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Discipline

Learn More

• Michigan Department of Education Discipline Procedures (Revised January 2011)
• Michigan Department of Education Discipline Manual

Federal

• IDEA.Gov: Building the Legacy: Discipline
• IDEA Regulations: Discipline
• IDEA.Gov: Discipline - Questions and Answers

Discipline In Detail

• NICHCY: Discipline in Detail
• NICHCY: Are Services Provided During Disciplinary Removals?
• NICHCY: Putting It All Together – An Example Interim Alternative Educational Setting
• NICHCY: General Authority of School Personnel
• NICHCY: School Authority in Special Circumstances
• Placement and School Discipline
• Michigan Department of Education Forms and Directions for Alternative Educational Setting
  • Interim Alternative Educational Setting Form (Word)
  • Interim Alternative Educational Setting Form (PDF)
  • Interim Alternative Educational Setting Form Directions (Word)
  • Interim Alternative Educational Setting Form Directions (PDF)

Suspension and Expulsion

• Michigan Mandatory Expulsions Laws and Online Courses as an Alternative Education Option
• TA Alliance: Suspension and Expulsion at a Glance

Manifestation Determination Review

• NICHCY: Manifestation Determination
• Michigan Department of Education Forms and Directions for Manifestation Determination
  • Manifestation Determination Review Form (Word)
  • Manifestation Determination Review Form (PDF)
  • Manifestation Determination Review Form Directions (Word)
  • Manifestation Determination Review Form Directions (PDF)

Determining a Pattern of Behavior

• Michigan Department of Education Forms and Directions for Determining a Pattern of Behavior
  • Worksheet for Determining A Pattern of Behavior Form (Word)
  • Worksheet for Determining A Pattern of Behavior Form (PDF)
  • Worksheet for Determining A Pattern of Behavior Form Directions (Word)
  • Worksheet for Determining A Pattern of Behavior Form Directions (PDF)

Children Not Yet Receiving Special Education Services

• NICHCY: What is Basis of Knowledge?

Reporting Crimes to Authorities

• NICHCY: Reporting Crimes

Seclusion and Restraint

• Michigan Department of Education Supporting Student Behavior Standards for the Emergency use of Seclusion and Restraint
• MPAS: Seclusion and Restraint in Michigan Schools Result in Injury and Death
• MPAS: Seclusion and Restraint Survey
• RespectABILITY Law Center: Sample No Restraint Letter

Appeals

• NICHCY: Appeals
• NICHCY: Child’s Placement during Appeals Process

• Wrightslaw: Behavior and Discipline
• Wrightslaw: Abuse, Restraints and Seclusion in School
• Bridges4Kids: IEP Issues - Suspension/Expulsion/Discipline and Problem Solving

Please see our Positive Behavior Supports Page for information on how to support students with behavior problems, Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan.

Seclusion and Restraint

• How You Can Help Stop Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
• TASH: In the Name of Treatment – A Parent’s Guide to Protecting Your Child From the Use of Restraint, Aversive Interventions and Seclusion
• National Disability Rights Network: School is Not Supposed to Hurt – Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
• Human Rights Watch: Impairing Education – Corporal Punishment of Students with Disabilities in U.S. Schools

Multimedia

• IDEA.Gov: Discipline Videoclip
• Building the Legacy: Module 19 – Key Issues in Discipline
• TA Alliance: Seclusion and Restraint – Rules, Guidelines and Related Parent Awareness and Leadership Strategies
• TA Alliance: Juvenile Justice/Delinquency: Why Parent Centers Have to Care
• TA Alliance: Strategies for Systematically Challenging Behavioral Exclusions