Bob Algozzine, PhD, earned his doctorate from Pennsylvania State University in 1975, joining the faculty there that same year and moving to the University of Florida in 1977. Since 1987, he has been a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jim Ysseldyke, PhD, is Birkmaier Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, director of the School Psychology Program, and director of the Center for Reading Research at the University of Minnesota. He currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Self-Assessment I
Introduction to Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance
1.What Is Emotional Disturbance?
What You May See in Your Classroom
What Assessments Will Tell You
2.What Should Every Teacher Know About Teaching Students With Emotional
Problems?
Anxiety
Opposition and Noncompliance
Temper Tantrums
3.What Should Every Teacher Know About Teaching Students With Social
Problems?
Disruptiveness
Nonattention
Irrelevant Activities
Task Avoidance
4.What Trends and Issues Influence How We Teach Students With Emotional
Disturbance?
An Evolving Definition
Medical Treatment
5. Emotional Disturbance in Perspective
6. What Have We Learned?
Key Points
More About Emotional Disturbance in the Classroom
Key Vocabulary
Self-Assessment II
Answer Key for Self-Assessments
On Your Own
Resources
Books
Journals & Articles
Organizations
References
Index
