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Category Archives: restraints
Seclusion and Restraints Big Topic at Conferences
Image via WikipediaThis week, I am at the Utah Institute on Special Education Law. Seclusion and Restraints continues to be the hottest of hot button issues in special education law. Two speakers have mentioned the issue so far.The post yesterday disc… Continue reading
2010 Utah Institute on Special Education Law Begins: Washington Update
Image via WikipediaI am attending the 2010 Utah Institute on Special Education Law. I will be presenting at the Post Institute trainings for hearing officers and mediators. I have already met a few readers of this blog here. Thanks for saying hello…. Continue reading
Posted in Education Law, Gerl, law, restraints, seclusion, Special Education, special education law
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Georgia Public Schools Ban Seclusion & Place Limits on Restraints
Image via WikipediaThe Georgia State Board of Education last week enacted a broad policy on seclusion and restraints in the public schools of the state. The new state rules prohibit seclusion; the use of chemical restraints (like prescription psychoti… Continue reading
Posted in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Board of education, Georgia, restraints, seclusion, Special Education, special education law, United States House of Representatives
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OCR to Collect Statistical Data RE: Seclusion & Restraints as well as Discipline of Students With Disabilities
Image via WikipediaThe Office of Civil Rights, like OSEP a division of the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services, of the federal Department of Education, has announced that it will begin collecting statistical data about more than j… Continue reading
Posted in discipline, Gerl, law, Office of Civil Rights, OSERS, restraints, seclusion, Special Education, United States Department of Education
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Seclusion & Restraints Bill Passes House of Representatives
Image via WikipediaThe seclusion and restraints bill, HR 4247, now known as the Keeping All Students Safe Act, passed the U. S. House of representatives by a vote of 262 – 153. Here is an account by the Policy Insider blog of the Council for Exception… Continue reading
Should Private Schools Be Covered by the New Seclusion & Restraint Law?
Image via WikipediaThe Council For American Private Education, an umbrella group representing a large percentage of private schools in the United States, has written a letter to Congress asking that private schools be exempted from HR 4247, the new Pre… Continue reading
Posted in Aversive Intervention and Seclusion, education, Jim Bunning, private school, restraints, Safety, seclusion, Seclusion in Schools Act, Senate, United States Congress
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Seclusion and Restraints Study Released by Department of Education
Image by Christopher S. Penn via FlickrThe United States Department of Education has released a study detailing the policies and laws of the individual states concerning the use of seclusion and restraints. You may read the entire study here. A summa… Continue reading
House committee Passes Seclusion & Restraints Bill
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeThe Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives approved a bill limiting the use of seclusion and restraints on students. Here is the official release. The official name of the bill is H.R. 4247. … Continue reading
Alexa Posny Interview – Part IV
My recent interview with Dr. Alexa Posny, the new Assistant Secretary of Education for OSERS (the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services) covered a lot of ground. This is the fourth in a series of occasional posts concerning the interv… Continue reading
Posted in Gerl, law, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Posny, restraints, seclusion, Special Education, special education law
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More on Seclusion and Restraint Legislation
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeAs we mentioned last week, the House of Representatives has introduced legislation to curb the abuses of seclusion and restraints. Here is an NPR report on the legislation. Here is a CNN opinion piece by Rep. George M… Continue reading