Students with this diagnosis have trouble planning and organizing their time with tasks, and cognitive behavior therapy can improve with these difficulties, and the skills can still be present after the initial learning of the skills is over (Boyer, Geurts, Prins, & Oord, (2015). After students engage in cognitive behavior therapy, there is less conflicting issues with other students, time management becomes more routine, and more homework assignments are being completed than before cognitive behavioral therapy (Levine & Ansel, 2011). School professionals, including school psychologists are always researching different therapies to incorporate into a classroom. Using cognitive behavior therapy with other therapeutic approaches like Attribution Retraining (using motivation as a tool to complete tasks) have helped students improve their reading grades and improve their self-concept (Chodkiewicz, & Boyle, …show more content…
There is a lot of practice incorporated with this therapy to practice social situations, and practicing these skills are broken down into smaller steps so an individual can process, evaluate, and redirect their reactions. Psychosocial therapy also makes an effort to incorporate family therapy to make sure that there is an overall advantage for the individual so that there are similar expectations and consequences in the school environment and their home environment. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks to find the underlying cause of behavior issues, and looks to examine an individual’s life in as many aspects as it can identify. Because many students with emotional disturbances have behaviors that would be categorized as a conduct disorder, it is important to examine the individual, the family, and how they relate to the individual interpreting their world in a social context. Once the underlying issue is observed, and changes are made in the school setting and home setting, individuals will respond in a more socially acceptable manner that helps them improve relationships and overall morale in a variety of settings in their everyday life (Kazdin,