Emerging Research and Issues in Behavioral Disabilities (Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities)

Chapters within the volume include reports of original research, and summaries of new and emerging research issues. Specific topics include: bullying; technology-based self-monitoring; issues around the direct observation of both student and teacher behavior; the characteristics of youth served in residential or other alternative settings because of their EBD; and the application of function-based logic to social skills intervention. Two additional chapters examine issues around identifying evidence-based practice in EBD, including guidance for practitioners who may be overwhelmed by the challenges of teaching students with EBD, as well as the vast array of resources they must sift through to locate credible and reliable information on effective interventions.

Bryan G. Cook is a Professor in the CurrySchool of Education at the University of Virginia. His professional interestsinclude evidence-based practice and open science in special education. Heco-edits the journal Behavioral Disorders,and is associate editor for ExceptionalChildren and Remedial and Special Education.

MelodyTankersley is Senior Associate Provost and Graduate Dean at Kent StateUniversity, where she is also a Professor of Special Education. She focuses her scholarship onissues related to identifying and using evidence-based practices, positivebehavioral programming, the prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders,and parent interventions.