Abstract

Dealing with disability‐related disruptive conduct is one of the harder problems schools face. In the K–12 system, behavior contracts are one common solution, and some postsecondary institutions have sought to adapt them, imposing a behavior contract on a student with a disability who engages in disruptive classroom behavior as an alternative to removal from a class or suspension from school. Both behavior intervention teams and disability services offices should consider their Americans with Disabilities Act obligations in using behavior contracts as a sanction and should use them only after making a record of the student's misconduct. Here's why.

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