emotionally disturbed children

Sarah suffers from frightening nightmares and compulsive stealing. A friend helps explore the dark areas of her mind, exposing some disturbing facts.

Sixth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive, brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial and abusive family's negative impact on their Missouri farming community, and Carly's family in particular.

Presents a story about Gage, a boy who suffers from an emotional disturbance, and the challenges he faces when he starts at a new school; and provides information about the symptoms, types, causes, diagnosis, and treatments of emotional disturbances.

Presents stories of defiance and aggression in children based on actual classroom cases, and explains how teachers can structure their own behavior to change that of disruptive students. Discusses the identification of risk factors, and show what to do and what not to do in problem situations.

Advises parents on how to handle children with quick tempers, explaining how to anticipate and lessen the behavior by teaching the child the skills necessary to handle frustration adaptively to become more flexible, socially and emotionally.

Because she suffers from extreme shyness, Anna retreats into herself and her secret rooms where she attempts to remain hidden from the outside world.

Presents suggestions for instructional design, collaboration, and troubleshooting using response to intervention (RTI) techniques to help children with reading, and provides tips for better understanding of the structure and implementation of RTI.

Having experienced compulsive behavior all her life, Lo's symptoms are getting her into trouble when she witnesses a murder while wandering dangerous quarters of Cleveland, Ohio, collecting things that do not belong to her, obsessing about her brother's death.

Presents a collection of essays offering different views on problems teens face the United States, discussing such topics as zero tolerance policies, video games, depression, and eating disorders.

Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.