Students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) commonly engage in both externalizing and internalizing behaviors-a behavioral profile that has been connected to childhood trauma. Although the efficacy of function-based interventions for students with EBD has been documented, the extent to which these interventions align with principles of trauma-informed care (TIC) is unknown. We conducted a systematic review of function-based intervention studies for students with EBD to evaluate whether and how these interventions incorporated critical elements of TIC.
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