Special Education Is Associated With Reduced Odds of School Discipline Among Students With Disabilities

Autor:	Emma D. Cohen, Brea L. Perry, Sarah Hurwitz
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Punishment media_common.quotation_subject School discipline Special education medicine.disease Education Developmental psychology Odds Identification (information) medicine Association (psychology) Psychology Discipline Emotional and behavioral disorders media_common
Zdroj:	Educational Researcher. 50:86-96
ISSN:	1935-102X 0013-189X
Popis:	Students with disabilities are disciplined at disproportionately high rates, despite federal laws designed to ensure disciplinary protection. We examine the association between disability and discipline using a novel approach, investigating whether behavior problems trigger special education referral, and if disciplinary outcomes change once students are enrolled. Using longitudinal data from an urban school district, we estimate lagged variance decomposition models that disaggregate the outcomes of special education services from the behavioral characteristics that prompt disciplinary responses. We find that (1) ongoing disruptive behavior leads to placement in special education and (2) receiving special education is associated with a reduced likelihood of punishment. Earlier identification is vital in order to treat, rather than punish, disruptive behavior.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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