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Category Archives: restraints
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
CEC Adopts New Policy on Restraints and Seclusion
The Council for Exceptional Children has adopted a new policy concerning the use of restraints and seclusion on children with disabilities. The policy recommends that restraints and seclusion be used only as a last resort where the child or others are… Continue reading
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Unrestrained management
In “Calm Down or Else,” (15 July 2008) Benedict Carey reports about a possible increase in the use of restraints, seclusion, and other physically coercive methods to manage disruptive behavior.
For more than a decade, parents of children with developmental and psychiatric problems have pushed to gain more access to mainstream schools and classrooms for [...] Continue reading
Posted in Classroom management, disabilities, discipline, News, Reducing responding, restraints, seclusion
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