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Table 1: Number of Children Ages 6-21 Served Under Part B, IDEA As Emotionally Disturbed (2001) Compared with Estimates of Number of Children with Mental Disorders and Functional Impairments, By State

State

Children Identified as Emotionally Disturbed Under IDEA

Children with Severe Functional Impairment

Children with Serious Functional Impairment

AL

5,339

38337

60244

AK

803

4548

8186

AR

5,833

37941

59622

AZ

449

23640

37149

CA

21,182

277827

436585

CO

8,625

24597

44274

CT

7,420

22708

37847

DE

636

4270

7686

DC

1,079

3386

5320

FL

36,585

113659

178607

GA

23,638

56530

94216

HI

3,147

7195

12951

ID

753

11030

18383

IL

30,652

106203

166890

IN

11,369

37932

68277

IA

9,665

23135

38558

KS

4,222

17736

31925

KY

5,741

30262

50437

LA

5,479

44741

70307

ME

3,899

8022

14439

MD

8,679

36493

60821

MA

13,042

40806

68010

MI

18,421

76527

127545

MN

17,717

32195

57950

MS

575

27489

43196

MO

9,427

35472

63850

MT

1,001

8878

13952

NE

2,819

11552

20793

NV

1,642

9335

16803

NH

2,387

7385

13293

NJ

13,544

46634

83940

NM

3,258

17586

27635

NY

44,679

149900

235558

NC

10,278

52745

87909

ND

969

4572

8230

OH

14,449

87073

145122

OK

3,835

32025

50325

OR

4,467

24693

41154

PA

18,845

87764

146273

RI

2,395

5759

10366

SC

6,049

32961

51796

SD

618

6531

10886

TN

3,541

46100

72443

TX

36,267

183656

288602

UT

3,806

17454

31418

VT

2,062

4590

7650

VA

13,087

39518

71132

WA

4,950

42874

71457

WV

2,166

16197

25453

WI

16,162

35300

63540

WY

931

4506

7511

Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Twenty-Third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2001). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education; and Friedman, Robert, Katz-Leavy, Judith, Manderscheid, Ronald & Sondheimer, Diane, Prevalence of Serious Emotional Disturbance: An Update (1998) in Mental Health U.S. 1998, Center for Mental Health Services, Rockville, MD: Supt of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998.

 


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