School Success for Kids with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Description

School Success for Kids With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders gives parents and teachers of students with conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders, or other emotional and behavioral disorders the strategies they need to help these kids overcome their struggles and find success in school. Based on the experiences of psychologists and educators working with kids with these disorders, this book provides help for children needing to control their emotional outbursts and strategies to teach kids to monitor, review, and change their behaviors. The chapters cover topics like.;The many faces of students with challenging behavior -- Learning from history -- School culture and perception of challenging behaviors -- Schoolwide and classroom supports : universal and secondary prevention programs -- Discipline -- Evaluating emotions and behaviors -- Functional behavior assessment -- Eligibility : qualifying for services -- Individual plans -- The brain and behavior -- Diagnoses : what do they mean -- Medications -- Self-determination and self-advocacy. The many faces of students with challenging behavior -- Learning from history -- School culture and perception of challenging behaviors -- Schoolwide and classroom supports : universal and secondary prevention programs -- Discipline -- Evaluating emotions and behaviors -- Functional behavior assessment -- Eligibility : qualifying for services -- Individual plans -- The brain and behavior -- Diagnoses : what do they mean -- Medications -- Self-determination and self-advocacy.