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

In one of the most comprehensive books available on dealing with emotional and behavior disorders, the author examines the relationships among the causes, assessment, classification, prevention, and intervention in schools and other settings. It uses up-to-the minute research from psychology, medicine, and sociology to inform readers on how education is linked to other parts of a child's life. Context of Emotional and Behavior Disorders of Students; History; Assessment and Classification; Patterns of Emotional and Behavior Disorders; Extreme Emotional and Behavior Disorders; Biological and Psychosocial Influences; Psychodynamic Theory and Intervention; Behavioral Theory and Intervention; Cognitive Theory and Intervention; Sociological, Ecological, and Values-Based Theories and Intervention; Intervention in the Education System; Intervention in Other Systems. For teachers and other helping professionals dealing with children with emotional and behavior disorders.