Effect Of Behavior Disorder Placement

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Term Paper Title	Effect Of Behavior Disorder Placement
# of Words	1135
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	4.54

Effect of Behavior Disorder Placement
On the Child’s Self-Concept

                                                         INTRODUCTION
     Throughout history, humans have sought to explain and to treat behaviors that were considered deviant.  As a special educator working with students with behavior disorders, I realized it was important to research the effects labeling may have on the student’s self-concept.
     Historically treatment of behavior disorders fell into three very broad places: segregation (hospitals and asylums), transition phase (treatment and establishing training schools), and service phase (individuals become functional members of society).  In the service phase, legislation such as PL94-142, or the Education of All Handicapped Children Act, guaranteed all children between the ages of 3 and 21 a free, appropriate education in the less restrictive environment.  This law was later changed to IDEA, or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.  IDEA addressed the area of the educational environment.  Education was to be provided in the less restrictive environment or an environment that limits the amount of isolation of the handicapped students from the peers of the population at large. The environment can range from the mainstreamed or “regular” classroom to the full-time self-contained special education classroom.  Ideally, the regular classroom was the goal for most students.  PL94-142 and IDEA gave the legislative means to ensure the appropriate education for disabled students so that they may lead an equivalent life to the nondisabled student.
     Behavior disorders is one of many disabilities covered in IDEA.  Behavior disorders refers to those students who have been tested and labeled as having inappropriate behaviors.  However, the criteria for identifying a problem behavior depend largely on the frequency, duration, and intensity of the specific behavior(s).  Many behavior disorder students are taken out of the mainstream classroom and placed in an isolated classroom or even a residential school.
        It may be assumed that the “least restrictive” portion of IDEA would be enough to limit the stigma placed on the student receiving the behavior disorders/emotional disturbed label,

Effect of Behavior Disorder Placement
On the Child’s Self-Concept

leading to normal socialization and self-perception with other students.  The terms behavior disorders and emo...

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