Do students with conduct disorders qualify for special needs programs?
Generally students with conduct disorders do not quality for special education programs, supports, or services. The reason for this is that through assessment and interview, most students with conduct disorders can be proven to choose to act this way. And if students with conduct disorders choose to act this way, they can choose not to act this way. Special education programs are services given to students that have no choice in the way that they act, or have no choice in the condition or way that they were born or became. Therefore, more often than not, students with conduct disorders are found ineligible for special educational support and services.
