I find most times that when a student acts out that there is something that is usually going on outside of the classroom and most likely outside of school.  Often times I try and pull the student aside and try and figure out what is going on to try and diffuse the situation.  I would say that most of the time this technique works, but if it doesn’t how else do you handle a student who is being disruptive to your classroom?  You can send them out of your room to whoever the disciplinarian is, but does this actually solve the problem for you or for them?  Are there any alternatives to handling a situation like this?  At what point do you schedule a parent meeting and does this work?  I don’t face these excessive measures often at all, but I’d like to be prepared should the day come when the situation does present it self.