EMOTONAL

DISABILITIES

DEFINITION!
Students with emotional handicaps (EH) have unique personality characteristics, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses and emotional issues similar to those that other students have and experience. The difference is one of degree. EH students have emotional concerns that are more frequent and more serious than other students and, therefore, interfere with the educational process. The behaviors can range from withdrawal and isolation to acting out and aggression and are evident across settings as well as over time. The student with an emotional handicap may experience problems maintaining relationships with peers and adults. They may also have a medical or psychiatric diagnosis, though this is not a requirement for special education services. They may also have a medical or psychiatric diagnosis, though this is not a requirement for special education services. They may also have other handicapping conditions. Collaborative support between family, school and community can be the critical factor in determining the best possible outcomes. Many EH students go on to post secondary educational programs, employment and become functioning productive citizens.

Exemples

Selective Mutism

Definition
Selective mutism is a condition in which a child who can speak well stops speaking, usually in school or social settings.

Symptoms
Ability to speak at home with family Failure to speak in certain social situations Fear of people Shyness This pattern of mutism must be observed for at least 1 month. (The first month of school does not count, because shyness is common during this period.)

Anorexia Nervosa
Definition
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves limiting the amount of food a person eats. It results in starvation and an inability to stay at the minimum body weight considered healthy for the person's age and height. Persons with this disorder may have an intense fear of weight gain, even when they are underweight. Not eating enough food or exercising too much results in severe weight loss.

Symptoms

People with anorexia may severely limit the amount of food they eat, or eat and then make themselves throw up. They may also use water pills (diuretics) and laxatives to lose weight. Most individuals with anorexia nervosa do not recognize that they have an eating disorder. Behaviors that may be noticed in a person with anorexia include: Cutting food into small pieces Exercising compulsively Restricting the amount of food eaten Using laxatives, enemas, or diuretics inappropriately in an effort to lose weight Blotchy or yellow skin Confused or slow thinking Dental cavities due to self-induced vomiting Depression Dry mouth Extreme sensitivity to cold (wearing several layers of clothing to stay warm) Low blood pressure No menstruation

Schizophrenia
Definition
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally in social situations

Which support do these people need?

Children who have emotional or behavioral disabilities (ED or BD) exhibit unusually withdrawn or aggressive behaviors. The key to helping children with ED is to pinpoint the behavior you want to change and create new behavior goals for the child. Children who are suffering from emotional disability may find it hard to cope with school and mingle with other children. This can be hard to deal with for the child. It is best to catch the condition early on so that you can help the child change his behavior by providing the support he needs.

INSTRUCTIONS

I. Identify the behavior you want to change. Keep a written record of the behaviors the child exhibits during social and independent play and academic activity. For example: "I want A to play without hitting other children," "I want B to remain quiet during a test," "I want C to stay seated during a lesson." Once you describe the child's behavior in terms of observable actions, you will be able to monitor and mediate the behavior.

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II. Create a new behavior to replace the behavior you want to change. If the child is aggressive toward others while working in a group you may want the child to take turns or talk in a quiet tone of voice while in a group. Remember to create an alternative behavior that is directly observable.

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III. Establish rewards and/or consequences for behaviors. Overall, it's more effective to reward the positive behavior that you are trying to increase than to punish the behavior you are trying to decrease. If the behavior does not pose an immediate threat to you, the child, or other children - or does not disrupt the entire group lesson - try to ignore the disruptive behavior while rewarding the positive behavior. There are several trade and self-help books available with ideas for positive and effective reward systems.

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IV. Provide plenty of opportunities to practice new behaviors. Students with ED usually have difficulty working with others whether they are aggressive or withdrawn. You will want to set up social situations where the child can practice taking turns in a group or with a partner, and sharing and talking appropriately. Role-play appropriate responses to social conflicts.

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V. Teach the child to monitor progress independently. Have charts in folders, in a locker or at home where the child can document progress in achieving a particular behavioral goal. Have the child write or verbally explain why a certain behavior is unacceptable and what behavior the child can do to change it.

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VI. Role-play and hold conflict-resolution meetings so the child can practice and discuss alternative responses to social situations.

Helping an emotionally disabled child can be difficult at first but following these tips is a step towards changing bad behavior.

In Romania there are approximately 60,000 children with various disabilities who live in families and about 1,000 children in institutions. They can not enjoy their rights, because there are few services that support families of children with disabilities, access to information, education, rehabilitation, community life is extremely low, one of the major need is accessibility. These centers created by Save the Children were taken by the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Galati and then continue working in partnership. Also, a project that aims "Respect for the right to education for children with disabilities", held in partnership with Save the Children ASCHFR and Sense International Romania, pointed out in a small research the numerous problems that disabled children and their parents are confronting in access to an inclusive education. Plans were drawn up measures to improve this situation for the counties of Brasov, Cluj, Constanta, Dolj, Prahova, Suceava, Timis and Bucharest. Funding was provided by World Learning.

 In the space of social interaction between individuals is manifested through the multiple roles that individuals play them. The rules are a specific requirement of the role, being the rules that govern individual and collective behaviors. Social groups tend to spontaneously generate rules whose function is to create a collective framework for action based on consensus. Roles and rules adopted by individuals is determined by context and human interaction space. Education - Pedagogy is the science of educational phenomenon with all its implications on the formation of human personality in order to integrate the assets of the person's social life. Throughout history, the company acquired theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the condensed material and spiritual values which constitute the social inheritance of culture and civilization.

Everyone should pay particular attention to the social group to which it belongs, therefore can not exist outside of group experiences. Birth, growth, education, providing daily living, work, etc.. are just a few steps through which man in his lifetime. Childre with disabilities must be considered as part of society. We can not hide it, does not need our pity, but our support, allowing them to live with other children, as part of the community. For a person with disabilities to socialize important East: To benefit individual intervention; To participate in group activities.

Education should be possible for any child, any person with disabilities, both in family and in kindergarten, in school, social groups, local community. I am referring to children with disabilities, it is very important collaboration of special education professionals, NGOs with specific, regular education peers.

Following the motto of the socialization of children with disabilities: "LEARNING TOGETHER, CHILDREN LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER! "we conclude that the period of social concerns, in fact, to integration. School integration is a process of inclusion in mainstream schools / classes common in formal and non-formal children considered as having special educational needs. Considering the school as the main court for the socialization of children, school integration is a process of social integration customization of this category of children, a process that is of fundamental importance in facilitating the subsequent integration in community life through the formation of behavior and attitudes of skills and favorable qualities of this process.

Which prejudices exist against this group of people?

No matter who you are, what you look like, your ethnicity, your disability or beliefs; no one has a right to discriminate against you based upon those criteria.

Do you know people with this kind of a disability? What do you think of them?

Yes,I know many people with disabilities.I had the chance to meet them,because they are my neighbors and I meet them every day.They have a different style of life,live in a world of their and they are very lovely with another persons. Ill tell you something! Three years ago me and my family decided to bring into our home a children with this kind of disability,but he was an orphan.He spent Christmas with me and my family and he felt great.I found a part of my family and we gave gifts.Shortly he attached more and he found it hard to leave the orphanage.

Finally I can tell about people with disabilities that they are just like us,absolutely normaly,sometimes better than us. I think we should give them more attention and more love,because they arent guilty fate was not on their side. I appreciate them very much because they live every moment and always smiling.