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Emotional Disability - Coggle Diagram
Emotional Disability
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Definition
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An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors;
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Emotional Disability means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance:
A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. Emotional disability includes schizophrenia. The term does not include children who are socially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have an emotional disability as defined herein.
Criteria
Evidence that the problem is not due to intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
Standard scores (total or composite) on two out of three of the same norm-referenced behavior rating scale must be at least two standard deviations above or below the mean (70, depending on the rating scale). Ratings from three or more scales will be obtained from at least three independent raters, one of whom may be the parent or the child through a self-report.
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Teachers and other professionals are documenting their observations and that documents the emotional disability in two or more educational settings.
Evidence that the emotional disability is continuing to worsen or stay at its level for a long period of time such as 6 months or more and that the child's educational performance is adversely affected.
Evidence that the emotional disability adversely affects the child's academic performance and/or social/emotional functioning in the school environment.)
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