Physical restraint is an emergency procedure restricting the movement of an individual and is used in events where students pose an imminent threat of physical harm to themselves or others. Students with disabilities are subjected to these procedures seven times more than typically developing students. Over the past decade, there has been…

The article discusses the issue of public school responsibility for the governance of early childhood education intervention programs for handicapped children. (Author/DLS)

This paper argues that the new federal definition for emotional or behavioral disorders may deny services to many deserving pupils, such as urban socially maladjusted youth, homosexuals, historically oppressed minorities, and students from low-income households. The role of teachers, teacher education programs, and professional groups in this…