Seclusion And Restraint In Schools: Parents Fight Back Against 'Deadly' Tactics
There are currently no federal standards for the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, and only 17 states have explicit laws that limit the use of such punitive measures.www.huffingtonpost.com
Death at School: Parents Fight Back Against Deadly Discipline
But school lobbyists opposed to federal legislation say restraint and seclusion techniques are essential in teaching children with autism and other emotional and behavioral disabilities who act out in class and help to keep schools safe. "There are ...www.770kob.com
Group pushes state law on seclusion in classroom
Under the proposal, it would create statewide definitions on seclusion and restraint, it would require schools to notify parents if their child was secluded or restrained, and lastly create training and reporting for teachers and administrators.www.wishtv.com
Seclusion-room policy: State plan a burden, schools say
The department collected comments on the draft of a policy that for the first time would regulate Ohio schools' use of seclusion rooms and physical restraint. More than a dozen Ohio school officials wrote to the department, most using such terms as ...www.dispatch.com
Ohio Department of Education to Investigate Seclusion Rooms in Columbus ...
In Ohio, no state law governs seclusion rooms, and the Ohio Department of Education has provided little guidance and virtually no oversight to schools. The state Board of Education is expected to vote on a policy governing the use of seclusion and ...stateimpact.npr.org
Death at school: Parents protest dangerous discipline for autistic, disabled kids
"I didn't know anything about restraint and seclusion therapeutic holds until this happened." A school surveillance video that Foster shared with ABC News shows her son shooting baskets, and then being shoved into a gymnasium wall, surrounded by a ...www.wlsam.com
Kentucky considers rules for handling unruly children
While there is no Kentucky law governing how schools use restraint or seclusion, more efforts are being made to guide schools on properly using restraint and seclusion tactics with seemingly uncontrollable or difficult to manage children. The state ...www.ksdk.com
Maine teachers union reports 'dozens' of student-on-teacher assaults
In March, the U.S. Department of Education published a study that estimated there were 38,792 cases of seclusion or restraint of students during the 2009-10 school year. State statistics on restraint and seclusion, required under the new rule, are ...www.kjonline.com
ABC News investigation sparks memories of local case
Congress has been looking into a federal law that would restrict the use of seclusion and restraint methods, but it's been stalled.www.wqow.com
'Scream rooms' to be featured on national TV
Dannel P. Malloy this summer signed into law a bill requiring the state Board of Education to annually report how often "scream rooms," including seclusion and restraint, are used on children in Connecticut. The new law, which went into effect July 1 ...middletownpress.com
First Bell: A peek into next year's legislative agenda for education
The State Board of Education has since adopted new guidelines requiring every district to spell out the procedures to be used, the training to be provided to school employees, a procedure for written notification of parents when seclusion and restraint ...www2.ljworld.com
Daily Five: The School Board, A Christmas Tree and No Smoking In Parks
The Groton Board of Education will hold special meetings at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. today in the school administration building.groton.patch.com
Second Family Alleges Abuse of Mentally-Ill Son in Russellville Elementary School
... who now home-school's his mentally ill son. When KARK asked Williams on Friday, he said staff met state requirements for training in the ALE program, though he couldn't say if all had been trained on restraint practices, when, or how. On Thursday ...arkansasmatters.com
Killing Them Softly; Anna Karenina; The Collection Open
In the present day, Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) runs a secluded getaway for all the creatures - including Wolfman (Steve Buscemi), Mummy (CeeLo Green), Frankenstein's monster (Kevin James), Quasimodo (Jon Lovitz) - feared and shunned by ...www.free-times.com
Re-4 School District putting on program to help parents deal with their kids ...
... area of non-violent behavioral training pre-school through 12th-graders, as well as post-secondary transition for high school students. "I teach what's called our non-violent crisis intervention. It's a restraint seclusion training for our teachers ...www.mywindsornow.com
Obama in Myanmar: How Ozomatli's 2009 visit served as a barometer
As the band was shuttled to and from performances at schools for the blind and deaf in the slums of the city, a State Department official stressed that a web of informants and undercover officers would likely have eyes on Ozomatli's members.www.latimes.com
Guidelines necessary
Ohio schools should welcome better guidance and clearer rules from the state about how and when they can use "seclusion rooms" to isolate out-of-control students. As the state Department of Education works on developing such rules, one hopes that the ...www.dispatch.com
Elwood School Board hears from teachers on Monday
The board also held the first reading of Policy 5436 which deals with restraints and seclusion of students. The possibility of having a school crossing light was discussed next. Mr. Hemmerling contacted the NDOR concerning this matter. According to the ...www.arapahoemirror.com
Life of Pi; Red Dawn; Rise of the Guardians; The Sessions
That's only partially a reference to the misguided updated villain, as North Korea is now the antagonist that catches us with our pants down, forcing a group of high-school students - organized by a Marine on leave (Chris Hemsworth) - to become ...www.free-times.com
Veteran actor soars as troubled pilot in 'Flight'
The man is one of the greats of his generation, yet what is startling is not just how far he goes in executing his character's destructive behavior but how restrained he is in rendering its effects. Whip Whitaker (Washington) is a respected veteran ...www.news-gazette.com
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