Students with an emotional and behavioral disorder often exhibit behaviors that adversely affects the students’ educational performance. Teaching mathematics can be a challenging task to many educators. A prerequisite to effective learning and teaching in students with emotional and behavioral disorders is the development of meaningful personal relationships. Peer-Mediated instructional approaches are often used to educated students with emotional and behavioral disorders in mathematics. Peer-mediated instruction can improve behavior and learning in students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Peer-mediated instruction is an instructional arrangement in which peers serve as the main instructional agent for other students (Paul, Bradley, & Kathy, 2008). When the teacher uses peer-mediated instruction, it allows the teachers to have more appropriately individualize instructional activities, and lowers student to teacher ratio that allows students more opportunities to respond to content being taught in the classroom. Peer-mediated instruction can also be incorporated in English and Language Arts instruction. Students with physical and health impairments can find the academic environment challenging. These …show more content…
If a student with a particular disability is in the classroom, teachers should educate students on that particular disability. Teachers should also teach students that students with disabilities are just like them, but with unique needs. Students should offer assistance to the students with disabilities and make sure they feel that they are a part of the class. Respect is very important in the classroom setting. Teachers should educate students on respecting others regardless of their differences. Students should treat each other with respect regardless of their differences. When students are educated, they are more apt to treat students with disabilities with respect, understanding, and know how to respond appropriately. Ignorance is a result of lack of