Interventions for ED Students

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In this article, the writer points out that there are over 470,000 adolescents in the United States who are receiving special education and related services under the category of emotional disturbance, and the number is growing each year. The writer maintains that the status and trends in academic intervention research regarding students with emotional disturbance must be examined to provide teachers, parents and school administrators the opportunity to make sound, objective instructional decisions. The writer notes that the number of middle school students with emotional disturbance continues to climb each year. The writer concludes that in order to help ensure that these children achieve and maintain grade level skills, and overcome behavior that may hinder their emotional and social growth, it is important to seek some type of professional intervention.

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"Approximately 65 percent of the some 475,000 U.S. students identified and provided special education under the category of emotional disturbance, ED, are 12 years of age and older, with the most numerous age group being 15 year olds. Adolescents with ED generally do poorly in school and thereafter, and more than half of 12-17 year old students with ED receive most of the education apart from peers without disabilities, meaning not in regular public schools, or in regular schools but out of general education classes more than 60 percent of the day. In comparison, this is true for only one sixth of adolescent students with learning disabilities."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Harris, Karen M. (2002, June 22). A school, family, and community collaborative program for children who have emotional disturbances. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Retrieved November 11 2006 from HighBeam Research Library.
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