~ Restraint and seclusion incidents in public schools – YouTube
- ~ Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms – NPR
- ~ How Some Schools Restrain Or Seclude Students: A Look At A Controversial Practice – NPR
- ~ National Data Confirm Cases Of Restraint And Seclusion In Public Schools – NPR
- ~ National Data Confirm Cases Of Restraint And Seclusion In Public Schools – Texas Public Radio
- ~ Opinion – A Terrifying Way to Discipline Children – The New York Times
- ~ Prison-esque Schools- Seclusion Rooms, Physical Restraints, and Even Electroshock – Daily Kos
- ~ Seclusion And Restraint In Schools: Parents Fight Back Against Deadly Tactics – HuffPost
- ~ Still a Terrifying Way to Discipline Children- One Year Later – HuffPost
- ~ The torture chambers down the street – The Week
- ~ Time for a Time Out: Why Are 40,000 Children So Harshly Disciplined in Public Schools? – TIME.com
- ~ Torture in America’s Schools: And silence from the be-kind-to-KSM crowd – WSJ
- ~ ‘TORTURE’: Thousands of American kids as young as five sent into schools’ secret solitary confinement rooms where they self harm – The U.S. Sun
- ~ Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids Are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will — ProPublica
- ~ What Is Seclusion And Restraint- Explaining The Controversial School Discipline Practice. – WAMU
- ~ It’s Time to Make Sure Our Kids Are No Longer Bound, Shackled, or Locked Away When They’re at School – ACLU
- ~ The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Restrained, Isolated Against Their Will – Alternet.org
Schools all over the country are putting children into “calm rooms”, “isolation rooms”, “isolation booths”, “quiet rooms”, “recovery rooms”, “scream rooms”, and “seclusion rooms”. Call it what you will, this is solitary confinement and it is torture. Internationally, solitary confinement is considered torture even for prisoners and yet we allow schools to enforce it upon our children.
~ Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms – YouTube
~ Inside a Timeout Room – YouTube
~ POLICE STATE Boy stripped to underwear locked in seclusion room in school – YouTube
- ~ Quiet Rooms in Schools Are Being Used to Lock Difficult Children Away: In Illinois and other states quiet rooms are being used to keep children locked away alone and terrified despite it being against the law – Medium
- ~ School “Quiet Rooms”: Solitary Confinement For Children – The Organic Prepper
- ~ “It’s a disgrace”: Inside American schools’ horrific “scream rooms”. Data reveal students across the country are being restrained against their will and suffering serious injuries – Salon.com
- ~ Lawmaker: Stop putting kids in ‘scream rooms’ – TheHill
- ~ Lawmakers push to end ‘scream rooms’ for punishing students – Fox News
- ~ Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms – CNN
- ~ School seclusion ‘could have damaging effects’ – BBC News
- ~ Schools, Please Stop Locking Kids in Closets – HuffPost
- ~ Violence usually triggers use of school seclusion rooms — but not always – The Gazette
- ~ For Vulnerable Children, the School Day Can Include Solitary Confinement – Solitary Watch
- ~ ICARS- The Time to End Restraint and Seclusion is Now – NeuroClastic
- ~ Report- Illinois Public Schools Lock Kids, Even Those With Disabilities, in Isolation – Legal Insurrection
- ~ School “Quiet Rooms”- Solitary Confinement For Children – SAGACIOUS NEWS
- ~ ‘Scream Rooms’ in Schools Are Being Taken to a Frightening New Level – Take Part
- ~ Scream Rooms – Psychologically Traumatic, Emotionally Abusive Parenting Expert Says – Dr. Karen Ruskin
- ~ What is left: after solitary confinement in schools – Women in and Beyond the Global
- ~ When School Feels Like Jail – The Marshall Project
- ~ CCHR- Bipartisan action needed to stop child torture in behavioral facilities – CCHR International
- ~ Children in torture chambers in schools across the United States – Women in and Beyond
- ~ Public School Horror: Officials and Police are Torturing Tens of Thousands of Children a Year – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Schools “Torture” Thousands in “Solitary Confinement” – The New American
Restraints Used on Children
~ ABC Nightline JRC Andre McCollins: Restraints Abuse – YouTube
- ~ Can Schools in Your State Pin Kids Down? Probably. – ProPublica
- ~ Deadly Restraints Are Being Used on Children at Youth Homes and Schools – Vice
- ~ Exercising Restraint in Schools – HuffPost
- ~ Meet the Groups Fighting Against Limits on Restraining School Kids — ProPublica
Local
Arizona
~ Seclusion rooms at school Right: or Wrong? – YouTube
California
- ~ Students with special needs put in ‘abusive’ restraints, seclusion at Concord school, lawsuit alleges. Some were thrown against the wall or “pressed into the floor,” the families say – East Bay Times
- ~ Suit claims Antioch school’s employees improperly restrained 7-year-old boy – The Mercury News
Colorado
~ Another Fort Collins parent says their child was locked in cell-like seclusion room – YouTube
~ Parents pull child from school after claiming daughter, 8, confined to ‘cell-like’ room – YouTube
- ~ Another child locked in school seclusion room – The Denver Channel
- ~ Child with disabilities locked in seclusion room – The Denver Channel
Connecticut
~ Child restrained over 700 times in CT school – YouTube
~ Middletown CT School’s ‘Scream Room’ – YouTube
~ Seclusion Rooms Used 23,000 Times in Connecticut Schools – NBC Connecticut – VIDEO
- ~ CT School Under Fire For Closing Kids in “Scream Rooms” – FOX News Radio
- ~ Isolation Rooms- Helpful or Harmful? – NBC Connecticut
- ~ Parents outraged over ‘scream rooms’ for special needs students at Connecticut elementary school – Fox News
- ~ Restraint and Seclusion, Legal in Public Schools – Connecticut Public Radio
- ~ Report: Autistic Children Restrained Most Often In School – Hartford Courant
- ~ Report Raises ‘Significant Concern’ With Use Of Restraints, Seclusion In Connecticut Schools – Hartford Courant
- ~ SCREAM ROOM: Officials say ‘scream rooms’ common in Connecticut schools – The Middletown Press
- ~ Seclusion Rooms Used 23,000 Times in Connecticut Schools – NBC Connecticut
Fairfax, Virginia
~ Fairfax County schools to review seclusion and restraint policies – YouTube
~ Seclusion in a Fairfax County public school – YouTube
- ~ A photo emerges and a Va. school system’s use of seclusion comes under scrutiny – The Washington Post
- ~ Children Are Routinely Isolated In Some Fairfax County Schools. The District Didn’t Report It. – WAMU
- ~ Parents sue Fairfax schools, allege improper seclusion and restraint of students with disabilities – The Washington Post
- ~ Parents Sue Fairfax Schools Over Alleged Student Seclusion, Discrimination – NPR
- ~ The Isolation Room- Local parents share horror stories about school system’s treatment of students with special needs – Loudoun Times-Mirror
- ~ Thousands of students are forced into restraints or seclusion each year in Virginia schools – krem.com
- ~ ‘We Have Fallen Short’- Fairfax Schools Officials Release Findings From Isolation Review – WAMU
Illinois
~ Illinois lawmakers introduce bill to end use of solitary confinement, restraints in private and public schools – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO
~ Investigation finds illegal seclusion of kids in Illinois – YouTube
~ Investigation Reveals School Workers Have Been Illegally Isolating Children – YouTube
~ State lawmakers consider ban on school isolation rooms – FOX 32 Chicago – VIDEO
~ St. Charles mom wants to end the use of Isolation Rooms in schools – YouTube
- ~ ‘A Mean Place’ One school. 21 abuse investigations. And the struggle to stop relying on seclusion and restraint – Chicago Tribune
- ~ How Illinois schools put thousands of children in seclusion – PBS NewsHour Weekend
- ~ Illinois Adopts Stricter Rules Against Secluding and Physically Restraining Students in Schools — ProPublica
- ~ Illinois to take emergency action to halt isolated timeouts in schools – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Illinois to Take Emergency Action to Halt Isolated Timeouts in Schools — ProPublica
- ~ Isolated timeouts have been temporarily banned in Illinois schools. What’s next? – Chicago Tribune
- ~ School employees have used isolated timeouts illegally, state investigations find – Raw Story
- ~ Schools Aren’t Supposed to Forcibly Restrain Children as Punishment. In Illinois, It Happened Repeatedly. — ProPublica
- ~ Illinois officials promised to ban prone restraint in schools. Then, they changed their minds. – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Editorial: Springfield, make the ban on ‘quiet rooms’ state law – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Quiet Rooms- Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers – Boing Boing
- ~ Seclusion and Isolation Rooms Misused in Illinois Schools – Mad In America
- ~ Seclusion in Illinois schools: New federal data shows practice deeply entrenched. More than 10,000 times in a single year, Illinois schools put children into seclusion, latest federal data shows. – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Seclusion-room violations found in 6 Illinois school districts, but parents say investigations didn’t go far enough – The Pantagraph
- ~ Shocking video emerges showing a seven-year-old boy being held in cell-like ‘seclusion room’ at school after he told his parents he was held in a ‘scary office’ – Daily Mail Online
- ~ State lawmakers consider ban on school isolation rooms – FOX 32 Chicago
- ~ Testimony heard Tuesday after investigation into state ‘time out rooms’ at public schools – WGN-TV
- ~ THE QUIET ROOMS: Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Column- Children are screaming for help in isolated rooms, our reporters found. Now it’s on us to intervene. – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Editorial- Stop the ‘quiet room’ abuse of Illinois schoolchildren – Chicago Tribune
- ~ The federal government collects data on how often schools seclude children. The numbers don’t add up. – Chicago Tribune
- ~ The Takedown Illinois allows schools to physically restrain children. But workers often violated the rules in dangerous ways – Chicago Tribune
- ~ THE QUIET ROOMS: Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law – ProPublica
- ~ Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law – ProPublica
- ~ There’s an Emergency Ban on Isolated Timeouts in Illinois Schools. What’s Next? — ProPublica
- ~ Time runs out for ban on locked seclusion and face-down restraints in Illinois Schools; advocates vow to try again – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Video shows a seven-year-old boy being held in cell-like ‘seclusion room’ at school – CometMag
Indiana
~ Call 6: Bill would require school resource officers to report seclusion, restraint – YouTube
~ Schools misreporting seclusion and restraint rooms – YouTube
Iowa
~ KCRG Investigation School Seclusion Room Investigation – YouTube
~ ‘Seclusion room’ rules could change discipline in Iowa classrooms – YouTube
~ Seclusion Rooms in Iowa – YouTube
- ~ Abolish seclusion rooms, some Iowa City school board members and parents say – The Gazette
- ~ Ban seclusion boxes in Iowa City schools – Iowa City Press-Citizen
- ~ Ban seclusion rooms in Iowa City schools – The Gazette
- ~ Ex-students say boarding school kept them in isolation boxes – Fox News
- ~ Ex-students say boarding school tortured them in isolation boxes – New York Post
- ~ Iowa City schools to maintain student seclusion, but not designated rooms – The Gazette
- ~ Public deserves to know what occurs in our schools, especially as challenges build Public officials ought to try to think of ways to safely make more information public, instead of excuses for keeping secrets from the people they serve.- Des Moines Register
- ~ Report cites improper use of school seclusion rooms in Iowa – AP
- ~ Report cites improper use of school seclusion rooms in Iowa – Fox News
- ~ Student seclusion reports kept secret by Cedar Rapids, Iowa City school districts – The Gazette
Maine
- ~ Use of restraint and seclusion on the rise in Maine schools, advocacy group says – Portland Press Herald
- ~ Use of restraint, seclusion on the rise in Maine schools – Portland Press Herald
Maryland
~ Video shows injured 10-year-old in seclusion room at Maryland school – NBC News – VIDEO
- ~ The Hell rooms of Calvert County Public Schools Part I: Seclusion & Restraint – Southern Maryland News
- ~ The Hell Rooms of Calvert County Public Schools- Part II – Southern Maryland News Net
Massachusetts
~ I-Team New Isolation Room Law May Not Protect All Students – YouTube
~ Mother claims child has nightmares of school’s “relaxation room” – YouTube
Michigan
~ Attys- Youth home staffers followed protocol in restraint before death – YouTube
~ Michigan bans face-down restraints at youth centers after 16-year-old dies – YouTube
~ Teen dies after being restrained at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo – YouTube
~ Teen In Foster Care Facility Killed By Staff For Hurling A Sandwich – video Dailymotion
~ Three charged with manslaughter for death of teen at Kalamazoo youth home – YouTube
Mississippi
Missouri
~ Independence schools using isolation rooms for students – YouTube
~ Why are Missouri boarding schools allowed to rely on restraint methods for discipline – YouTube
New Mexico
- ~ Mother concerned with restraint of child at APS – Albuquerque Journal
- ~ Parents, regulators left in the dark over school behavior management techniques. Restraint and seclusion overused, under-reported in NM schools – Las Cruces Sun News
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
~ Opposition Mounts To School Seclusion Rooms – YouTube
~ School districts consider broader use of seclusion rooms – YouTube
~ Seclusion rooms allow students to manage outbursts – YouTube
- ~ Education: Isolation chambers – The Columbus Dispatch
- ~ Schools critics open new front in seclusion-room fight – The Columbus Dispatch
- ~ Secrecy to shroud school seclusion, restraint use under new state rules – The Columbus Dispatch
Oregon
~ Isolation box at Longview elementary school draws concern – YouTube ~ Longview School Dist. suspends use of isolation booth – YouTube
- ~ Changing The System Of Restraint And Isolations Won’t Be Easy – Oregon Public Broadcasting
- ~ Oregon Senate passes bill banning locking students in ‘seclusion cells’ – oregonlive.com
Texas
~ At Least Five Districts Found to Use Calm Rooms for Disruptive Students – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth – VIDEO
~ NBC 5 Investigation Reveals Mansfield ISD Schools Used “Recovery Rooms” Hundreds of Times for Troubled Children – NBC 5 Dallas – VIDEO
- ~ At Least Five Districts Found to Use Calm Rooms for Disruptive Students – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- ~ NBC 5 Investigation Reveals Mansfield ISD Schools Used “Recovery Rooms” Hundreds of Times for Troubled Children – NBC 5 Dallas
- ~ Seclusion Rooms in North Texas Schools Spark Controversy – Texas Monthly
Utah
Washington
~ Solitary Confinement? Parents concerned over school’s use of “Isolation Booth” – YouTube
- ~ Are ‘isolation rooms’ in some school districts going too far? – FOX 13 Seattle
- ~ ‘Isolation Booth’ At Mint Valley Elementary School Has Parents Outraged – HuffPost
- ~ Thousands of Washington students isolated and restrained, despite law limiting practice – king5.com
- ~ Vancouver Parents Sue, Settle Over Restraint And Isolation Of Disabled Children – Oregon Public Broadcasting
Washington D.C.
Wisconsin
International
Australia
- ~ Disabled children restrained at schools – Australia – 7NEWS.com.au
- ~ EXCLUSIVE: Strapped in and locked up: Shocking photos reveal how autistic children are treated in Australian schools – Daily Mail Online
Canada
~ Advocacy group calls for ban on ‘barbaric’ quiet rooms in B.C. schools – Canada – CTV News – VIDEO
~ Parents disgusted after child locked in ‘quiet room’ – YouTube
~ Schools seclusion and restraints for students with disabilities – YouTube
- ~ Autistic boy locked naked in Sherwood Park school isolation room, lawsuit alleges. Teacher sent parents photo of son naked and covered in feces, parents claim – Canada – CBC News
- ~ Restraining and secluding students with disabilities is an urgent human rights issue – Canada – Phys.org
- ~ Experts call for ban on seclusion rooms as boy’s parents take school district to court – Canada – The Toronto Star
- ~ Advocacy group calls for ban on ‘barbaric’ quiet rooms in B.C. schools – Canada – CTV News
- ~ Schools Still Secluding and Restraining Special Needs Students – Canada – The Tyee
- ~ Seclusion rooms in schools do more harm than good, experts say – Canada – CBC News
- ~ ‘Shocking’ cases of students with disabilities being physically restrained, secluded at school- Canada – CBC News
UK
~ BBC News- Isolation In Schools 2018 – YouTube
- ~ Mother sues over daughter’s suicide attempt in school isolation booth – UK – The Guardian
- ~ Pupil brings legal action against school’s isolation policy – UK – The Guardian
- ~ Pupils shut in isolation rooms for hours, teachers say – UK – BBC News
- ~ Putting pupils in isolation ‘drives poor behaviour’ – UK – BBC News
- ~ Rainsbrook- Children in near-solitary confinement at secure training centre – BBC News
- ~ Restraint of kids has no place in civilised society – UK – Daily Record
- ~ Revealed- Thousands of kids are being put in isolation, fuelling schools debate – The Bristol Cable
- ~ School isolation rooms: ‘It was like I didn’t exist’ – UK – BBC News
- ~ School puts seven-year-old boy in ‘padded cell’ for being naughty in class – UK – Mirror Online
- ~ Use of isolation booths in schools criticised as ‘barbaric’ punishment – UK – The Guardian
~ Deadly Discipline? Students Hurt, Dying After Being Restrained – YouTube
~ Deadly Restraints Are Being Used on Children at Youth Homes and Schools – YouTube
~ Death at School: Child Restraints Spark Controversy – YouTube
~ Mom Sues School Over Special-Needs Son’s Death – ABC News – VIDEO
- ~ Death at School- Parents Fight Back Against Deadly Discipline – ABC News
- ~ Death at School- Parents Protest Dangerous Discipline for Autistic, Disabled Kids – ABC News
- ~ Kids Hurt, Killed at School Photos – ABC News
- ~ Report Warns of Student Injuries, Even Deaths, at the Hands of Teachers – ABC News
- ~ Sixteen-year-old Killed by Restraint: It’s Time for Connection Over Control – NeuroClastic
- ~ Who Was Max Benson? An Interview with His Mother, Stacia #ShineOnMax – NeuroClastic
~ Mom: Daughter with autism forced into closet – YouTube
~ Parents question use of seclusion rooms for special education students – YouTube
~ Schools seclusion and restraints for students with disabilities – YouTube
~ Six year old autistic boy held in a cell like room as punishment – YouTube
~ ‘Why do we treat autistic children like criminals-‘ – Advocates push to end seclusion in schools – 13newsnow.com – VIDEO
- ~ 70,000 Students With Disabilities Secluded, Restrained in School – Education Week
- ~ Disabled boy found strapped down to wheelchair at school; caregiver wants answers – FOX 2
- ~ Disabled Students Restrained in Public Schools – The Texas Tribune
- ~ GAO report: Special-needs kids abused in schools – CNN.com
- ~ Locked In A Closet: School Discipline For A Child With Special Needs – HuffPost
- ~ Mom says daughter with autism was forced into closet at school – khou.com
- ” target=”_blank”>~ Mom Sues School Over Special-Needs Son’s Death – ABC News
- ~ NW Parents Challenge Schools’ Handling Of Students With Disabilities. Thousands of times a year, Oregon and Washington students have been physically restrained or isolated from peers. Parents say what’s meant as a last resort happens too often, without their knowledge. – Oregon Public Broadcasting
- ~ Public schools regularly restrain, seclude disabled children, says report – Al Jazeera America
- ~ Report: Discipline Methods Endanger Disabled Kids – NPR
- ~ The Trauma of Coercion- Disabled Elementary School Students and ‘Isolation Boxes’ – Pacific Standard
- ~ Thirteen-year-old activist with autism wants to close seclusion rooms at schools – NBC News
- ~ Video Shows Cop Restrain, Handcuff 10-Year-Old With Special Needs – HuffPost
- ~ ‘Why do we treat autistic children like criminals-‘ – Advocates push to end seclusion in schools – 13newsnow.com
- ~ Press Release: Disability Rights Maine Report Calls for Action to Address the Rise of Seclusion and Restraint in Maine Schools – Disability Rights Maine
- ~ Restraint and Seclusion- In Your Child’s School and Nationally – THINKING PERSON’S GUIDE TO AUTISM
- ~ These Illinois Schools Prefer to Endanger Their Disabled Students – NeuroClastic
~ School, staff charged in death of special-needs student who died after being restrained – VIDEO
- ~ 13-year-old with autism dies after being restrained at California school – WGN-TV
- ~ A 13-Year-Old Autistic Student Died After Being Physically Restrained At School. “The family is in terrible shock right now,” the family attorney told BuzzFeed News. “They are suffering.” – Buzz Feed News
- ~ A 13-year-old with autism was restrained for being violent at school. He died at a hospital two days later – CNN
- ~ A boy with autism restrained at school died. Now, 3 school staff are charged – NBC News
- ~ After autistic boy dies during school restraint, 3 educators charged with manslaughter – Los Angeles Times
- ~ ‘I haven’t done much except cry’: Mother’s heartbreak as three California school workers are charged with manslaughter one year after her autistic son, 13, died from being restrained face-down – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Probe into student’s death finds school violated rules – AP
- ~ School where student with autism collapsed and later died violated restraint rules, California regulators find – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ School Where Student With Autism Died Violated State Regulations, Officials Say – NPR
- ~ Sheriff’s Office- Teen with Autism Dies after Being Restrained at El Dorado Hills School – FOX 40
- ~ The School Where A 13-Year-Old Autistic Boy Died After Being Restrained Did So On Others Often, Parents And Former Staff Say. One parent said her son was restrained more than 50 times in five years for everything from not following directions to flipping over a desk.- Buzz Feed News
- ~ Updated: Autistic student dead after being restrained at school; state suspends certification – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ 3 youth center staffers charged after Mich. teen’s death ruled homicide – Detroit Free Press
- ~ Case of Black teen who died at Kalamazoo facility still ‘under review’ – Detroit Free Press
- ~ Video showing restraint of teen who later died in Kalamazoo sparks outrage, protest – The Detroit News
Parents are Arrested for Using Restraints and Seclusion on Their Own Children
- ~ Abused Hardwick boy, 7, kept in alarmed room, monitored by camera – YouTube
- ~ Child abuse- Parents accused of locking kids in room, limiting bathroom access – Post Crescent
- ~ Parents arrested for suspected child neglect after locking kids in a room – KTUL
Facts and Stats
- ~ K-12 Education- Federal Data and Resources on Restraint and Seclusion – US GAO
- ~ Seclusions and Restraint Statutes, Regulations, Policies and Guidance – US Department of Education
Data
Reports
- ~ 2015-2016 Civil Rights Data Collection- School Climate and Safety – US Department of Education – Office for Civil Rights – PDF
- ~ Dangerous Use of Seclusion and Restraints in Schools Remains Widespread and Difficult to Remedy: A Review of Ten Cases – US Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee – PDF
- ~ Effects of Seclusion and Restraint in Adult Psychiatry- A Systematic Review – NCBI
- the main results identified show negative effects of seclusion and restraint. These interventions should be used with caution and as a last resort. Patients’ preferences should be taken into account when deciding to apply these measures. The therapeutic relationship could be a focus for improvement of effects and subjective perception of coercion.
- ~ How Safe Is the Schoolhouse? An Analysis of State Seclusion and Restraint Laws and Policies – Autism National Committee – PDF
- ~ K-12 EDUCATION – Federal Data and Resources on Restraint and Seclusion – Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives – US GAO – PDF
- ~ Restraints and Seclusion Hurt My Child – Invisible in Plain Sight
- ~ Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document – US Department of Education – PDF
- These principles stress that every effort should be made to prevent the need for the use of restraint and seclusion and that any behavioral intervention must be consistent with the child’s rights to be treated with dignity and to be free from abuse. The principles make clear that restraint or seclusion should never be used except in situations where a child’s behavior poses imminent danger of serious physical harm to self or others, and restraint and seclusion should be avoided to the greatest extent possible without endangering the safety of students and staff. The goal in presenting these principles is to help ensure that all schools and learning environments are safe for all children and adults. As many reports have documented, the use of restraint and seclusion can have very serious consequences, including, most tragically, death. Furthermore, there continues to be no evidence that using restraint or seclusion is effective in reducing the occurrence of the problem behaviors that frequently precipitate the use of such techniques. Schools must do everything possible to ensure all children can learn, develop, and participate in instructional programs that promote high levels of academic achievement. To accomplish this, schools must make every effort to structure safe environments and provide a behavioral framework, such as the use of positive behavior interventions and supports, that applies to all children, all staff, and all places in the school so that restraint and seclusion techniques are unnecessary.
- ~ School Is Not Supposed to Hurt: The U.S. Department of Education Must Do More to Protect School Children from Restraint and Seclusion – National Disability Rights – PDF
- ~ School Resource Officers and Exclusionary Discipline in U.S. High Schools- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – SpringerLink
- ~ Stop Hurting Kids II Restraint & Seclusion in BC Schools – Inclusion BC – PDF
- ~ Testimony of Maria E. Blaeuer Director of Outreach and Programs – Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc. – PDF
Websites
- ~ Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint – We can and must do better for our children!
- ~ Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
- ~ FLORIDA Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
- ~ Inclusion BC – Advancing rights. Promoting abilities
- ~ International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion, – NeuroClastic
- ~ Missouri: Families Against Seclusion and Restraint
- ~ Our Children Left Behind – Keeping All Students Safe
- ~ PENNSYLVANIA Families Against Restraint & Seclusion
- ~ RHODE ISLAND Families Against Restraint and Seclusion