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Download full textGerber, Michael M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Professionals and researchers once suggested that about 6% or 7% of all students had serious emotional disturbance (SED). Congress thought about the cost, and then thought otherwise. As a result, Congress created a 2% solution, and then wrote the law in a way that discouraged identification of students with SED. Schools must obviously also have…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Special Education, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities
