{"id":131,"date":"2009-01-26T14:23:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T19:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2017-08-22T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:33:16","slug":"getting-help-for-a-child-with-a-behavior-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/getting-help-for-a-child-with-a-behavior-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Help for a Child with a Behavior Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Getting%20Help%20for%20a%20Child%20with%20a%20Behavior%20Disorder\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>My son is in the 10th grade. He has a behavior disorder and he can&#8217;t control himself at times. The school does not understand when he gets agitated and angry. They just suspend him and deprive him of his education.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/boy.sad.backpack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/>You say your son has a behavior disorder. Many kids with learning disabilities develop behavior problems. If the school doesn&#8217;t teach them the skills they need, they become angry, frustrated, and depressed. Then the school labels them as &#8220;behavior disordered&#8221; or &#8220;emotionally disturbed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is he under the care of a mental health professional?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If not, he needs this right away.<\/p>\n<p>By suspending him repeatedly, the school is putting him at high risk for dropping out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does he have an IEP?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If yes, what services is the school supposed to provide? Are they providing these services?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If he doesn&#8217;t have an IEP, you should get an evaluation by an independent evaluator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The evaluator will determine what his needs are and what type of educational program he needs. The evaluator can help advocate for him with the school. A mental health person can also help <strong>you<\/strong> learn how to advocate <strong>for him<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, you have educators who have little or no training in mental health and behavioral problems dealing with him, mainly by suspending him (which isn&#8217;t a punishment for many kids).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is he under the care of a child psychiatrist?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> If not, that&#8217;s your first step.<\/strong> You also need to get a comprehensive evaluation to find out what is going on with him, why he can&#8217;t control himself, and how to help him get himself under control. The child psychiatrist should be able to recommend a good child or neuro-psychologist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom line:<\/strong> You can&#8217;t tackle these problems successfully unless or until you have good diagnostic testing and data.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find more information and resources on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Behavior Problems and Discipline<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son is in the 10th grade. He has a behavior disorder and he can&#8217;t control himself at times. The school does not understand when he gets agitated and angry. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/getting-help-for-a-child-with-a-behavior-disorder\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1370,35,8,18,63,7,64,136,1367],"tags":[254,184,1326,255,78,112,274,32],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-discipline-behavior","category-eligibility","category-faqs","category-ieps","category-independent-evaluations","category-legal-news","category-special-education-regulations","category-strategies","category-assessments-tests","tag-behavior-disorder","tag-comprehensive-evaluation","tag-discipline","tag-emotionally-disturbed","tag-iee","tag-iep","tag-suspensions","tag-test-scores"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22210,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/22210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}