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Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2019
Restraints and other aversives continue to be an active area of legal activity, particularly for students with disabilities. The March/April 2016 issue of Communiqué provided an update of the case law specific to school district use of restraints (Zirkel, 2016). Since then, various sources have provided successive snapshots of state restraint and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Behavior, Discipline, Behavior Modification
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Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
The Massachusetts Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling against a speech pathology teacher whose contract was not renewed following a parent's complaint. The teacher had explained 4-letter words to 13 year-olds, bringing them up in class, then discouraged further usage. Judges decided the teacher had acted creatively in response to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Junior High Schools