http://EBDBlog.com/2007/10/07/ebd_prevalence/ News, commentary, resources, and more about Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:50:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/10/07/ebd_prevalence/comment-page-1/#comment-43295 Andrew Houvouras Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:46:24 +0000 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/10/07/ebd_prevalence/#comment-43295 In our county and state, it is almost bizarre how the school determines placement in EBD. I'm thinking of a case where a 12 year old student had repeated use of illegal substances, numerous arrests, poor peer relations, failing grades etc. but everyone kept saying he had too much "externalizing" and not enough "internalizing". Additionally, I'm concerned with the racial composition of EBD. At one of our predominantly white schools, one of the ESE classrooms is all black children, who are labeled EBD while the two white children in the class are labeled autistic. In our county and state, it is almost bizarre how the school determines placement in EBD. I’m thinking of a case where a 12 year old student had repeated use of illegal substances, numerous arrests, poor peer relations, failing grades etc. but everyone kept saying he had too much “externalizing” and not enough “internalizing”. Additionally, I’m concerned with the racial composition of EBD. At one of our predominantly white schools, one of the ESE classrooms is all black children, who are labeled EBD while the two white children in the class are labeled autistic.

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