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Under the law: The restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities

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In recent decades, researchers have learned that the use of restraint and/or seclusion to discipline students is ineffectual at best, and sometimes fatal. The U.S. Department of Education agrees, advising… Click to show full abstract

In recent decades, researchers have learned that the use of restraint and/or seclusion to discipline students is ineffectual at best, and sometimes fatal. The U.S. Department of Education agrees, advising schools that “every effort should be made to structure environments and provide supports so that restraint and seclusion are unnecessary.” Even so, more than 100,000 students are restrained or secluded in U.S. public schools every year. Most are students with special needs.

Keywords: seclusion; seclusion students; students disabilities; restraint seclusion; law restraint

Journal Title: Phi Delta Kappan
Year Published: 2022

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