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Unit 5
Children with Behavior Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
A condition that exhibits one or more of the
characteristics in the next slide over a
period of time and to a significant degree
and it adversely affects educational
performance:
Criteria for Emotional Disturbance
by Federal Law
1. An inability to learn which cannot be explained by
intellectual, sensory, and health factors
2. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory
interpersonal relationships with peers and teacher
3. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under
normal circumstances
4. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or
depression
5. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears
associated with personal or school problems
Measures of Behavior
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Rate
Intensity
Duration
Age appropriateness
Classifying Behavior
• DSM-IV-TR System: groups behaviors into
diagnostic categories by listing specific
criteria that must be present to make the
diagnosis
• Educational Classification System more
informal and based on groupings of a
more general nature and based on such,
used in the federal definition. They may
use scales, checklists, observations, etc.
Causes of Behavior Disorders
Environmental Factors
• Family
• Cultural
• School
Physiological
• Organic
• Genetic
• Specific syndromes with behavior correlates
Characteristics of Students with
Behavior Problems
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School Achievement
Social Adjustment
Language and communication
Severe Disorders
Families
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
• Inattention
• Hyperactivity
• Impulsivity
Teaching Strategies
Identification, screening and assessment
• Interviews
• Direct observation
• Analog probes
Curriculum
• Emotional
• Academic
Teaching Strategies (Cont)
• Academic programming
- Direct instruction
modeling/demonstration, guided practice,
independent practice
- Positive behavior support
• Behavior change-intervention
-Directing inappropriate behavior and
teaching new behavior
Discussion
• What suggestions would you make to a
parent whose child has been diagnosed
with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
for increasing social skills?
Conduct Disorder
Conduct disorder" refers to a group of behavioral and
emotional problems in youngsters. Children and
adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty
following rules and behaving in a socially acceptable
way
Criteria of Conduct Disorders
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Disobeys basic rights of others
Aggression to people and animals
Destruction of Property
Deceitfulness, lying, or stealing
Serious violations of rules
• Many children with a conduct disorder may
have coexisting conditions such as mood
disorders, anxiety, PTSD, substance,
ADHD, learning disabilities, or thought
disorders.
Treatment
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Behavior management
Accept consequences
Problem solving
Increase impulse control
Problem solving
Increase sense of empathy
Discussion
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Which behavior management techniques
do you think would be the most effective
for working with children ages 5-7?
Which techniques might work best for
adolescents?