Evidence and Implications of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Identification and Treatment

Autor/inn/en	Morgan, Paul L.; Farkas, George
Titel	Evidence and Implications of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Identification and Treatment
Quelle	In: Behavioral Disorders, 41 (2016) 2, S.122-131 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0198-7429
DOI	10.17988/0198-7429-41.2.122
Schlagwörter	Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; White Students; Minority Group Students; Special Education; Behavior Disorders; Emotional Disturbances; Disabilities; Disproportionate Representation; Equal Education; Student Rights; Access to Information; Access to Health Care; Social Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Gefühlsstörung; Handicap; Behinderung
Abstract	We summarize our recent findings that White children in the United States are more likely than otherwise similar racial or ethnic minority children to receive special education services, including for emotional and behavioral disorders. We show how the findings are robust. We explain why our findings conflict with prior reports in education that minorities are overidentified as having disabilities due to biased or discriminatory eligibility procedures. The prior reporting itself conflicts with a large and rigorous body of research in public health, possibly due to the use of comparatively weaker designs and analyses. We conclude with a discussion of implications of our findings of these racial and ethnic disparities for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. Greater efforts should be made to ensure that children with emotional and behavioral disorders, irrespective of their race or ethnicity, are being appropriately recognized and provided with the supports and services to which they are legally entitled. Potential mechanisms that may limit minority children's receipt of special education services for emotional or behavioral disorders include families being ill-informed about the symptomatology and treatment options for these disorders, limited access to health care, and implicit bias by practitioners who may be more responsive to White, English-speaking families when making disability evaluations. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Council for Exceptional Children, 1110 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201-5704. Tel: 612-276-0140; Fax: 612-276-0142; Web site: http://www.ccbd.net/publications/behavioraldisorders
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01