The ecological perspective on emotional disturbance in children stresses that disturbance does not reside in the child but in the interaction between the child and his environment. The purpose of this article is to present a framework for understanding the behaviors of children which may lead to disturbing encounters within the classroom environment. Triggering behaviors which are the product of temperamental and developmental differences in children are discussed, and adaptive environmental responses to those behaviors are suggested.
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