{"id":3212,"date":"2010-07-22T08:55:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2016-09-02T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:42:12","slug":"child-is-disrupting-my-class-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/child-is-disrupting-my-class-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Child is Disrupting My Class &#8211; What Can I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Child%20is%20Disrupting%20My%20Class%20-%20What%20Can%20I%20Do%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 5px; float: right; border: 0px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/teacher.points.boy.500.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/>I am a general education teacher. One of my students, who has an IEP, interrupts class several times a day.\u00a0 It is not uncommon for him to blurt out on-\u00a0 and off-topic comments, or start singing, or get up and leave the room.<\/p>\n<p>I have been told that there is nothing the school can do about his behavior because the law is absolute. The district says 80% of our special education students need to be in general education classes 80% of the time.\u00a0 Is there a law that protects my general education students?\u00a0 Their education is being negatively impacted on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>The law does not require that any percent of children be educated in general ed classes any percent of the time. If the district is using a formula (80%), they do not understand the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/lre.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">least restrictive environment<\/span><\/a>&#8221; preference in the IDEA, which says, <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the <strong>maximum extent appropriate<\/strong>, children with disabilities &#8230; are educated with children who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular education environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability &#8230; is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.&#8221; 20 U.S.C. 1412(5)(A)<\/p>\n<p>Courts have held that educating a disabled child in general education (LRE), while preferable, is secondary to ensuring that the child receives a free, appropriate public education.<\/p>\n<p>In writing the IDEA, Congress knew that some children have behavior problems and may be disruptive. If a child&#8217;s behavior prevents him or other children from learning, the IEP team should do a <strong>Functional Behavioral Assessment<\/strong>. As the general ed teacher, you can and should request a Functional Behavioral Assessment.<\/p>\n<p>After this assessment is completed, the child&#8217;s team should meet to develop positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) and other strategies to change the child&#8217;s behavior. As the general education teacher, you know the behavior that needs to be addressed. You should be part of the team that develops positive behavioral interventions and supports.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss these issues &#8211; children with behavior problems and other special factors &#8211; in\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: All About IEPs.<\/span><\/a> (Chapter 7)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Functional Behavior Assessments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.fab.starin.htm\">This article<\/a> about Functional Behavior Assessments will help you understand what needs to be done: <a title=\"Functional Behavior Assessments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.fab.starin.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.fab.starin.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check the info on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbis.org\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">OSEP National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbis.org\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">www.pbis.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see that you have a state coordinator who is responsible for providing technical support and answering questions about how to implement PBIS. Contact your state coordinator for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Review this short article about behavior issues and other special factors in the IEP:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parentcenterhub.org\/repository\/special-factors\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.parentcenterhub.org\/repository\/special-factors\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you need additional help, review the articles on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Behavior &amp; Discipline page at<br \/>\nwww.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a general education teacher. One of my students, who has an IEP, interrupts class several times a day.\u00a0 It is not uncommon for him to blurt out on-\u00a0 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/child-is-disrupting-my-class-what-can-i-do\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1373,122,161],"tags":[628,69,1309,129,625,112,1333,573,1318,594,595,396],"class_list":["post-3212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lre-inclusion","category-placement","category-teachers","tag-behavior-intervention-plan","tag-behavior-problems","tag-fape","tag-free-appropriate-public-education","tag-functional-behavior-assessment","tag-iep","tag-inclusion","tag-least-restrictive-environment","tag-lre","tag-mainstreaming","tag-postitive-behavior-supports","tag-special-factors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3212"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18268,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions\/18268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}