Emotional maladjustment is a condition that exhibits one or more than one of the following conditions over a long period of time and that significantly affects the child’s educational performances:

• Inability to learn that cannot be explained by sensory, intellectual or health factors.
• Inability to build or maintain interpersonal relationships with teachers and peers.
• Incongruous types of behavior or state of mind under normal situations.
• Usually having a pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
• An inclination to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.

This problem includes schizophrenia. The term does include children who are socially mal-adjusted, unless it is proved that they have an emotional disturbance.