Students in Discord: Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

ISBN-13: 9780313307997 Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated Publication date: 03/30/1999 Series: The Greenwood Educators' Reference Collection Pages: 416 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d) Lexile: 1210L (what's this?) Students in Discord fills a void in the professional literature concerning adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders by providing theoretical information about psychiatric and psychological diagnoses with practical information about actual public school students who show both externalizing and internalizing disorders. In the process, the book provides understanding about disorders in childhood and adolescence and enhances understanding of federal guidelines on emotional disturbance, specifically those provided in the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. The author provides suggested educational strategies that represent behavioral, psychological, sociological, and environmental models and that aim to both decrease undesirable behaviors and inc