cases,
schoolwide.
What has been documented for years about special education?
First, there remains a significant research-to-practice gap in special
education, which has been well documented for several
decades (Bettini, Cumming, Merrill, Brunsting, &
Liaupsin, 2017; Carnine, 1997; Greenwood & Abbott,
2001). F
