Conclusion
REBT as it is, and as it continues to develop, is as applicable today to the experiences of those working with specially challenged children as it was when then original version of this chapter was written (McInerney, 1983). Parents, educators and professional support personnel can benefit from the interventions described above. Furthermore, the basic principles and techniques described in the present work can be integrated into school-based programs to support parental involvement in special education programs, as a supportive intervention for the parents of emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students as well as more generally disaffected or substance misusing adolescents not typically part of a school’s special education population. In the future, the authors hope to see school-based programs grounded in the priciples of REBT implemented in both regular education and special education settings.
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McInerney, J.F., McInerney, B.C. (2006). Working with the Parents and Teachers of Exceptional Children. In: Ellis, A., Bernard, M.E. (eds) Rational Emotive Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26375-6_12
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