A school nurse has referred a junior high school student who shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder following her mother's death. Which of the following is a guiding principle in providing services to children with serious emotional disturbances?
A) Services, assessments, and values should be deficit oriented instead of strengths-based.
B) Services should be community based and provided in the least restrictive setting possible.
C) Parents or caregivers should not be involved in assessing needs because they may be contributing to the emotional disturbance.
D) Cultural and ethnic concerns should not result in modifications to the provision of services.
Ans: B
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Beginning with the CASSP in 1984, a new philosophy of service provision for children with serious emotional disturbances evolved that emphasized several important principles (New York State Office of Health, 2006): 1. Services should be community based and provided in the least restrictive setting possible. 2. Services, assessments, and values should be strengths based instead of deficit oriented. 3. Parents or caregivers should be partners in providing services, by both identifying needed services and designing individual service plans for their children. 4. Service systems and providers should be culturally competent and provide all services within each family's unique cultural and ethnic perspectives.
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