How common is EBD?
Category:
education
special education
EMOTIONAL/BEHAVIORAL DISABILITY (EBD) STATISTICS
Nationally, only 40 percent of students with EBD graduate from high school, compared to the national average of 76 percent. Are three times as likely as other students to be arrested before leaving school.
Similarly, you may ask, what percentage of students have true behavioral disorders?
1-2 percent
Keeping this in consideration, is EBD a mental illness?
EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDER (EBD). Definition. An emotional and behavioral disorder is an emotional disability characterized by the following: (i) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and/or teachers.
To be diagnosed with an EBD, a person must demonstrate an established pattern of one or more of the following: Withdrawal or anxiety, depression, problems with mood, or feelings of low self-worth. disordered thought processes with unusual behavior patterns and atypical communication styles.