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Submitted by tanya113086 on April 7, 2008
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Tanya Albinowski Albinowski 1
Professor Ehrensberger
EDU 1081
March, 23 2008
It is important for professionals and family members to become self aware while working with students with emotional disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, substance addiction, bipolar disorder, panic or phobic anxieties, and sleep disorders. Research has shown that there are many children with emotional disorders, as many as 12 million American children suffer from some type of mental disorder. “The frequency and intensity of students’ emotional and behavioral disorders have increased in the past several years” (pg.8 Richardson, Shupe). Teachers and professionals who work with children with disabilities can build more positive relationships with children by taking proactive steps to increase their own self-awareness (pg.8). Children with emotional disorders have treatable disorders. The chances of a child having some type of an emotional disorder in the classroom is very likely and as professionals we must be aware of that and be ready when it happens.
Researchers have found that caring for a child with emotional disorders can take a toll on the child’s family. With all the effort, time, and money that is being spent on the child there is no room at the end of the day for families to cope. They may be blaming each other for the disorder, complaining about the money that is being spent on the child, or just who is going to take care of them for the rest of their lives. “Many adults think that emotional issues do not take affect in early years but the truth is that children are
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susceptible to emotional problems at any age. They often have a difficult time handling and overcoming painful emotions and situations” (Emotional disorders, phobias, separation anxiety).
A child or person with an emotional disorder are “characterized as primarily by behavior that falls...
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