| Documentation of Special Needs |
Documentation of "special needs"
includes
- for a physical disability (or high risk of such disability)
a physical handicap (or risk of a handicap) so special, unusual or
significant as to be an obstacle to adoption, has been evaluated by a licensed physician
and the written medical report provides: (1) a diagnosis to include the degree of severity
of the handicap; (2) recommendations for treatment; and (3) prognosis
- for a mental disability (or high risk of such disability)
a mental handicap (or risk of a handicap) so special, unusual or
significant as to be an obstacle to adoption, has been evaluated by a psychiatrist or
psychologist and the written report provides: (1) a diagnosis of the emotional disturbance
according to the American Psychiatric Standards of Diagnosis; (2) recommendations for
treatment; and (3) prognosis
- serious emotional maladjustment as indicated by a written diagnosis made by a licensed
psychiatrist or psychologist and recommendations for treatment and prognosis
- an explanation of how age, racial or ethnic factors, when considered with other factors
in the child’s functioning and circumstances, present a barrier to adoption
- for high risk of physical or mental disability or serious emotional maladjustment as
indicated by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist who determines the child’s
past experience and present condition of functioning indicate a probability for developing
such disability in the future
- such factors as the number of placements since birth and the length of time in foster
care.
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