Emotional+Disturbance

 Emotional Disturbance





What is Emotional Disturbance? According to IDEA ’04, Emotional Disturbance is described as “…a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance:
 * An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
 *  An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers.
 *  Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances.
 * A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
 *  A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.

The term “emotional disturbance” can be thought of as an umbrella, housing a number of specific conditions such as anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, conduct disorders, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and psychotic disorders. Within any of these specific conditions or under the general umbrella of emotional disturbance, children can display a plethora of characteristics including hyperactivity, aggression, withdrawal, immaturity, and learning difficulties. (1)

Helpful Books for Emotional Disturbances/Annotated Bibliography //disturbance: a practical guide for every teacher//. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.“Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher (A Practical Approachto Special Education for Every Teacher)” teaches readers how to recognize characteristics of students with emotional disturbance and provides insights on how to respond to these typesof behaviors. ||= || “Handbook of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties” i s a comprehensive handbook <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">of research based issues in relation to the special education classification of <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Emotion and Behavioral Difficulties. ||= || <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Needham Heights: Allyn And Bacon.“Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Theory and <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Practice” is a book geared towards teacher but contains general information such as <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">the history of the field; models of disturbance; identification; assessment; and <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">internalizing and externalizing disorders for anyone interested in Emotional and <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Behavioral Disorders. ||= || <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">//children and adolescents//. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley. “Handbook of Serious Emotional <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Disturbance in Children and Adolescents” serves as a guide to the theory, research, <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">practice, and policy of SED in children. The book focuses on systems of care and mental <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">health treatments in both schools and the home for children suffering from Serious <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Emotional Disturbance. ||= || <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">//school-based practice//. New York: Guilford Press.“Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: School-Based Practice” focuses on helping student <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in the classroom with science based evidence. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">The author explores cognitive-behavioral intervention, school based intervention, and programs <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">that are specific for children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. ||= || <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Broomall: Mason Crest Publishers. “Something's Wrong! Kids with Emotional Disturbance” <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">is a relatively new book that targets the parents and families of children with Emotional <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Disturbance as the audience to try and help them understand what their child is going through <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">and how to process and comprehend their behaviors. ||= ||
 * = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Algozzine, R., & Ysseldyke, J. E. (2006). //Teaching students// //with emotional//
 * = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Clough, P. (2005). //Handbook of emotional & behavioural difficulties//. London: Sage.
 * = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Coleman, M. C. (1996). //Emotional and behavioral disorders: theory and// //practice// (3rd ed.).
 * = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Marsh, D. T., & Fristad, M. A. (2002). //Handbook of serious emotional// //disturbance in//
 * = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Mayer, M. J. (2009). //Cognitive-behavioral interventions for emotional and// //behavioral disorders://
 * = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Stewart, S., & Flath, C. (2011). //Something's wrong!: kids with emotional// //disturbance//.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Some more useful resources on Emotional Disturbance:
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities- Emotional Disturbance <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Council for Exceptional Children- Behavior Disorders/Emotional Disturbances <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Education.com Emotional Disturbance <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fact Sheets for Families Emotional Disturbance Overview <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Education and Services <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Baltimore Multisystemic Therapy <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Created by the Office of Youth Violence Prevention in 2007, multisystemic therapy partnered with Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc. to provide proven intervention for children facing Serious Emotional Disturbance. As family and community based treatment, the main goal of intervention is to assist clients to function in their “natural settings” such as school to reduce the risk of out of home placements, substance abuse, and arrest/re-arrest. For more information, contact the Office of Youth Violence Prevention at (443)-984-3566 or The Office of Youth Violence Prevention

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Coping and Caring Support Group

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">The Coping and Caring Support Group is sponsored by Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health and Coping and Caring. The Coping and Caring Support Group is for families of children with Emotional and/or Behavioral challenges and meets the first and third Thursday of every month at the Owen Brown Library, Cradle Rock Way, Columbia, MD. For more information, contact (410)-730-8267.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Equine Therapy

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Equine Assisted Psychotherapy is a program at the Jefferson School in Jefferson Maryland. Horses provide an atmosphere conducive to building new behaviors, responsibility, relationships, and so on. Used to facilitate emotional growth for children with a variety of emotional disturbances, behavioral challenges, etc. the program is short term yet effective. For more information, contact the Jefferson School at (240)-315-0200.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Maryland Coalition Support Groups

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Located in Grasonville, MD, this is a support group for “Parents of Easily Frustrated and Explosive Children”. For more information, call (410)-827-4629.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Maryland Therapists Specializing in Emotional Disturbances

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">This is a link that provides a plethora of therapists in the Baltimore area specializing in Emotional Disturbance. Ranging from family therapies to individual therapies, this website is a helpful resource because the search information can be tailored to fit each individual’s/family’s needs.

**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Recreational and Community-based Resources **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Golf:
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">First Tee of Howard County provides golf instruction to those who may not have the opportunity to learn golf skills. Along with golf skills, a student with an emotional behavioral disorder will spend half of their time in a classroom learning life skills as well as golf skills. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Special Olympics:
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">The Maryland Special <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Olympics pro vides year round training in different Olympic sports, providing physical activities which are important to a student with an emotional behavioral disorder. Physical activities provide practice of control of emotions and impulses. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Expressive Arts:
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Expressive arts, or performance art, is both academic and therapeutic. Performance art gives a person with an emotional behavioral disorder the task of connecting to the deeper self, to others, to one’s body, to the community and the greater environment. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Therapeutic Outdoor Education:
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Outdoor education consists of different activities out in nature whether it is canoeing or rock climbing or something of that nature. Outdoor education provides skill building and leadership to a student with an emotional behavioral disorder. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Group Therapy:
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Group therapy provides a way for students with emotional behavioral disorders to come together a vent and let go of their worrisome thoughts. It brings together people of similar situations and provides counseling for all of them together. ==

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">**Local Support Groups and Educational Conferences**

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">*provides a brief description of EBD and ways to support students in the classroom
 * There are many agencies, support groups, and educational conferences in and around the Baltimore metropolitan area that serve children with emotional disturbances and their families. Many are free of charge, which takes pressure off the families who support their children with everything else.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**[|Advocates for Children and Youth]:**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Located in Baltimore, the ACY focuses on educational issues and represents children in supervision and expulsion hearings. They strive to identify problems, promote policies <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and programs that improve results for Maryland's children in measurable and meaningful ways, and evaluate the effectiveness of programs and policies for the state's children and youth.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**[|Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health]:**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">With regional offices located all over the state, the coalition is a grassroots organization comprised of families and advocacy groups dedicated to improving services for children with mental health needs and to provide a support network for parents and families.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**[|Villa Maria Residence Family Support Meetings]:**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Meetings: ** Support and information for parents of children with emotional disorders; some sessions on special topics for parents <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Date and Time: ** one Tuesday each month 5:45-7:30pm - call for date <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Fee: ** none <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Childcare and food provided <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Please RSVP by 10am Monday ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In-Service Training Room <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2300 Dulaney Valley Road Timonium, MD <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">RSVP - Sue - 410-252-3643 x109 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Questions - Bev - 410-704-4116 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">410-239-8578 (evenings)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**[|The Family Tree ~ Support Group for Parents of Children with Mental Illness]:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Sponsoring Agency:** NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) Metropolitan Baltimore, Inc. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Meetings:** Support and information for parents of children with emotional disorders; some sessions on special topics for parents <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Date and Time:** 4th Wednesday evening of the month starting August, 2005 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Fee:** none <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This group is exclusively for parents of children with mental illness. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Childcare, courtesy of The Family Tree <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Family Tree <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2108 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333399; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Contact the office to find out more at: 410-435-2600

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** [|Helping Hands Parent Support Group]: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Meetings: ** The MD Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health provides monthly support to parents with children having difficulties because of mental health needs. Parents will be able to receive and share information during these meetings. A wide array of information will be available as well as access to a full-time family advocate. If you plan to attend or would like more information, please contact Heidi Rochon at 410.479.4934 or hrochon@boo.net <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Date and Time: ** 4th Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:30pm <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Fee: ** none <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dorcester County Library Meeting Room <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">303 Gay Street <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cambridge, MD

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Funding/Legal Advocacy <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To advocate is to publicly support or recommend a particular cause or policy.To advocate for students with Emotional Disturbances, first you must have knowledge of the cause, the conditions and behaviors, services and resources, and funding. Through out reading this wiki, everyone should have a better understanding of what emotional disturbances are, and here is how to help:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**For parents of children with emotional disturbances:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Parent Advocates] This is a great site for parent to parent advocates. The site goes in to depth about all you need to know about resources and funding available in easy to read format. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**For anyone and everyone:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Take Action!] What we all can do to heal! The link will take you to a site that talks about some steps you can take to improve the lives of emotionally disturbed children.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Parent Support Blog <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This blog is for parents and family members of a child or teen with mental or emotional disorders. It is for sharing tips, ideas, stories, research, and commentary on the most challenging parenting job of all–nurturing and caring for a troubled child or teen while nurturing oneself and the rest of the family.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Spiritual Support Through Mind & Body <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">Yoga offers a practical form of therapy to deal with the problems of abnormal emotional development, so that the child may reach adulthood free from personality disorders. The function of the pineal gland, the importance of balancing the mental and pranic energies, the use of yoga nidra and karma yoga, as well as reduction of family and social pressures – all these factors must be considered in dealing with the disturbed child. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">These simple therapeutic practices, used in conjunction with a thorough psychological understanding, point the way to a new, integral approach in treating emotional disturbance.



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">National Funding This site goes in to detail about funding and financing for people with emotional disturbances. It talks about private and public sectors and what is available for people with EBD that is offered by the federal government.