Discipline Issues Reflection Paper

Discipline Issues Reflection Paper  Name Institution Date of Submission Discipline Issues Reflection Paper  Manifestation determination is indeed an essential component of the discipline process for students with disabilities and should never be eliminated as part of paperwork-reduction efforts. The manifestation determination helps to prove whether particular misconduct was pegged on the child’s disability or directly linked to the failure to implement the IEP of the child by the LEA. Once, the reason has been established the child can then be helped through functional behavioral assessment (FBA) or behavioral intervention plan (BIP). When it has been found that the above two reasons did not prompt the child actions, and then the child can face punishment fully as one that is not disabled ("Manifestation Determination," n.d.). The unintended result of the IDEA Amendments of 2004 is the treatment of all misconducts of disable children as Manifestation determination. Some children and parents may blame the child’s fault on their disabilities rendering the whole process of manifestation determination questionable. The case would have been moot for both John Doe and Jack Smith had they been older than 21 on review of the cases since at the time the Education for All Handicapped Children Act( EAHCA) did not cover individuals ab...