First we look at the roots of the students with SED and seek to find causes of their perplexing needs. It is a heated debated that will go on for years to come. Where is it all coming from?

There are four main theoretical perspectives: biophysical, psychoanalytic, behavioral, and ecological. Biophysical refers to the genetic makeup of

Assess, teach, and assess. This is the method teachers use to address the nature of these students. Know the level of the students, teach to that level, and make sure they understand. If they need more then start the cycle again. Effective instruction allows for the flexibility and creativity, both crucial and critical elements in teaching students with SED.

First of all, teachers must ask themselves what do these students need in our classrooms? They need to be understood and seen as individuals. This means that each student has his own unique needs and he will need his own plan to appeal those needs. As prior discussed, the only areas that teachers can make a difference in are the behavioral and ecological implications. So the first thing to do in a classroom is to develop a behavior plan. There must be a plan created and implemented to reach goals and objectives mandated by the students individualized education program (IEP). This is the document that plans out each student’s strengths, weaknesses, and goals to be reached for the school year. It should work to shape and tone the behavior conditions within the classroom. Some examples of these behavior intervention plans could be token economies where tangible rewards and consequences are the key factors and contingency contracts where the students makes promises to do things in return for any type of reward. All in all they should be tailored to the individual student and must be taught through direct instruction. Students with SED need to have the implicit turned explicit. These students do not understand the abstract. Teachers must remember that any behavior plan will not work unless it is paralleled with an academic plan too. There must be a tag team effort to tie in the importance of creating socially reinforcing behaviors that benefit academics. This is what makes productive and socially acceptable members of the community.

The other theory is the ecological approach. This method acknowledges that it is the context the student is in and how that student interacts with that context that is the root of their behavioral dilemmas. The environment that a student is in is what shapes how he will react in that environment. If that student feels used, neglected, lost, and/or confus

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