Emotional Disturbance by erica celentano https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j By: Erica Celentano and Breanna Levesque en-us 2016-10-30 16:12:51 UTC 2025-10-02 22:54:54 UTC hello@padlet.com     Emotional Disturbance  ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090180 2016-10-30 16:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090180               What is it?  ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090207 - 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.

]]> 2016-10-30 16:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090207 Reasons for being a Disability: ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090593 -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
]]> 2016-10-30 16:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090593 Examples of ED: ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090839 - Anxiety disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- OCD
- Conduct disorder
- Eating disorder]]> 2016-10-30 16:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090839  Legal Considerations  ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090923 -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
]]> 2016-10-30 16:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134090923                    Supports/Accommodations: ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134091609
- 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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- 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 ]]> 2016-10-30 16:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134092317 Resources to Support families and educators: ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134092754 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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]]> 2016-10-30 17:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134093540 ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134094360 2016-10-30 17:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134094360 Video Showing Stigmas of ED ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134095266 2016-10-30 17:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134095266                       Affect on family: ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134095611
- 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 
]]> 2016-10-30 17:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134095611                                         Support of the Family: ecelentano1 https://padlet.com/ecelentano1/g2twv9ms135j/wish/134095882
- 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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