More than 4,000 special education students in Connecticut were restrained or secluded more than 46,000 times in 2023-24.

State lawmakers have tried in recent years to better monitor and oversee seclusion, which means shutting a student inside a room, and restraint, which means physically restraining a student. But a ...

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Most incidents of seclusion or restraint — over 80% — took place in elementary schools. In all, about 5,400 instances of seclusion and about 6,400 instances of restraint were reported at ...

Seclusion protocols for patients were often similar to solitary confinement for prisoners and were often paired with physical restraints like shackles, harnesses and collars. Seclusion and ...

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The state is focusing on behavioral supports and addressing disparities within these practices, speakers at the Council for Exceptional Children convention said.

The use of seclusion and restraints has grown increasingly controversial in recent years. In 2023, state lawmakers introduced a bill that would have banned secluding students in locked rooms and ...

State lawmakers have tried in recent years to better monitor and oversee seclusion, which means shutting a student inside a room, and restraint, which means physically restraining a student.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters No one knows how many Colorado students are shut inside rooms, alone, at school. But Riley ...