The ways in which family members interact with and relate to one another.

A comprehensive assessment of a student’s strengths, weaknesses and intervention needs which is conducted by a professional to create a student-specific strategy for remedying weaknesses and addressing needs.

The events in a student’s past that may get in the way of his or her development and learning.

A method for measuring a student’s developmental skills across a broad range of topics. This can include assessing whether anti-social behavior exhibited by the student warrants further evaluation and intervention.

Disruptive, rude, hurtful or harmful actions of a student. Anti-social actions that disrupt a student’s education or social interaction.

A trigger or event coming before a response that precipitated that response.

One person’s intentional response to the emotional state of another.

The use of emotional relationships between an adult and child in teaching situations or guidance.

The patterns of thinking, emotion, and behavior that characterize one individual and make them different from any other.

Emphasis placed on specific syllables or words in speech.