| Figure 1: Population Overlap Difficult-to-educate students defy simple definition. Considerable
overlap exists among the special education, at-risk, and adjudicated youth categories used
in this report. For example, many students who have been adjudicated by the courts have
also been identified as having emotional disturbance and therefore qualify for special
education under federal law.
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Children
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Single or Multiple Physical |
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Adjudicated
Youth |
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Disabilities |
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· Person
Offenses |
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At-Risk
Youth |
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Speech or Language Impairment
· Specific Learning Disabilities
· Serious Emotional
Disturbance
· Mental Retardation
· Autism
· Traumatic Brain Injuries |
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Property Offenses
· Drug Law Violations
· Public Order Offenses
· Status Offenses |
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Dropped Out
· Expelled
· Physically or Sexually Abused
· Pregnant or Parenting
· Chemically
Dependent
· Homeless
· Disruptive
· Academically Behind |
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Source: Seventeenth Annual Report to Congress on the
Implementation of IDEA, Juvenile Offender and Victims |
