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What Educators Should Know about Medication Use for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Stephanie L. Hand; Erin K. Aregood; Irem Bilgili-Karabacak; Lee Kern – Beyond Behavior, 2025
Psychotropic medications are increasingly being prescribed to school-age youth to address a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. In this article, we first provide an overview of these medications, their potential effects and side effects, and variables impacting their use. Prevalence of polypharmacy and rates of current and lifetime…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy, Children
Cross, Tracy L. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Obsession is multifaceted and may be a catalyst for important development of the person. The author discusses the concept of obsession and how educators might successfully guide the young gifted person who experiences obsessive periods.
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Behavior Disorders, Social Development, Emotional Development
Strong, Kelsey; Wolff, Meredith; Meier, Caroline; Bublitz, Stephaney; Geboy, Sarah; Myers, Sydney; Szczech Moser, Christy – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
Occupational therapists have a long standing history of working side by side teachers to enhance the writing skills of children. More recently, therapists are now promoting literacy and sharing their expertise with fellow professionals. This review will highlight research and resources occupational therapists can utilize to facilitate the literacy…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Literacy, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Perle, Jonathan G. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
A teacher serves many important roles within a classroom, including an educator and a manager of child behavior. Inattention, overactivity, and noncompliance have long been cited as some of the most common areas of reported difficulty for schools (Axelrod & Zank, 2012; Goldstein, 1995). The evidence-based practice of positive attending (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Student Behavior, Positive Behavior Supports, Evidence Based Practice
Kehle, Thomas J.; Bray, Melissa A.; Byer-Alcorace, Gabriel F.; Theodore, Lea A.; Kovac, Lisa M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Selective mutism is a rare disorder that is difficult to treat. It is often associated with oppositional defiant behavior, particularly in the home setting, social phobia, and, at times, autism spectrum disorder characteristics. The augmented self-modeling treatment has been relatively successful in promoting rapid diminishment of selective mutism…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Correlation, Behavior Disorders
Mustian, April L.; Cuenca-Sanchez, Yojanna – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are one of the most underserved populations in today's schools (Kauffman, Mock, & Simpson, 2011). Many of these students also have additional disabilities in conjunction with an EBD identification, such as Learning Disabilities (LD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
Sharma, Sachin; Vaish, Supriya; Chopra, Saurabh; Singh, Vindyaprakash; Sharma, Priyanka – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2012
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders associated with Streptococcal infection (PANDAS) is a unique constellation of signs and symptoms that exist in a subset of children with rapid onset or exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tic disorders due to an initial autoimmune reaction to a Group A Beta Hemolytic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Communicable Diseases
Berman, Noah C.; Abramowitz, Jonathan S. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2010
Although tremendous strides have recently been made in the development of assessment and treatment methods for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), more accurate methods for diagnosis, more effective treatments, and more refined instruments for monitoring progress during therapy are still needed. The present commentary highlights the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Pediatrics, Anxiety Disorders, Mental Disorders
Chaturvedi, Amrita; Murdick, Nikki L.; Gartin, Barbara C. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2014
The presence of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) impairs social, emotional and academic functioning. Individuals with OCD may have co-morbid disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, oppositional defiant disorder, or Tourette syndrome. Challenges occur when students with OCD become a part of the general education…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comorbidity
Murphey, David; Barry, Megan; Vaughn, Brigitte – Child Trends, 2013
Mental disorders are diagnosable conditions characterized by changes in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination of these) that can cause a person to feel stressed out and impair his or her ability to function. These disorders are common in adolescence. This "Adolescent Health Highlight" presents the warning signs of mental disorders;…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mental Health, Adolescents, Mental Disorders
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, 2010
The mental health of our children is a natural and important concern for us all. The fact is, many mental disorders have their beginnings in childhood or adolescence, yet may go undiagnosed and untreated for years. "Umbrella" terms such as emotional disturbance, behavioral disorders, or mental illness are used to refer to mental…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Definitions, Clinical Diagnosis, Children
Helbing, Mary-Lee C.; Ficca, Michelle – Journal of School Nursing, 2009
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by disturbing thoughts, impulses, or images (obsessions); repetitive or ritualistic behaviors (compulsions); or the presence of both. Although some may believe this disorder is isolated to the adult population, it affects anywhere from 1% to 4% of children in the United…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Disorders, Anxiety Disorders
Schoenfeld, Naomi A.; Konopasek, Dean – Beyond Behavior, 2007
There are many ways to help children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) succeed in school. Behavior intervention plans provide support to help students adjust their actions to fit school norms. Inclusive philosophy and practices continue to break the cycle of restricted and segregated placements, whereas schoolwide intervention models…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physicians, Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy
Farmer, Richard F. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2005
Recent research in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience has demonstrated reliable associations between temperament and individual differences in sensitivity and responsiveness to environmental cues and behavioral consequences. Temperament-influenced behavior patterns evident in infancy have also been found to predict behavioral tendencies in…
Descriptors: Personality, Rewards, Punishment, Individual Differences