Friday, April 24, 2009

Seclusion & Restraints

Christina Samuels writes in Education Week, http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/04/17/29restrain.h28.html?tkn=YSLFv%2Fnz0d0firiAX1F7H%2Fu7fFAPWzOu2QkE that the use of seclusion & restraints has prompted local attention in some deadly cases, but that national action has been hampered because the federal government does not track the issue & state policies vary widely.

Advocacy groups seeking action have responded by releasing a report, ”School is Not Supposed to Hurt,” http://www.napas.org/ which documents deaths & injuries among students. The Government Accountability Office plans to release its own report in the next several weeks.

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