Too Few States Protect Schoolchildren From Restraint and Seclusion

Too Few States Protect Schoolchildren From Restraint and Seclusion

• Only 19 states have laws that provide meaningful protections against both restraint and seclusion for all children

• Only 14 states have laws that limit the restraint of children to emergencies where restraint is necessary to protect someone from imminent physical danger or serious physical danger

• Only 11 states protect all children from non-emergency seclusion

• Only 17 states require that less-restrictive measures be used or deemed ineffective before using dangerous restraint/seclusion

• Only 20 states require that parents of all children be informed of restraint/seclusion

Clearly it is time for a national policy that addresses restraint and seclusion in our schools.  Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has introduced a law, titled the “Keeping All Children Safe Act”  (S.2036), which, if passed, will promote the prevention of problematic behavior that often leads to restraint and seclusion




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