Prevalence of Affective-Emotional Disorders in Exceptional Children

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of affective-emotional disorders in exceptional children in West Azerbaijan province.
The population of study was consisted of all children studying at all educational grades of West Azerbaijan province schools in 2011-12. Out of 2854 exceptional children students, stratified randomized method was used to select 481 subjects (270 boys and 211 girls) from Urmia, Khoy, Boukan, and Piranshahr cities. Research tools included Teacher report form, Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), academic file. Statistical analyses include descriptive statistics (frequency distribution and percent) and inferential statistics (chi-square test).
The results show that frequency percentage of behavioral disorder is 13.51% and 15.80% in intra-organizations and inter-organizational, respectively. Total frequency percentage was estimated as 24.12%.
According to high frequency of affective-emotional disorders, it is necessary to hold classes to teach parents and instructors considering type of children disability and design educational plans corresponding to requirements and capabilities of exceptional children in order to manage emotions and control behaviors.