African-American males and serious emotional disturbance: Some personal perspectives

With numbers that exceed their proportions in the general school population , African-American males are the number one candidate for placement in prog rams for students with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and thus experie nce the poorest school outcomes. Much attention has been given to dispropor tionality, which continues to be a thorny and intractable issue. This brief article urges educators to focus more attention on appropriate and success ful interventions within a continuum of educational services for this popul ation.