EMOTIONAL DISABILITY (EmD)

Definition

A child who has an emotional disability exhibits one or more of the following characteristics that adversely affects educational performance over a long period of time and to a marked degree, including:

  1. An inability to learn that cannot be established by intellectual, sensory or health factors;

  2. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and/or teachers;

  3. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances;

  4. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; and/or

  5. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.

The term includes children who are schizophrenic.  The term does not include children who are socially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have an emotional disturbance.

 

 

 

 

DISABILITIES SPED HOMEPAGE