Suspension Expulsion in Early Childhood Settings Part B



Websites

  • California MAP to Inclusion & Belonging: Social-Emotional & Behavior
    An excellent website that contains multiple links to articles, news briefs, websites, videos, and more with regards to social and emotional development and suspension and expulsion related issues.

  • Resources within Reason: Addressing Suspension and Expulsion
    Resources within Reason is a free, bi-monthly, one-way listserv provided by the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC). The November 2017 pdf archive provides links to various websites, articles, and videos that address suspension and expulsion.

  • Webinar: Let's Talk about Expulsion and Suspension and the Role of Quality Improvement
    This session webinar provides a review of research that explores the dimensions of early childhood expulsions and suspensions, including knowledge of child development, addressing implicit bias, and responding to trauma and the needs of children exposed to it. Also discussed is the role of quality improvement in decreasing and preventing expulsion supplemented by a specific example from the state of Arkansas.



Articles/Publications


  • Report: Students With Disabilities Disciplined Twice As Often As Peers
    A news article reporting that suspension ad expulsion rates for students with disabilities are still approximately two times higher than for their typically-developing classmates.

  • Compendium of School Discipline Laws and Regulations
    This Compendium provides information on school discipline laws and administrative regulations and is designed to help state and local policymakers, as well as school-level personnel and other education stakeholders, better understand the current school discipline practices in our country.

  • Directory of Federal School Climate and Discipline Resources ( PDF; 1.4MB; 77pp.)
    The U.S. Department of Education has developed this directory of pre-k–12 school climate and discipline resources, including those developed by technical assistance centers funded by federal agencies. The directory includes titles, electronic links, descriptions, and other relevant information for a range of resources related to research and monitoring, training products and tools, technical assistance centers, federal policy and guidance, and federal initiatives related to school discipline and school climate.



Videos