Challenging the School to Prison Pipeline: Session 3

Positive Behavior Interventions: Tools that Challenge the School to Prison Pipeline:

The use of exclusionary disciplinary practices places many children with disabilities at risk for short- and long-term adverse outcomes, including lower achievement, increased likelihood of not graduating, and the risk of early exposure to the juvenile justice system. In this session, participants will:

Learn about the school-to-prison pipeline and how zero-tolerance discipline practices ultimately prime youth for early exposure to the justice system and influence the suspension and graduation rates of students with disabilities and those of low economic status​.

Learn about Manifestation Determination Meetings, Functional Behavior Assessments and effective Positive Behavior Intervention Plans.