Description
Book SynopsisValuable insight and sound intervention strategies for addressing the needs of students with social and emotional problems!
When a student is inattentive, extremely anxious, or has an outright tantrum in the classroom, ascertaining the exact cause may be difficult, but it is a critical step in reaching and teaching the students who exhibit these behaviors. In Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance, Ysseldyke and Algozzine show readers how to recognize the cognitive, academic, physical, communicational, and behavioral characteristics of several forms of emotional disturbance and offer specific strategies for responding to anxiety issues, opposition and noncompliance, tantrums, disruptiveness, inattention, task avoidance, and more.
Highlights include:
- A pretest and posttest to help readers assess their understanding about the origins of social and emotional difficulties and how they are best addre
Table of Contents
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher Acknowledgements About the Authors Self-Assessment I Introduction to Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance 1.What Is Emotional Disturbance? What You May See in Your Classroom What Assessments Will Tell You 2.What Should Every Teacher Know About Teaching Students With Emotional Problems? Anxiety Opposition and Noncompliance Temper Tantrums 3.What Should Every Teacher Know About Teaching Students With Social Problems? Disruptiveness Nonattention Irrelevant Activities Task Avoidance 4.What Trends and Issues Influence How We Teach Students With Emotional Disturbance? An Evolving Definition Medical Treatment 5. Emotional Disturbance in Perspective 6. What Have We Learned? Key Points More About Emotional Disturbance in the Classroom Key Vocabulary Self-Assessment II Answer Key for Self-Assessments On Your Own Resources Books Journals & Articles Organizations References Index
