Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Mental Health Is Important Mental health is how people think, feel, and act as they face life's situations. It affects how people handle stress, relate to one another, and make decisions. Mental health...

Comprehensive Overview of Hearing Impairments Definition The Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 94-142), includes "hearing impairment" and "deafness" as two of the categories under which children with disabilities may be eligible for...

Comprehensive Overview of Intellectual Disability Comprehensive Overview of Intellectual Disability What is Intellectual Disability? Intellectual Disability is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in...

Comprehensive Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by the head being hit by something or shaken violently. (The exact definition of TBI, according to special education law, is...

Comprehensive Overview of Visual Impairments Definition The terms partially sighted, low vision, legally blind, and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments. They are defined as follows:...

Congenital Heart Diseases Congenital heart diseases are abnormalities of the heart's structure and function caused by abnormal or disordered heart development before birth. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a broad term that can describe a...

Coping Strategies of Parents Whose Children Have Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Study To return to the main page for NASET’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Series - Click Here Username password lost password? Publications ADHD Series...

About Cornerstones of Care - Gillis Campus School: The Cornerstones of Care – Gillis Campus School gives students and families the skills they need to succeed in the classroom. Academic programming began 40 years ago and has evolved to serve...

About Cornerstones of Care - Gillis Campus School: The Cornerstones of Care – Gillis Campus School gives students and families the skills they need to succeed in the classroom. Academic programming began 40 years ago and has evolved to serve...

Characteristics of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders This lecture focuses on characteristics of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Topics covered include: hyperactivity, conduct problems, oppositional defiance,...