What happens to emotionally handicapped children when they grow up?

[LostInAnomie]

I just recently started a job as a program assistant for a program designed for elementary aged emotionally handicapped children. Being a relative rookie to this type of work, these past few weeks have been an eye opening experience for me. For the most part these are normal, well behaved children that seem indistinguishable from other kids their age, until something sets them off. The normal trials of the day that most people wouldn't blink an eye at throw these children into uncontrollable fits of anger that almost nothing, besides restraint and time, can stop. It makes me wonder, what is going to happen to these kids? They seem to be incapable of handling normal levels of stress as it is. As they grow up and continue to fall behind in school (many of these kids are LD, or at least far behind academically) I can only imagine the stress getting worse. How will they function as adults? Do they eventually learn to cope? Do they get better? Do most of them find regular jobs?

Anyone know?