Education

By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* EN ESPANOL ASL Video This is the final blog post in our series discussing school discipline of students with disabilities. Today’s blog post provides tips on how to help your child avoid school discipline in the first place. Students are disciplined when they engage in inappropriate behaviors […]

By: Emma Freeburg, ACDL Legal Intern (Summer 2021)* EN ESPANOL ASL Video The most recent blog post in this series went over the rules that apply to the use of restraint and seclusion techniques in Arizona schools. Today’s blog post provides complaint options for parents who are concerned that their child is being subjected to […]

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] This blog post provides important information about Arizona law and the use of restraint […]

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 of services as necessary in order to receive a free and appropriate public […]

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 denies a student services or excludes a student from school programming without an “official” […]

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 best to prepare for it. Generally, schools cannot discipline students with disabilities […]