The Royal College of Nursing has expressed serious concerns over the current direction of travel on the issue.
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 ...
The state is focusing on behavioral supports and addressing disparities within these practices, speakers at the Council for Exceptional Children convention said.
Calum Morrison suffered injuries so serious his mother believes he could have died when he was restrained at school.
State lawmakers have tried in recent years to better monitor and oversee seclusion, which means shutting a student inside a ...
After dedicating nearly two decades to County Public Schools, former Deputy Superintendent Michael Markoe has left the school district. Markoe grew up in the county and attended New Market Elementary, ...
Defending kids who act out at school is never easy. I know because I was their lawyer for years. At times, a small minority of children are unable to control ...
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.
Physical restraints and seclusion rooms have been used on students hundreds of times in New Brunswick since the start of the school year, district data show. But most of those instances involve repeat ...