The student has
withdrawn or anxious
behaviors,
unhappiness,
depression, severe
problems with mood,
or feelings of
self-worth
EX. emotionless, isolating
from peers, overwhelming
fears, refusals, changes in
eating/sleeping patterns
OR the student
shows disordered
thought processes
manifested by
unusual behavior
patterns, atypical
communication
styles or distorted
interpersonal
relationships
Ex. Reality distortion beyond normal
developmental fantasy and play or
talk, inappropriate laughter, crying,
sounds, or language, self-mutilation,
developmentally inappropriate
sexual acting out or
developmentally inappropriate
self-stimulation, rigid, ritualistic
patterning, perseveration or
obsession with specific objects,
overly affectionate behavior
towards unfamiliar persons,
hallucinating or delusions of
grandeur
OR the student must show
aggressive, hyperactive, or
impulsive behaviors that aren't
appropriate for their age
EX. physically or verbally
abusive behaviors,
impulsive or violent,
destructive, or
intimidating behavior,
behaviors that are
threatening to others or
excessively antagonistic
B. Adverse Effects on
Educational
Performance
The student's pattern of emotional or
behavioral responses must adversely
affect education performance and
result in AT LEAST ONE of the
following:
Unable to show
satisfactory social
competence that is
significantly different
that the appropriate
age, cultural or ethic
norms
OR a pattern of unsatisfactory
educational progress that is not
primarily a result of
intellectual, sensory, physical
health, cultural or linguistic
factors; illegal chemical use;
autism spectrum disorders; or
inconsistent educational
programming
C. Areas of Impact K-12
Documentation of prior
interventions and the evaluation
data for K-12 students must
establish significant impairments
in AT LEAST ONE of the following
areas:
Intrapersonal
Academic
Vocational
Social Skills
The impaired area identified
above must meet ALL of the
following criteria:
severely
interferes
with the
pupil's or
other
students'
educational
performance
Is consistently exhibited by
occurrences in at least three
different settings: two
educational settings, one of
which is the classroom, and a
setting in either home, child
care, or community
Has been occurring
throughout a minimum of
six months, or results from
the well-documented,
sudden onset of a serious
mental health disorder
diagnosed by a licensed
mental health professional
D. Evaluation
Requirements
K-12
The evaluation may include data from vocational skills measures;
personality measures; self-report scales; adaptive behavior rating
scales; communication measures; diagnostic assessment and
mental health evaluation reviews; environmental, socio-cultural
and ethnic information reviews; gross and fine motor and sensory
motor measures; or chemical health assessments.
K-12 evaluation must be
supported by current or
existing data from ALL of
the following:
clinically significant scores on
standardized, nationally
normed behavior rating scales
individually administered, standardized,
nationally normed tests of intellectual ability
and academic achievement
record review
mental health screening
interviews with parent, pupil AND teacher
three systematic observations in the
classroom or other learning environments