School Wide Behavior Support Plan for Students with Behavior Disorders/ Emotional Disturbances Almost half of the individuals who are labeled as ¡§Emotionally/ Behaviorally Disturbed,¡¨ fail one or more courses in school at a greater rate than students with Communication or Learning Disabilities (Bauer & Shea, 1999). This is due to poor support systems that do not give consistent and well laid out guidelines, which meet the needs of all children. This is consistent at all grade levels. …showed first 75 words of 2600 total…

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