IDEA '97 & Discipline of Students with Disabilities

Hartwig, E.P. & Ruesch, G.M. (2000). Disciplining students in special education. The Journal of Special Education, 33(4), 240-247.

Smith, C.R. (2000). Behavioral and discipline provisions of IDEA '97: Implicit competencies yet to be confirmed. Exceptional Children, 66(3), 403-412.

Zurkowski, J.K., Kelly, P.S., & Griswold, D.E. (1998). Discipline and IDEA 1997: Instituting a new balance. Intervention in School and Clinic, 34(1), 3-9.

A case study of a sixth-grade boy with traumatic brain injury and behavior problems illustrates the use of an in-school action team to provide behavioral support. The team included special and regular educators, parents, a vice principal, and a member of a school-wide team with behavioral expertise.