Challenges of Teaching Students with EBD
Grand Canyon University: SPE 558
October 28, 2013
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders “An Emotional Disorder refers to those psychological disorders that appear to affect the emotions (e.g. anxiety disorders or depressive disorders).” (Right Diagnosis, 2013) Emotional Disorders are considered a disability for many reasons. It is considered this because it alters the way a person acts and responds to different things. A person with an Emotional Disorder experience many things that are not common in most people without it. They experience extreme fatigue, depression, anxiety, poor appetite, weight loss, poor self-esteem, and nervousness. “Behavior Disorders normally develop in children and adolescents.” (Behavioral Disorders, 2013) Student with Behavior disorders are normally aggressive, defiant, and hostile. These behaviors cause problems at home and at school and eventually break up any type of relationship. “Most children with a Behavioral Disorder normally end up suffering from depression.” (Behavioral Disorders, 2013) The causes of Behavioral Disorders are unknown but it could be linked to heredity. Families with mental health issues are prone to have kids with Behavioral Disorders. Parents, who drink, use drugs, or smoke during pregnancy has a higher chance of having kids with the disorder than parents who do not. Children who are identified with a Behavioral Disorder carry out the same hostile, aggressive, and defiant behaviors for at least six months. These behaviors are entirely more severe and regular than peers their same age and grade level. Children with Behavioral Disorders normally start having sex at an early age, lie, have tantrums, skip school, display rage, are hostile to family, friends, and teachers, use alcohol and drugs, destruct property, and steal. These are all negative signs that affect the student’s