The prevalence of social maladjustment among school-age children
Psychology in the Schools
Volume 28, October 1991
THE PREVALENCE OF SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT AMONG
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
RON L. McGHEE RICK JAY SHORT
Auburn University
PL 94-142 mandates that students who are seriously emotionally disturbed be pro-
vided with a free and appropriate public education. Embedded in the federal defini-
tion of serious emotional disturbance is a clause that excludes socially maladjusted
students