Students with Disabilities Face Harsher Discipline
“Feds investigate claims that black and disabled students face harsher discipline in Richmond”
Tag Archives: Behavior and Discipline
Feds Sue: Georgia’s Segregated Schools for Kids with Disabilities Are Illegal
On August 23, 2016, the United States Department of Justice filed suit against the State of Georgia for discriminating against thousands of public school students with behavior and emotional disabilities Continue Reading →
Play Deprivation and Behavior Problems
The research is clear. “Children need recess, the benefits of which range across developmental domains. Following are just seven reasons why, if we want children to achieve optimal intellectual, social/emotional, Continue Reading →
Taking Away Recess as Punishment – Does it Help?
“77 percent of school principals report that they withhold recess as punishment, even as they simultaneously sing the praises of recess as a factor in academic, cognitive, and social development. Continue Reading →
Parent Request: “No Restraint”
Does the school system need parental consent to restrain a student with autism? He has never had to be restrained before. He does not communicate well, but he is not Continue Reading →
When School Discipline Policies Fail to Make Schools Safer
The JustChildren program at the non-profit Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, VA has released a study that argues more school districts should adopt the [VA] state-approved, individualized discipline philosophy Continue Reading →