It appears that learners from diverse cultural groups are often misclassified as having emotional disturbance
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Answers will vary, but students might include such points as:
• Only the most serious problems are identified under the current definition; learners with milder levels of impairment do not meet the criteria for identification and services.
• Schools may see these problems as character defects, as students choosing to behave badly, and they resist the idea that the learner has an actual disability.
• Parents resist identifying their children as having emotional disturbance because of the stigma associated with the label for the child and the parents.
• Students with internalizing, less visible, and less disturbing behaviors are often simply overlooked.
• School administrators fear they will be restricted in disciplining the learner and therefore may be reluctant to support the identification of the learner as having an emotional disturbance.
• Services are expensive for these students, and there is a shortage of trained personnel willing to work with them; staffing shortages are related to the stress and burn-out associated with serving these students.
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