in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas: Self- care, receptive or expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, economic self-sufficiency. Reflects the need for a combination or sequence of special interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment or other services that are life long or extended durations.2. Eligible Minor: An individual less than 18 years of age who is recommended by an interdisciplinary team to be classified as severely mentally impaired or severely multiply impaired.3. Severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI)4. Guardian: A person with authority for the care and custody of a minor or consumer pursuant to an order from probate or circuit court.5. Mental Retardation: A condition in which intellectual capacity and everyday functioning of a person are significantly impaired is referred to as mental retardation. Approximately 2.5 percent of the population in the United States can be considered mentally retarded.6. Mental Illness: Abnormal behavior or disturbing feelings, thoughts, or actions that interfere with everyday functioning constitutes mental illness.7. Anxiety Disorders: Cause a person to experience tension, fear, and feelings of danger. In some cases, the anxiety is associated with a specific object or situation; it is then referred to as a phobia.8. Psychotic Disorders: This would include dysfunctions in which a person’s adaptive functioning and context with reality are significantly impaired. Schizophrenia is the most prominent of these disorders and is characterized by severe distortion of thoughts, perceptions, and feelings.9. Affective Disorders: Disturbances of mood. Depression is the most prominent of these. 10. Personality Disorders: Enduring matters of relating to the social environment multiadaptive to personal maladjustment or distress. An example is antisocial personality disorder, marked by a lifelong ...
