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Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students
Emotional and Behavioral Problems A Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students
Author: Paul Zionts, Laura Zionts, Richard L Simpson
"This book is an excellent overview of a very complex area. It is a useful guide to identifying and treating children with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD), and is particularly outstanding on topics related to the educational system and the numerous laws and policies surrounding the education of EBD children. This book will ...  more »Krista Kutash, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute

Tampa, FL "This serves as a great resource for educators who want to know more about youth with emotional and behavioral disorders and the needs of their families. I know I will draw from it in the future to orient new staff working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth."

Mary F. Sinclair, Ph.D., Institute on Community Integration, College of Education and Human Development

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Finally! A straightforward, practical guide to help you identify, evaluate, and aid students with emotional and behavioral problems.Studies show 10% of all children and adolescents in the U.S. experience emotional and behavioral problems serious enough to need professional help. The authors take a complex, under-discussed topic and give teachers and administrators useful, basic guidelines they can put to use quickly in understanding, identifying, and helping this group of students. This well-organized, easy-to-follow handbook features:
  • Definitions and causes of emotional and behavioral problems
  • Concrete examples of diagnostic and assessment methods
  • Detailed management programs for treating emotionally and behaviorally challenged students
  • Resource lists for both professionals and parents
In Part One, educators will find clear, invaluable information about recognizing the major types and causes of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), evaluating students with EBD, as well effectively handling aggressive and violent behaviors in EBD students.Part Two offers practical help in treating students, including chapters on school-based placement, the role of medications in treatment, and the joint roles the family and teacher must take to help the student
ISBN-13: 9780761977032
ISBN-10: 0761977031
Publication Date: 3/26/2002
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Corwin Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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