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Emotional/Behavioral Disorder: Why and How Do We Name It?
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Maag, John W.; Kauffman, James M. – Critical Questions in Education, 2022
The controversy over the use labels for students who receive special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has been raging for decades. Do labels really serve an educational purpose? Do they stigmatize students? Do disabilities really exist? Are they just part of the normal distribution of human characteristics,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Labeling (of Persons), Language Usage