Assessment of severe emotional impairment: Practices and problem...

Assessment of severe emotional impairment: Practices and problems Psychology in the Schools Volume 26, April 1989 ASSESSMENT OF SEVERE EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENT: PRACTICES AND PROBLEMS HARVEY F. CLARIZIO AND MARILYN M. HIGGINS Michigan State University The basic purpose of this study was to determine: (a) how school psychologists opera- tionally define severe emotional disturbance as outlined in PL 94-142 (SED), and (b) the extent to which assessment procedures are in compliance with PL