Amy Neilson

Teachers Experiences With Classroom Management and Children

Diagnosed with Emotional Behavioral Disorder
Schlein, C., Taft, R., & Tucker-Blackwell, V. (2013). TEACHERS'
EXPERIENCES WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND CHILDREN
DIAGNOSED WITH EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL DISORDER. Curriculum &
Teaching Dialogue, 15(1/2), 133-146.
This article is an overview of teachers who have students in their
classrooms that have been diagnosed with Emotional Behavioral
Disorder (EBD). Each of the three teachers Vivian, Maggie, and Grace
all work at the same school. They all three agree that have a great
relationship with a student who has EBD is a great key to success in
the classroom. They also agree that a relationship with the parents is a
great idea too. Case to case for each of these students is different, so
one child might be high functioning and able to stay in a General
Education classroom, where others might need to be pulled. Grace
made it known how very important it is to have a great support staff at
your school. It was odd though Vivian and Maggie saw using support
staff at school negatively. They both thought it interfered with the
child. This article was great and it had many great points and views on
Emotional Behavioral Disorder.
I choose this article because I had a child diagnosed with this
middle of the school year. I had started noticing something was not
right with my student, but as a first year teacher I tried to stay calm
and keep observing. The tantrums started lasting longer, the anger
would come out of nowhere, and the final straw was when the child
started kicking and hitting the teachers. After many prayers of
patience and strength I scheduled a meeting with the parents. Little
did I know the child had already been diagnosed with this, but the
parents did not let the school or his teachers know the situation. Long
story short, at the end of year we had to call the Mom at least three
times a week to keep pick up her child. The child was out of control
and become a threat to his own self and the other nineteen students in
our classroom. I can definitely say I have learned a lot in my first year
of teaching. I have to agree with Grace, if it had not been for the great
support staff I have at my school, I would have never have made it this
year. Often times my assistant and I would have to give our full
attention to the situation our EBD student was causing and that left our
other nineteen unattended. Thankfully we have a great teaching staff
that always stepped right in and took over until we could get our
student calmed down or removed from the room.