Characteristics
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) has identified the following characteristics and behaviors as typical of children with emotional disturbances:
* Inappropriate types of behavior under normal circumstances, such as aggression or self-injurious behavior
* Hyperactivity (short attention span, impulsiveness)
* Withdrawal or a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression (failure to initiate interaction with others, retreat from exchanges or social interaction, excessive fear or anxiety)
* Development of physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems
* Immaturity (inappropriate crying, temper tantrums, poor coping skills)
* An inability to build and maintain relationships with peers and teachers
* Learning difficulties that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors (academically performing below grade level)
Disorders & Disabilities
- ADHD
- Agoraphobia
- Angelman Syndrome
- Asperger Syndrome
- Autism
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blindness
- Cerebral Palsy
- Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
- Cluttering
- Conduct Disorder
- Deafblindness
- Deafness
- Depression
- Development Delay
- Developmental Language Learning Impairments
- Down Syndrome
- Dyscalculia
- Dysgraphia
- Dyslexia
- Dysphasia
- Dyspraxia
- Expressive Language Disorder
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Hyperlexia
- Language Delay
- Lisp
- Mitochondrial Disease
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Oppositional defiant disorder
- P.A.N.D.A.S.
- Rett Syndrome
- Selective Mutism
- Sensory Integration Dysfunction
- Serious Emotional Disturbance
- Social Anxiety
- Stereotypic Movement Disorder
- Stuttering
- Tourette Syndrome (TS)
- Usher Syndrome
- Williams Syndrome