11/13/2009 Keeping Our Kids in the Classroom

Special Needs Advocacy Network, Inc. (SPaN)

11/13/2009 Keeping Our Kids in the Classroom - Discipline

Presenter(s): Tim Sindelar, Esq.

Keeping Our Kids in the Classroom – the Legal ABCs of Discipline, Restraint & Time Out, FBAs, CHINS and other School Responses to Behavior

This presentation will explore in-depth issues related to challenging behaviors. The presentation will cover:
·         The legal obligations of school in the discipline process (including general education and special education protections);
·         Interim educational settings;
·         State and federal protections on the use of restraint and time-out;
·         Functional behavioral assessments;
·         Transportation issues
·         Referrals to Juvenile Court for CHINS and law violations;
·         Strategies for preventing exclusions.

Come prepared with your most perplexing questions.

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