To meet the complex social behavioral and academic needs of all students, schools benefit from having available multiple evidence-based interventions of varying intensity.
One of the largest challenges facing educators in the United States is addressing problem behavior within school. A recent study indicated that general education teachers reported on average, one in five of their students exhibited disruptive/off-task behavior and one in twenty exhibited aggressive behaviors to the point intervention was necessary. Unfortunately, educators continue to rely on traditional discipline practices that generally involve punishment and/or exclusionary options, especially for the most challenging students, students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders.
Parents play an important role in helping their child be successful in school. Whether they are providing a safe home that encourages learning and appropriate behavior, or working with the school on specific learning goals for their child, it is important for parents to support their child’s education. When schools and parents work together as partners, students reach a higher level of achievement and school success.
Adult caregivers such as parents, teachers, coaches, and other mentors play a critical role in shaping and supporting self-regulation development from birth through young adulthood through an interactive process called “co-regulation.”
Research has shown that family caregivers of CYSHCN tend to report their health as fair or poor twice as much as the general population and one-in-four believe that caregiving has made their health worse.1
