Federal education officials are taking new steps to address the academic needs of students with disabilities who have significant behavior challenges. The U.S. Department of Education says that many ...

Our Emotional and Behavioral Disorders License program prepares you to serve K-12 students who have been identified with mild to severe emotional and behavior disorders. If you already hold a special ...

This report is part of Kids Imprisoned, a project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates ...

According to BYU professor Blake Hansen, children with developmental and intellectual disabilities are one of the most understudied populations in the US, but he’s working to change that. Hansen, a ...

When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...

Although the home environment is known to influence behavior problems in children with developmental disabilities (DD), the precise contributions of specific domains remained unquantified, hindering ...

Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioral problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found. The pilot study, led by the Murdoch ...

A new government-backed review finds that there is substantially more evidence for behavior therapy in treating autism than even just a few years ago. In a report released this month, Vanderbilt ...

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...

PCSIx (pronounced "Pick Six") is the innovation unit of Professional Contract Services, Inc. (PCSI). Designed to integrate technology, behavioral insight, and innovation, PCSIx supports PCSI's mission ...

New research explores the complex emotional, behavioral and intellectual disabilities associated with childhood epilepsy and their effect on development. Children with epilepsy can face greater ...