Children should be protected from unreasonable restraints, seclusion and searches, ABA House says – Resolution 103 urges governmental bodies to adopt and enforce legislation and educational policies that prohibit school personnel from using seclusion and mechanical or chemical restraints on students in preschool through 12th grade. The resolution, sponsored by the Commission on Disability […]
Dangerous Use of Seclusion and Restraints in Schools Remains Widespread and Difficult to Remedy: A Review of Ten Cases – There is no evidence that physically restraining or putting children in unsupervised seclusion in the K-12 school system provides any educational or therapeutic benefit to a child. In fact, use of either seclusion or […]
Applying International Human Rights Standards to the Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities – No federal law in the United States prohibits school administrators from physically restraining or secluding students. State laws diverge widely. Unlike in medical, psychiatric, and law enforcement settings, where strict national standards govern the use of physical restraint and […]
Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities – According to the CRDC, during the 2013-14 school year, students with disabilities were subjected to mechanical and physical restraint and seclusion at rates that far exceeded those of other students. Specifically, students with disabilities served by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) represented 12% of […]
Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline – No student or adult should feel unsafe or unable to focus in school, yet this is too often a reality. Simply relying on suspensions and expulsions, however, is not the answer to creating a safe and productive school environment. Unfortunately, a significant […]
Unsafe in the Schoolhouse: Abuse of Children with Disabilities – Throughout America, schoolchildren with disabilities are placed in restraints, confined in locked seclusion rooms, and subject to painful aversive interventions. COPAA, along with other organizations that make up the Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions and Seclusion (APRAIS), has been working to combat these […]
School is not Supposed to Hurt: Update on Progress in 2009 to Prevent and Reduce Restraint and Seclusion in Schools – In January 2009, the National Disability Rights Network released a report entitled School is Not Supposed to Hurt. The report revealed that students in every region of the country were being injured, and […]
Keeping America’s Children Safe from Abuses in the use of Psychotropic Drugs and Seclusion/Restraint – The absence of specific federal and, often, state standards governing the use of restraints and seclusion in schools, and practices governing psychotropic drug prescribing for children and adolescents where parental consent is not available, such as foster care, are […]
Guidelines for the Use of Restraint or Containment in Community Crisis Homes in California – The purpose of these Guidelines, although primarily to provide guidance to CCH providers regarding the use of restraint or containment, is multifaceted. The ability to manage a behavioral crisis is critically important for all staff who work with individuals […]
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