Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This web page explains the federal definition of emotional disturbance as a disability category under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It also lists the characteristics and examples of emotional disturbance, and the exclusion of social maladjustment.
Emotional disturbance is a term used in IDEA to describe a condition that affects a child's educational performance and social relationships. Learn about the characteristics, causes, frequency, and help for children with emotional disturbance and related mental disorders.
A child with a disability is one who has an impairment that affects educational performance and needs special education and related services. The definition includes 13 categories of disabilities, such as autism, deafness, emotional disturbance, and specific learning disability.
This document provides a checklist of criteria to determine whether a student meets the definition of emotional disturbance under IDEA. It includes five characteristics, indicators of educational performance, and exclusion of social maladjustment.
Learn about the definition, characteristics, and types of emotional disturbance (ED) as defined by IDEA. Find out how to identify and support students with ED in the classroom using universal design for learning and other strategies.
Learn about the 13 disability categories under IDEA that cover a wide range of challenges and how they affect school performance. Find out how to qualify for special education and what services and supports are available.
“emotional disturbance” (ED) classification of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)3 in relation to the various criteria in the definition of ED. 4 This systematic examination identifies the nature and extent of the adjudicated interpretations
Learn the definition, characteristics, and resources for emotional disturbances, a disability category under IDEA. Emotional disturbances are mental conditions that affect a child's learning, behavior, and mood.
the 3 primary elements of IDEA’s Emotional Disturbance (ED) eligibility criteria 1. Identification of a “condition” 2. Connecting the “condition” one (or more) of the five ED characteristics. 3. Three limiting criteria 14 14 Three ED Elements 1. Emotional condition (or a serious emotional disturbance) Includesschizophrenia
Criteria: Emotional disturbance includes schizophrenia. Emotional disturbance does not include social maladjustment, unless the child also has an emotional disturbance under the other criteria listed below. A child may be considered to be a child with an emotional disturbance if: