Overview of Suspensions
Has your child been disciplined and/or suspended from school?
Learn about school suspensions and the rights you and your child have.
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
Is your child routinely being disciplined for the same types of behaviors?
An FBA is the process of determining why a student engages in behaviors that impede learning and how the student’s behavior relates to the environment.
We break it down for you in our Functional Behavioral Assessment Fact Sheet
Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)
A BIP is created after a Functional Behavioral Assessment is conducted.
It includes a description of the problem behavior(s), possible reasons as to why the problem behavior(s) occur, and positive behavioral supports, services, and strategies to address the behavior(s).
Check out our Behavior Intervention Plan Fact Sheet for more information
Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)
When a student with a disability, or a student suspected of a disability, is suspended, there is a process to protected the student. The process is called a Manifestation Determination Review .
It determines whether a student’s disability directly caused the problem behavior that led to a student’s suspension. If your child has a disability and has been suspended, make sure you understand the ins and outs of the MDR.
Manifestation Determination Review Fact Sheet
Has Your Child Been ‘Informally’ Removed from School?
Got Questions?
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
The Long Island Advocacy Center hosted and facilitated a live webinar/panel discussion. Panelists from various youth and empowerment-based agencies review clips from the documentary “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”, discuss the impact of trauma, adultification, and implicit bias, and highlight positives strategies and mechanisms to promote success in the educational system and life. A restorative circle is also conducted in the video.