Causal Factors And Models Of Interventions

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Causal Factors and Models of Interventions of Students with EBD Causal Factors and Models of Interventions of Students with EBD Kanousha Burton Grand Canyon University: SPE 558 December 20, 2011 Causal Factors and Models of Interventions of Students with EBD The term emotional behavior disorder has very different meanings and it can be difficult to determine which suits the term best. Aside from the different meanings there are various factors that could have caused this disorder. It had to take observation, evaluation, research and facts to determine what causes this disorder in children. The disorder may result from biological factors, cultural factors, school and family. Examining and looking closely into…show more content…
One of the categories for causal factors is biological. There is evidence that behavior and emotional health is influenced by genetic, neurological, or biochemical factors, singly or in combination. When a clear biological impairment exists, no one has been able to say with accurate knowledge whether the physiological abnormality actually causes the behavior problem or is just associated with it in some unknown way. Another category associated with EBD is family factors. The relationship children have with their parents, preferably during the early years, it…show more content…
Factors that rise biologically could mean that it cannot be helped if it is genetically based. If the parents had behavioral issues as a child then the children who are born to these parents cannot help their situation. Family factors suggest that children can develop these actions if they do not live in a loving and caring environment. It is another fact that the children have no control over what goes on in the home. If the child is being mistreated then it could cause them to act out when around and out among society. Love and learning starts in the home; it is a known fact that children learn from their environment and what goes on around them. It would be safe to say that a child can pick up on whatever behaviors they see or are being taught involuntarily. School and culture are other factors that impact the lives of children with EBD. Younger children can also catch on to whatever is being presented by other children when they come in contact with them and that is another way of observing and assessing a child with behavioral issues. All of these factors impacts students with EBD but all children may not be exposed to all of these
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