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Direct linkPerry A. Zirkel – Communique, 2024
In contrast with professional norms and best practices, the legal requirements for functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) are meager in scope and specificity (Collins & Zirkel, 2017). Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act makes no mention of FBAs or BIPs, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Legal Responsibility, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2020
In contrast with professional norms and best practices, the legal requirements for functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIP) are meager in scope and specificity (Collins & Zirkel, 2017). Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (2017) makes no mention of FBAs or BIPs, and the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Positive Behavior Supports, Individualized Education Programs, Legal Responsibility
Freeman, Jennifer; Yell, Mitchell L.; Shriner, James G.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Behavioral Disorders, 2019
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) consistently lag behind their peers academically and behaviorally, are likely to be excluded from school, drop out more frequently, and face higher incarceration rates and a host of other negative outcomes as adults. Federal policy has played a key role in (a) ensuring that students with…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Public Policy, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Collins, Lauren W.; Zirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2017
Functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) are critical components in the education of students with, or at risk for, emotional disturbance (ED). The purpose of this article is to compare the legal requirements with the professional requirements for FBAs and BIPs. The comparison is first according to the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports, Legal Responsibility
Rahn, Naomi L.; Coogle, Christan Grygas; Hanna, Alexajo; Lewellen, Traysha – Young Exceptional Children, 2017
Challenging behaviors refer to those behaviors that decrease the child's ability to engage and participate in classroom routines (Dunlap, Wilson, Strain, & Lee, 2013), and therefore, the dilemma in the scenario above is common to early childhood and early childhood special education teachers due to an increase in children experiencing autism…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Child Behavior, Autism, Behavior Problems
von Ravensberg, Heidi; Blakely, Allison – Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2014
When to conduct a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is a question answered by both best practice and the law. The special education field continues to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the functional behavioral assessment, an evidence-based technology that is the basis of a behavior intervention plan (BIP) and a cornerstone of the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Positive Behavior Supports
Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Cox, Meredith – Beyond Behavior, 2011
Committed teachers and administrators often look for strategies and practices to better support students struggling to negotiate the academic, social, and behavioral demands of the classroom setting. Such practices may include modifications to how they deliver instruction or manage behavior for their entire class. Other strategies may include more…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Program Effectiveness, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
Download full textUS Senate (NJ1), 2014
There is no evidence that physically restraining or putting children in unsupervised seclusion in the K-12 school system provides any educational or therapeutic benefit to a child. In fact, use of either seclusion or restraints in non-emergency situations poses significant physical and psychological danger to students. Yet the first round of data…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Punishment, Educational Research
Peer reviewedQuinn, Mary M.; Gable, Robert A.; Fox, Jim; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr.; Van Acker, Richard; Conroy, Maureen – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
In light of the discipline provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act emphasizing functional assessments and positive behavioral interventions as well as new responsibilities for the Individualized Education Program team, this article discusses the problems that school divisions are encountering when implementing these…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Discipline, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHartwig, Eric P.; Ruesch, Gary M. – Journal of Special Education, 2000
This article addresses the substantial changes that Congress made in the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act concerning discipline of students with disabilities. It analyzes both the procedural and substantive requirements related to suspending students, expelling students, and conducting functional behavioral…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Discipline, Due Process
Peer reviewedSmith, Carl R. – Exceptional Children, 2000
This article explores the status of implementation of the behavioral and discipline requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. Data are presented from complaints, hearings, and court decisions that suggest that the overall discrepancy between competency expectation for Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Varnham, Sally – Education and the Law, 2004
When a child with a disability behaves in a manner which threatens the safety of other children and staff in the school, school authorities are faced with a dilemma. The balance between the competing interests of individuals and the school community is never more clearly seen than in such a situation. The child has a right to participate equally…
Descriptors: Expulsion, School Safety, Disability Discrimination, Court Litigation
