How does LRE apply to children with behavior problems?
A large number of referrals to special education are of students with behavior problems that teachers no longer want in their classes. According to the United States Department of Education, a child whose behavior is so disruptive in a general education classroom that the education of other students is significantly impaired may be removed from that setting. Even for children with serious behavior problems, however, removal can occur only after the school has seriously considered supplementary aids and services, including training to personnel teaching the child, and tried to accommodate the child with use of supplementary aids or additional staff such as consultant teachers and paraprofessionals. Before removing a child due to behavior problems, moreover, a child must be given a “functional behavior assessment” (FBA) based on objective observations of the child to determine why and how often the child is engaging in the negative behaviors, and what are positive reinforcers for the chi
