Emotionally handicapped definition
Emotionally handicapped means the child has a psychiatric or other emotional disorder which substantially impairs the child’s mental health and requires 24-hour treatment or supervision. (See SSM XV-6861 for Placement Court Hearings Timelines)
Emotionally handicapped means a child who, because of his social or emotional problems, as determined by evaluation pursuant to Section 15-1013, is unable or incapable of meeting the demands of regular classroom programs in the public school and requires special classes or special services designed to promote his educational growth and development;