Dr. Tibbetts has testified as an independent evaluator and as an expert witness in multiple administrative due process hearings regarding the appropriate identification, assessment, and treatment
of students with emotional disturbance.
Check & Connect (C&C) is a comprehensive, manualized student engagement intervention developed to promote school success and completion for secondary school students at high risk of school failure and dropout,
including students with emotional disturbances.
Terry Tibbetts, Ph.D., J.D., is a licensed psychologist and educational attorney who has worked in a variety of clinical and educational settings
involving students with emotional disturbance, both as an administrator and as a psychologist.
The school psychologist's essential guide to finding & helping students with emotional disturbance
Check & Connect (C&C) is a comprehensive, manualized student engagement intervention developed to promote school success and completion for secondary school students at high risk of school failure and dropout,
including students with emotional disturbances.
Examples: Due to Emily's anxiety and self - injurious behavior, her IEP team decided that a self contained classroom
for students with Emotional Disturbances would be the best placement to keep her safe.
Help teachers develop classroom supports that address the needs of students with emotional disturbance
This open - enrollment school for students of all abilities specializes in providing therapeutic services to
students with emotional disturbance and / or a diagnosed behavioral disorder (ED / BD).
Students with emotional disturbance, for instance, often exhibit challenging behaviors including temper tantrums or refusing to participate, while students diagnosed with attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder are likely to repeatedly talk out of turn or fail to follow instructions.
Students with emotional disturbance and / or behavioural problems may have conditions such as neurosis, childhood psychosis, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD).
Generally
a student with emotional disturbance and / or behavioural problems will present with negative behaviours that impinge on their learning and often on their social development.