CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL

AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDER

What are the factors that

related with children with
emotional and behavioral
disorder?

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
There is a relationship between body and behavior and it
would therefore seem reasonable to look for a biological
causal factor of some kind of emotional or behavior disorder
(Cooper, 2005; Forness & Kavale, 2001)
Influenced by genetic, neurological or biochemical factors or
combinations of these
Researcher found evidence of the important role that heredity plays in
shaping behavior and personality, specifically the sex-linked differences in
many behavioral conditions.

Medications are helpful in addressing the problems of many

students with emotional and behavioral disorders if they receive
state-of-the-art psychopharmacology
(Konopasek & Forness, 2004)
Prenatal exposure to alcohol can contribute to many types of disability and
it is including emotional and behavior disorder. But only rarely is it possible to
demonstrate a relationship between a specific biological factors and those
disorder.
No real evidence that biological factors are the only causes for behavioral
problems. However, for severe and profound disorders, there is evidence to
suggest that biological contribute to their conditions.

Other factors:
disease

malnutrition

brain trauma

4 MAJOR POINTS (KAUFFMAN, 2005)

FAMILY FACTOR
Theory of socialization suggesting that the role of parents is minimal in
the development of their childrens personality or social behavior
(Harris, 1995)
Family is the primary factor in socialization which including parents that
have a significant causal influence on some disorders.
Very good parents sometimes have children with very serious emotional
and behavioral disorder but in contrast, some neglectful or abusive
parents might have children with not significant emotional or behavioral
disorders.
Parents who are generally lax in disciplining the children but inconsistent
in dealing with misbehavior tend to have aggression and problematic
childrens

The Federation of Family for Childrens Mental Health was

organized to help parents who have children with emotional and
behavioral disorder. This federation provide support, resource and
also organizing to assist each other in finding resources.
(Jordan; Goldberg & Goldberg, 1991)

SCHOOL FACTOR
Children who exhibit disorders when they enter school may
become better or worse according to how they are managed in
the classroom
(Furlong, Morrison & Fisher. 2005; Walker et al, 2004)

Teachers and peers might be the models of misconduct because

the child misbehave by imitating them
( Farmer et al., 2001; Kauffman, 2005a; Kauffman, Mostert, Trent, & Pullen,
2006)
Teacher who is unskilled in managing classroom or insensitive to students
individual differences creates an environment where aggression, frustration
or withrawal is common responses to the environment and teacher.

CULTURAL FACTOR
Dramatic increases in the ethnic diversity of most communities
might contribute to the mistaken identification of behavior
(Osher, Cartledge, Oswald, Sutherland, Artiles, & Coutinho, 2004)
Level of media especially through television and motion picture
The availability of recreational drugs and the level of drug abuse
The threat of nuclear accident or war

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