A new Inclusion Ireland report has revealed children with disabilities are being restrained, isolated and secluded during school hours.
Additionally, the study uncovered that children as young as five had been subjected to this type of treatment in school.
14 cases have been highlighted by the charity, but Inclusion Ireland said due to the lack of available research into the area, the number of these incidents could be higher.
One case detailed a child with a history of seizures being left unsupervised in seclusion for long periods of time.
The charity is now asking the Government to introduce school regulations, in light of their findings.
The spokesperson for Inclusion Ireland, Mark O'Connor, said children should have access to resources and staff should receive sufficient training to handle these types of situations.
"Regulation, inspection and monitoring of this issue. Currently, as we stand, there is no need for a school to report anything," said Mr O'Connor.
"Training for staff so that these incidents are reduced to the absolute minimum and then the appropriate services for children."
"Child and adolescent mental health services, speech and language therapy, psychology, all of those types of services should be immediately available to a child who is experiencing these situations," he added.
Mark also recalled incidents that families have reported to their charity.
"What families are telling us is that some children as young as five have been locked into rooms in schools and have been physically held down.
"Not always for behaviour issues, there are different instances where one child was restrained in a wheelchair every time there was a school outing. This was a child who was fully able to walk," he added.
