by ACDL | Jan 27, 2022 | ADA, Education
By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* EN ESPANOL ASL VIDEO Today’s blog post examines another type of informal school discipline – restraint and seclusion. Schools are more likely to restrain or seclude students with disabilities than those without. [1]...
by ACDL | Jan 27, 2022 | ADA, Education
By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* EN ESPANOL ASL VIDEO In Informal Discipline & How to Handle It, ACDL noted that parents of children with disabilities who require home-based instruction should advocate for their children to receive as many hours...
by ACDL | Jan 26, 2022 | ACDL News, Education
By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* EN ESPANOL ASL VIDEO Today’s blog post covers informal types of discipline and provides ideas about how to handle each type. First—what is informal school discipline? Informal school discipline occurs when a school...
by ACDL | Jan 21, 2022 | ACDL News, Education
By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* En Espanol ASL Video The previous blog post in this series introduced Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs) in school disciplinary actions. This blog post will explain what a MDR is, why it is important, and how...
by ACDL | Jan 21, 2022 | ACDL News, Education
By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* En Espanol ASL Video This blog post is part of an eight-part series on school discipline. The last blog post introduced the idea that children with disabilities have specific protections when it comes to school...