Public Law 94-142 is likely to result in suppression rather than expansion of services to mildly disturbed students because of problems in the definition of emotional disturbance and the requirement of service for all children identified. A legal, bureaucratic approach to the problem of behavioral deviance is of questionable wisdom. The direction the field is taking is largely determined by forces external to special education. Special educators might increase their level of success by giving greater attention to more basic issues than they have in the past.
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