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Trapp, Laura; Gershwin, Tracy; Robinson, Jason – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act requires schools to conduct a manifestation determination (MD) meeting when suspending students with disabilities for more than 10 days. The MD procedure is intended to safeguard educational access by providing a process to determine if a student's disability is related to the suspending behavior. An…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Meetings, Students with Disabilities, Student Behavior
Nasir-Tucktuck, Mona – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teaching academic instruction to students with significant cognitive disability (SCD) has been done with success over the past years (Browder, Mims, Spooner, Ahlgrim-Delzell, & Lee, 2008; Hudson & Test, 2011; Mims, Hudson, & Browder, 2012), However, research is scarce and further instructional strategies are needed to help align the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Severe Disabilities, Prompting
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Dieterich, Cynthia A.; Villani, Christine J.; Bennett, P. Tyson – Journal of Law & Education, 2003
Discusses the legal and educational requirements for functional behavioral assessment (FBAs) and behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) for special-education students. (Contains 45 references.)(PKP)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Elementary Secondary Education, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students
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Morrissey, Patricia – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
In passing the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, Congress tackled tough issues regarding educating students with disabilities. This article addresses four changes to IDEA and their implications for secondary principals, including suspension of handicapped students without educational services, development of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Discipline, Expulsion
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Kaff, Marilyn S.; Zabel, Robert H.; Milham, Morgan – Preventing School Failure, 2007
In this study, the authors determine special educators' judgments of the use, intensity, and effectiveness of communication and behavior management strategies. In an earlier study, F. H. Wood (1991) examined general educators' cost-benefit considerations in managing behavior of students with emotional or behavioral disorders. As an extension of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, General Education, Special Education Teachers, Behavior Disorders
Ableser, Judith – 2002
This paper critiques the use of zero tolerance policies for general and special education students, focusing on equal educational opportunity. It presents an alternative comprehensive schoolwide approach to discipline that infuses best practices and a philosophy of democratic education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)…
Descriptors: Democracy, Disabilities, Discipline, Equal Education
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Clark, Susan G. – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires the IEP team to identify ameliorative resources and/or disciplinary measures for disruptive students. A BIP (behavior intervention plan) provides appropriate behavioral programming and related social and psychological services. IDEA does not prohibit principals from reporting crimes to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Crime, Discipline
Schiller, Ellen; Cohen, Gerald; Fiore, Tom; Muller, Eve; Robertson, Anne; Lingo, Amy Shearer – 2002
This report summarizes findings from case studies that explored the implementation of the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and how it affects school district progress toward addressing the behavioral needs of students. Results are also presented on the progress districts are making on: developing…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Disabilities