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                                        Support of the Family:

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                                        Support of the Family:

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- Seek resources in the community
- Become an advocate for the child with ED
- Attend group/family therapy and other workshops to better understand how to maintain a stable environment for their entire family

-Collaborate with other professionals regarding the disability

"Nobody is the expert on the child" so the family needs to create a mutual relationship where the family learns from professionals and vice versa

Family is often the best source of information and all relevant family members should understand the supports given to the child to ensure consistency

Ongoing collaboration and a welcoming school environment for the family

Ensure that communication is always available

Professionals need to have empathy for the families and not assume that they are the problem

Family members need to support one another

Professionals need to recognize cultural differences in each family and be sure to remain sensitive to their values

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- Families may experience stress, feeling overwhelmed, in some cases a sense of loss
- Disruptive for all family members and constant state of uncertainty

due to the fact that this disability is unpredictable

onset of the disorder is unanticipated

- Major impact on siblings, they can begin to experience aggression, depression and isolation and fear of obtaining the disability
- So much attention and focus on the one child can cause neglect toward other family members and relations

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Resources to Support families and educators:

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Resources to Support families and educators:

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All the resources listed below aim to help the families of children with ED collaborate with communities, schools, and healthcare providers to ensure the best outcome for their child. It is important to create a safe and stable environment within communities to prevent them from affecting the child's behavior.

- The Providence center: provides support for individuals with emotional, social and behavioral difficulties

Services provided: individual and group therapy for both the family and the individual, parent support for tips on managing behavior of their child

https://providencecenter.org/services/child-and-family/early-childhood-institute

- PACER: individual assistance for families to help their children, collaborate with professionals and parents, provides workshops to the families to develop advocacy for their child
http://www.pacer.org/cmh/

-United Parents: nonprofit organization that provides resources to parents of children with emotional and behavioral difficulties

focuses on establishing an effective collaboration between parents and professionals to best support the child

resources include: support groups, parent partners and parent workshops

http://www.unitedparents.org/

-FAVOR: state-wide family led organization to support families

Develop relationships between families, schools and healthcare providers for best outcome for the child

Support groups, family management programs, family peer support programs

many different resources listed on the website

http://www.favor-ct.org/#

-Center for Parent Information and resources (CPIR): provide parent training information and community parent resource centers to help families
http://www.parentcenterhub.org/

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- Individual needs to be an advocate for themselves, but also need support of general and special educators
- Family members and friends need to collaborate and be active in their learning and self management
- Mental health providers: Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and counselors

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                   Supports/Accommodations:

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                   Supports/Accommodations:

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- Supports are free of charge to every child eligible between ages 3-21
- Peer involvement: this helps with the social component of the disability. Providing students with peer tutoring, peer pairing, modeling etc.
- Social skills training: benefits the individual by teaching and modeling appropriate relationships and interactions
- Coping skills training: helps with physical difficulties by providing therapy to reduce stress and anxiety. Aims to instill a way for them to deal with their academic, social and emotional problems in a productive and safe manner.
- Accommodations are provided to ensure least restrictive environment

one-on-one aid

reward system for positive behavior

lessen the workload if it is too overwhelming

breaks throughout the day

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-Rights to free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment
- The individuals behavior should not result in expulsion only if behavior is derived from his/her disability

Individual can be taken out of that placement due to his/her behavior to meet the needs of the IEP

- Right to positive behavioral interventions

Functional behavior assessments, behavior intervention plan, behavior therapy, social skills training, coping skills training, small groups, tutoring

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- Anxiety disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- OCD
- Conduct disorder
- Eating disorder

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-This disability is associated with many physical, social and academic challenges

Physical: aggression toward self and others

Social: difficulty expressing themselves, interacting with peers/teachers, immature behavior

Academic: as a result of their behavior due to the disability, they are often removed from the classroom giving opportunity to fall behind

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- Challenges with maintaining relationships with teachers and peers
- unprovoked types of behavior or feelings
- Mood of unhappiness or depression
- Physically impacts individual due to fears associated with personal or school problems

"Center for Parent Information and Resources." Center for Parent Information and Resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.