Mission
The mission of the EBD Support Team is to impact the students with EBD by providing the necessary support and training to the district, schools, teacher, students and parents.
Support Team
Billie Frier
Program Specialist
Amy Looker
SEDNET Project Manager
View information on SEDNET by visiting the Parents ESE page.
What is EBD?
- Definition Includes the Terms:
- “Persistent” - Not sufficiently responsive to implemented “observed” evidenced- based
interventions. Exhibited for an extended period of time (6 months prior to referral)
- “Consistent” - Must be exhibited in two or more settings; one setting must be school
others may be home, community, and/or transitioning to/from school
- Requires that emotional/behavioral characteristics be present for at least six months prior to referral, except in “extraordinary circumstances.”
- Allows for “extraordinary circumstances.”
- For eligibility determination (prior to 6 months) to address acute onset of mental illness.
- Exception must be approved by ESE Director.
- IEP team reviews placement within one year.
- Adversely affects educational performance in the educational environment that cannot be attributed to age, culture, gender, and ethnicity (compared to peer group.)
- Requires that schools and evaluation teams consider the student’s response to academic and behavioral interventions (RtI), which have been implemented with fidelity, before making a determination of Emotional Behaviors Disabilities.
- Eligibility Criteria includes both internal and external factors as a means to identify students.
- Considered as having an Emotional/Behavioral Disability if they present internal factors
that show as feelings, symptoms, or fears
- These factors may result in both internal and external manifestations.
- Must prove that “External” factors are a result of “Internal” factors.
- Cannot be eligible if only “External” factors are present.
- Functional Behavioral Assessment and a Positive Behavioral Intervention Plan are required for eligibility determination. Must show that the BIP has been implemented with fidelity.
