EMOTIONAL OR BEHAVIOR
DISORDER SCALE - REVISED
(EBDS-R)

by Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D. &
Tamara J. Arthaud, Ph.D.

Copyright © 2003

 

The Emotional or Behavior Disorder Scale - Revised (EBDS-R) was developed to contribute to the early identification and service delivery for students with emotional or behavioral disorders. It is based on the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition definition of emotional or behavioral disorder and the theoretical construct of the federal definition (IDEA).

The EBDS-R: Behavioral Component assesses three areas identified in the definition: Academic Progress, Social Relationships, and Personal Adjustment.

The EBDS-R: Vocational Component assesses the fourth area identified in the definition: Work Related, Interpersonal Relations, and Social/Community Expectations.

For schools and institutional settings, the EBDS-R provides the criteria by which identification of emotional or behavior disorders is now being made. Internal consistency, test-retest and inter-rater reliability; item and factor analysis; and content, criterion-related, diagnostic, and construct validity are documented and reported for the scale.


Characteristics and Components of the EBDS-R

• The EBDS-R is based on the federal definition of emotionally disturbed/behaviorally disordered (IDEA) and the most recent definition of the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition.
  
  

• The EBDS-R: Behavioral Component was standardized on a total of 4,308 students, ages 5 through 18 years of age.
  
  
• The EBDS-R: Vocational Component was standardized on a total of 2,623 students, ages 12 through 18 years of age.
  
  
• The EBDS-R was factor analyzed to create the factor clusters (subscales).

 

• Standard scores, quotients, and percentiles are provided by age and gender.
  
  

• Demographic characteristics of the standardization sample represented national percentages of gender, residence, race, geographic area, and occupation of parents.
  
  

• The Rating Form contains two sections. The Behavioral Component contains 64 items and the Vocational Component contains 54 items. All items are easily observed and documented by educational personnel.
  
  

• The Emotional or Behavior Disorder Intervention Manual -
  includes IEP goals, objectives, and interventions for all 118 items on the scale.

Educational Planning

The Emotional or Behavior Disorder Intervention Manual (407 pages, © 2003) provides IEP goals and objectives, as well as interventions for each specific behavior problem identified by the EBDS-R, thus providing the direct therapeutic follow-up and classroom program for students with emotional or behavior disorders. By utilizing the Emotional or Behavior Disorder Intervention Manual, professionals from assessment, psychology, mental health, and education can plan and evaluate the most effective program for student improvement.

 

To order: Check box next to product then Add To Cart
		01650	EBDS-R COMPLETE KIT	$107.00
		Includes:
		01600	EBDS-R School Version Technical Manual	$21.00
		01610	EBDS-R Rating Forms (50)	$44.00
		01620	Emotional or Behavior Disorder Intervention Manual (Includes: Appendix CD with PDF file)	$42.00
		COMPUTER PROGRAMS:
		All computer program must be used with the companion manuals and/or rating forms. (See Software Requirements.)
	*	01601	EBDS-R Quick Score (Windows®)	$46.00
	*	01621	Emotional or Behavior Disorder Intervention Manual (Windows®) (Includes Free Demo)	$225.00

 

* Not included in complete kit

MULTI-SITE LICENSE
Multi-site licenses are available for intervention manual programs for $150.00 per license after the full purchase price of one program. The license grants the user the right to install the program at three sites (i.e., three computers). A link for the Multi-site license will be available from the shopping cart after the Intervention Manual CD has been added.