NAC388.105. “Serious emotional disturbance” defined.

“Serious emotional disturbance” means a severe emotional disorder that:

     1. Is exhibited by a person for at least 3 months;

     2. Adversely affects academic performance; and

     3. Includes one or more of the following:

     (a) An inability to learn which is not caused by an intellectual, sensory or health factor;

     (b) An inability to engage in or to maintain interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers;

     (c) Inappropriate behavior or feelings;

     (d) A general and pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression;

     (e) A physical symptom associated with a personal or academic problem; or

     (f) The expression of fears regarding personal or academic problems.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 7-14-88; A 9-13-91; 11-23-93)