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Nasaskyia R. Hicks – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Problem behavior disrupts classrooms across the United States, impacting student learning. Despite the adverse consequences, teachers often exclude disruptive students from school as a punitive and default response to problem behavior. Alternatives to exclusion are becoming increasingly popular in many school districts to improve behavior and keep…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Discipline
Rogers, Davida J.; Bundrick, Karan S.; Ryan, Joseph B.; Afram, Love – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Timeout has been used extensively within schools to address inappropriate behavior in children. In practice, timeout is not a single strategy; rather, it is a compilation of related practices. Some forms of timeout are research-based practices for modifying student behavior. However, others lack research support and frequently are misused,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Best Practices
Porosoff, Lauren – Educational Leadership, 2021
When students misbehave, understanding the problem behind their actions can make all the difference in the effectiveness of teacher response. Teachers and students sometimes view the same behaviors differently. When students break school rules, teachers consider the behavior a problem. But for the student, that behavior is often a solution to some…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Responses, Altruism
Elena Rose Couldrey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the existence of various special education laws and mandates aimed at protecting the rights of students with learning disabilities (LD), these students tend to be removed from the classroom setting at disproportionate rates and durations when compared to students without disabilities. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenology was to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Discipline, General Education
Laura Kern; Heather Peshak George; Lauren L. Evanovich; Jennifer M. Hodnett; Jennifer Freeman – Exceptional Children, 2024
Restraint and seclusion (R/S) are practices employed by schools to address severe student behavior. Although the use of R/S has been shown to have harmful impact for students, staff, and schools, there is no federal law that addresses its use in schools. A lack of a universal approach leaves each state to determine its own legislation and policy.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Discipline, Punishment
Sihan Wu; Angela Tuttle Prince; Samantha Kraft; Sheyenne Smith – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2024
Despite the long-term negative outcomes associated with restraining and secluding students, these practices are frequently used in schools, with disproportionate use on students with disabilities. Based on recent guidance from the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, misusing these practices violates student rights under the Americans…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Discipline, Positive Behavior Supports, Students with Disabilities
Victor Harris; Brian Visconti; Ginny Hinton; Riley Curie; Shyama Hausner – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
This study examined the impact of the Positive Behavioral Management Strategies (PBMS) online educational program on 624 participants in the southeastern region of the United States. The PBMS program incorporates established behavioral management principles with new research-based practices to promote healthy, positive relationships between adults…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Intervention
Yvette Mercado-Tilley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This research study investigated the impact of implementing a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) bus framework on student behavior. Pre and post-implementation data were collected from an elementary school (K-4) in a large suburban school district on Long Island. The school has been implementing PBIS school-wide but not a…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Bus Transportation
Hayward, Brent A.; McKay-Brown, Lisa; Poed, Shiralee – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Few studies have considered policies which underpin the promotion of positive behaviour support (PBS). The present study examined policy beliefs about PBS and their relationship to restrictive practices. Methods: Discourse network analysis (a combination of critical discourse analysis and social network analysis) was used. Results: A…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Discipline, Behavior Modification, Laws
Johannes L. van der Walt; Nico A. Broer; Nicholus Mollo; Kgale Mampane; Charl C. Wolhuter – Perspectives in Education, 2023
This is an educational-philosophical, more particularly, a societal-theoretical reflection on the "blame game" that is occasionally played between the parental home and the school with respect to the behaviour displayed by children in these societal relationships. After consulting the literature regarding this issue, and the findings of…
Descriptors: Discipline, Family Environment, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
Moore, Mercedes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore middle school and/or high school teachers' experience and decision-making processes regarding writing disciplinary referrals for African American students demonstrating disruptive behavior in the classroom. "How do teachers describe their experiences and decision-making processes in…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Decision Making, Discipline
Bethany Hodgkiss; Emma Harding – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2024
Physical restraint is a restrictive practice used in schools, but there are no up-to-date statistics concerning the frequency of its usage in England and there are concerns as to whether it is being used appropriately and effectively. Pupils with special educational needs are more likely to experience physical restraint in school, but…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Special Schools, Student Attitudes
Reed Pecha – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students' misbehaviors at younger ages can lead to more significant issues at the high school level such as dropping out, drug and alcohol abuse, and incarceration. The purpose of this study was to examine high school students' perceptions of positive reinforcement and punishment practices in their high school's behavior system. Two specific…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Substance Abuse
Bartlett, Nadine A.; Ellis, Taylor Floyd – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2021
Information about the use of physical restraint, seclusion, and time-out rooms in Canadian schools has primarily been anecdotal (media reports and anonymous survey data) due to uneven and non-existent mandates for reporting, transparency and public accountability. The absence of clearly articulated mandates to provide written documentation and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Discipline Policy, Punishment, Behavior Problems
McIntosh, Kent; von Ravensberg, Heidi; Santiago-Rosario, María Reina; Chaparro, Erin – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2022
Removing students from the classroom and placing them in remote instruction for their behavior is an emerging form of discipline (Jones, 2020). The purpose of this brief is to describe this form of discipline, examine its implications and potential negative impacts, and provide guiding principles for improving behavior through evidence-based…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Suspension, Distance Education, Discipline Policy