Definitions and Challenges of EBD
Robert M Adler
Grand Canyon University SPE 558
May 19, 2013
When working with children that are classified as having special needs in an educational setting, the team approach whether it’s a classroom team of teachers and their support staff or the teacher working in conjunction with external team members such as administrators, specialists and family members has always been a vital component for success. This especially holds true when working with students who have been classified with emotional and/or behavior disorders (EBD). This paper will examine a group of educational team members for a student with EBD and the challenges they face in regards to diagnostic concerns in conjunction with the way EBD is defined, and their ability to provide appropriate instruction and services for the EBD student. The student our team is working with attends classes that are classified as “full inclusion,” which places a special education teacher as a partner with a general education teacher in a classroom setting. Therefore, two members of our team are the general education teacher and the special education teacher. The
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