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This right was enacted to provide minors with mental health treatment who are afraid to go to their parents. An inability to build ormaintain satisfactory relationships with peers andteachers; Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances; A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; or A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with schoolproblems(ii) The term includes children who are schizophrenic. Illinois Special Education Eligibility and Entitlement Procedures and Criteria within a Response to Intervention (RtI) Framework: A Guidance Document . Lock ), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments (does not include deaf-blindness). She offered tips for supporting distressed children including comfort and also discussed de-escalation and effective coping with children. The Act recognizes that there has been a proliferation of on-line businesses that claim to "certify" or "register" assistance animals, or arrange for health care professionals to issue letters. If a child's impairment is severely limiting, whether it's a developmental disability, such as ADHD and autism; a . Children aged 3 through 9 experiencing developmental delays in one or more of the following areas: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development or adaptive development, may also be eligible for special education.