Learners with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities

inability to establish or maintain personal relationship with peers and teachers

displaying feelings or behaviors that are inappropriate and different from age

Emotional and Behavioral Disorder

excessive worry and fear of an anticipated threat that is persistent

Anxiety Disorders

changes in person’s mood and energy

being talkative and happy one moment and then very mood the next day

Bipolar Disorder

persistently sad, empty or irritable

Depressive Disorer

“classic” considered by mental health professionals, characterized by mood disturbance experienced a person for at least 2 years in adults and 1 year in children

Major Depressive Disorder

characterized by obsessions which are repeated, persistent thoughts or urges that are intrusive and unwanted and uncontrollable

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

avoidance of food-severe food restrictions

Anorexia Nervosa

eats enormous amount of food frequently only to expel the food (vomit or excessive exercise)

Bulimia Nervosa

uncontrollable eating of large amounts of food in a short period of time

Binge Eating Disorder

25-item questionnaire for 2-17 years old that focuses on the behavior of children and adolescents

checks strengths and difficulties

Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

covers 12-item behavior representing internalizing and externalizing behaviors

to know the behavior of the child in the school

Students Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing and Externalizing Overview (SRSS-IE)

for pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 students which provides students’ strengths and weaknesses in the areas of behavior and emotions and mental health. Not desIgned to monitor students’ progress.

Behavior Assessment System for Children Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-BESS)

problems with receiving, processing, sending and understanding different forms of information and communication

Communication Disabilities

Difficulty in understanding or using spoken, written, or sign language

Language Disorder

difficulty producing speech sounds correctly

Speech Sound Disorder

Trouble making specific speech sounds due to problems with the physical production of those sounds ex. ngongo, bungi

Articulation Disorder

Trouble following the rules or patterns for how sounds are used in a language

Phonological Disorder

Disruptions in the normal flow of speech, such as repetitions, prolongations, or blocks. ex stuttering

Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder

difficulty with the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication ex. using same tone

Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder

systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings

Language

a study and description of word formation which includes inflection, derivation, and compounding in language; smallest unit of language

Morphology

rules governing how words are arranged and combined to form phrases, clauses, and meaningful sentences

Syntax

study of word meaning and relationship between words

Semantics

how and why children/people use language in social situations

Pragmatics/Social Communication

active process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a standard system of symbols, signs, or behavior

Communication