An ongoing challenge in serving students with emotional or behavioral disorders (E/BD) is the practice that may allow schools to exclude students from special education programs and services based on certain behavioral patterns. This review (a) examines the application of the exclusionary clause in recent judicial rulings and (b) provides practice implications in serving youth with E/BD.
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