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ellievanhoutte What do we mean when we say that a student has an emotional and behavioral disability? The table below answers some frequently asked questions on identifying and assessing individuals with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (EBDs) and describes the possible outcomes of the condition.
| Who are they? | They are children and youth whose behavioral and emotional responses are so different from appropriate age, cultural, or ethnic norms that their educational performance is affected adversely. |
| What are typical characteristics? | • Aggression |
| • Rule breaking | |
| • Anxiety | |
| • Depression | |
| • Social skills deficits | |
| • Social withdrawal | |
| • Attention deficits | |
| What are the demographics? | • 472,932 students ages 6–21 (0.73% of all school-age students) |
| • 8.2% of all students with disabilities | |
| • Approximately 80% male | |
| • Approximately 60% white, 26% African American, 11% Hispanic | |
| • Approximately 50% receive medication | |
| Where are students educated? | • Approximately one third are educated in general education facilities but are outside of general education classes 60% of the day. |
| • Students with EBD are four times more likely than all others with disabilities to be educated in separate facilities. | |
| How are students identified and assessed for intervention? | • Common methods used for identification include direct, systematic observation of specific behaviors and commercially prepared behavior rating scales. |
| • Functional behavioral assessments provide the most useful information for instructional and behavioral planning. | |
| What are the outcomes? | • Approximately one third are arrested during their school years. |
| • Approximately one half are unemployed 3 to 5 years after leaving school. |
Excerpt from Special Education for Today's Teachers: An Introduction, by M.S. Rosenberg, D.L. Westling, J. McLeskey, 2008 edition, p. 171.
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