Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders An Introduction for Teachers and Other Helping Professionals

Summary: The past decades have seen a disturbing increase in the prevalence and variety of children's emotional and behavior problems and disorders, and the field is changing to meet this challenge. This introductory text provides up-to-date, interesting, and balanced coverage of the characteristics and theories of children and adolescents with emotional and behavior disorders. Drawing on ideas from special education, develop...mental psychopathology, and related fields, this book pays special attention to the critical role of educators, counselors, school psychologists, and other helping professionals in serving students with emotional and behavior disorders. Special features include: Unique perspective.The developmental psychopathology perspective examines emotional and behavior disorders in relation to biological, psychological, social, and cultural processes. Focus on prevention.Several chapters consider prevention and related concepts such as risk, and their effect on intervention efforts in school and other service and support systems. Tools for learning.Several helpful chapter elements--such as summary tables of each theoretical model--help the reader understand key aspects of emotional and behavior disorders. [read more]