“Oppositional Defiance Disorder” is a diagnosis that can get a student an IEP.
So a disruptive, violent child can show up to school every day - throw chairs, bring drugs to school - then get mom or dad to take them to the doc to diagnose them with ODD. It’s a manifestation of their disability.
“Inclusion” also means that these children need to be placed in the same classroom as all the other children. So 29 children are subject to the violence of 1.
“Individualized education plan.”
In the United States, a document that guarantees a disable student equitable access (in theory.)
Students get accommodations (changes in how students access content - think text to speech, extended testing time, or rewording a text to a lower lexile level) or modifications (changes to the content itself. Instead of times table to 10 maybe to 5. Or with severe/profound, focusing on life skills instead.)
Also they get services - speech therapy, etc.
However, legally, a student on an IEP is protected from suspension of more than 10 days across a year. It takes a lot of work, and anyone in a school building is already doing 5-10 hours on top of the hours they are actually paid for. This comes from a good place - there are hellish stories of kids being denied the things they need to succeed and then being suspended through no fault of their own.
The unfortunate thing is that schools are including students who are seriously behaviorally disturbed in general education classrooms because having a separate classroom is more expensive. Parent pressure can result in IEPs that essentially mean “this student can act however they want to with no consequences.”
The YSK of it all is - a lot of your kids are in classrooms where they are not learning jack or shit because Bobby is spending all hour watching TikTok’s at full volume, and no one is allowed to do anything about it.