ABA Task Force Wants to Help Disrupt School-to-Prison Pipeline [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 2/12/1612:00 PM

This school-to-prison pipeline is one of our nation’s most pressing challenges, that all of us must help reverse.

A student’s involvement in the justice system often results from a combination of factors such as low academic achievement; low academic expectations; poor relationships with other members of the school community; poor school climates; low engagement; incorrect referral or categorization in special education; and overly harsh and exclusionary discipline such as suspension, expulsion, referral to law enforcement, arrest, or treatment in the juvenile justice system.

[For more of this story, written by Jason P. Nance and Sarah E. Redfield, go to http://jjie.org/aba-task-force...son-pipeline/189230/]

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