Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: An Introduction for Teachers and Other Helping Professionals - Softcover

Cullinan, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130962678 ISBN 13: 9780130962676

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2001

Synopsis

In one of the most comprehensive books available on dealing with emotional and behavior disorders, the author examines the relationships among the causes, assessment, classification, prevention, and intervention in schools and other settings. It uses up-to-the minute research from psychology, medicine, and sociology to inform readers on how education is linked to other parts of a child's life. Context of Emotional and Behavior Disorders of Students; History; Assessment and Classification; Patterns of Emotional and Behavior Disorders; Extreme Emotional and Behavior Disorders; Biological and Psychosocial Influences; Psychodynamic Theory and Intervention; Behavioral Theory and Intervention; Cognitive Theory and Intervention; Sociological, Ecological, and Values-Based Theories and Intervention; Intervention in the Education System; Intervention in Other Systems. For teachers and other helping professionals dealing with children with emotional and behavior disorders.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The past decades have seen a disturbing increase in the prevalence and variety of children's emotional and behavior problems and disorders, and the field is changing to meet this challenge. This introductory text provides up-to-date, interesting, and balanced coverage of the characteristics and theories of children and adolescents with emotional and behavior disorders. Drawing on ideas from special education, developmental psychopathology, and related fields, this book pays special attention to the critical role of educators, counselors, school psychologists, and other helping professionals in serving students with emotional and behavior disorders.

Special features include:

• Unique perspective. The developmental psychopathology perspective examines emotional and behavior disorders in relation to biological, psychological, social, and cultural processes.
• Focus on prevention. Several chapters consider prevention and related concepts such as risk, and their effect on intervention efforts in school and other service and support systems.
• Tools for learning. Several helpful chapter elements—such as summary tables of each theoretical model—help the reader understand key aspects of emotional and behavior disorders.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130962678
• ISBN 13: 9780130962676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 493