Thursday, September 24, 2009

On Special Education: Special Educators' Group Sets Standards for Restraint and Seclusion

Special Educators' Group Sets Standards for Restraint and Seclusion

The Council for Exceptional Children, a professional association for special educators, has announced a policy on the use of physical restraint and seclusion in school settings. The group hopes to establish as a professional standard that such procedures should only be used as a last resort when a child or others are in immediate danger, the policy says.

The group is also pushing for new laws that would require data on restraint and seclusion be reported to outside agencies, such as state or provincial departments of education.

Read more:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2009/09/special_educators_group_sets_s.html

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