Comments on: Timeout Rooms and Physical Restraints http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:25:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Abuse, neglect and humiliation at a public school too near to you http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-560656 Abuse, neglect and humiliation at a public school too near to you Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:03:04 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-560656 [...] sue the school district. Parents are raising concerns about autistic children being restrained or secluded and about a lack of sufficient training and of teachers of autistic children in general. [...] [...] sue the school district. Parents are raising concerns about autistic children being restrained or secluded and about a lack of sufficient training and of teachers of autistic children in general. [...]

]]> By: Priscilla Greene http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-555857 Priscilla Greene Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:22:31 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-555857 Same thing happens here in Chesterfield, Virginia. I have started the process of working with my lawmakers to get things changed. My son has Down Syndrome and we fought very hard to get him in the general classroom to only have him carried down to the special education room to be restrained. All of this was done without parental notification or consent. I am not giving up. Same thing happens here in Chesterfield, Virginia. I have started the process of working with my lawmakers to get things changed. My son has Down Syndrome and we fought very hard to get him in the general classroom to only have him carried down to the special education room to be restrained. All of this was done without parental notification or consent. I am not giving up.

]]> By: Use of Restraints Increasing in Public Schools? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-557875 Use of Restraints Increasing in Public Schools? Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:03:10 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-557875 [...] children when all of that occurred; the NYT article reports that such physical restraints, and also time out rooms, are being used on children who are in mainstream classrooms, and that the use of such restraints [...] [...] children when all of that occurred; the NYT article reports that such physical restraints, and also time out rooms, are being used on children who are in mainstream classrooms, and that the use of such restraints [...]

]]> By: Steven Roll http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-548357 Steven Roll Tue, 27 May 2008 19:49:10 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-548357 Check out these regulations that New York adopted regarding the use of "aversives." Prior to the adoption of these rules, this area was "unregulated" by New York. Here is the link: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/behavioral/home Check out these regulations that New York adopted regarding the use of “aversives.” Prior to the adoption of these rules, this area was “unregulated” by New York.

Here is the link:

http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/behavioral/home

]]> By: Last Week’s Top Posts http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-552490 Last Week’s Top Posts Sun, 25 May 2008 17:01:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-552490 [...] Timeout Rooms and Physical Restraints Put in a timeout room more than 90 times?—coming home from school with cuts, bumps, and bruises?—-being held on the floor on his stomach by two adults?: All of these happened to 9-year-old Matthew Montgomery in Oldham County, Kentucky. [...] [...] Timeout Rooms and Physical Restraints Put in a timeout room more than 90 times?—coming home from school with cuts, bumps, and bruises?—-being held on the floor on his stomach by two adults?: All of these happened to 9-year-old Matthew Montgomery in Oldham County, Kentucky. [...]

]]> By: Mom of 7 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-552861 Mom of 7 Thu, 22 May 2008 19:14:52 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-552861 Children with physical disabilities like cerabral palsey have 1 on 1 assistants for their classroom trained in their care and needs. Why is that not mandatory for a severely autistic child? Children with physical disabilities like cerabral palsey have 1 on 1 assistants for their classroom trained in their care and needs. Why is that not mandatory for a severely autistic child?

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-556361 Kristina Chew, PhD Wed, 21 May 2008 20:52:07 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-556361 @Steven Roll, Is there a school or district in particular where this has been an issue? I remember reading those quotes (<a href="http://www.autismvox.com/a-christmas-story/">wrote this about that NYT article</a>). Thanks muc @Steven Roll,

Is there a school or district in particular where this has been an issue? I remember reading those quotes (wrote this about that NYT article). Thanks muc

]]> By: Steven Roll http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-552630 Steven Roll Wed, 21 May 2008 18:57:42 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-552630 This has been an issue in New York. There was an interesting article in the New York Times in December that includes quotes from parent who actually defended a school's use of electric shocks as a disciplinary measure for her daughter. According to the article in January 2007, New York banned the use of such treatment beginning in 2009. Here is the link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/nyregion/25shock.html?scp=1&sq=autism+electric+shock+Massachusetts&st=nyt This has been an issue in New York. There was an interesting article in the New York Times in December that includes quotes from parent who actually defended a school’s use of electric shocks as a disciplinary measure for her daughter.

According to the article in January 2007, New York banned the use of such treatment beginning in 2009.

Here is the link to the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/nyregion/25shock.html?scp=1&sq=autism+electric+shock+Massachusetts&st=nyt

]]> By: FXSmom http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-556313 FXSmom Wed, 21 May 2008 18:51:06 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-556313 This kind of thing happened last year to a class in Colorado. It wasn't just one child though...it was the whole classroom. I cried when I read the report. It was awful what they put those children through. I don't see anyone can see these kids like they are less than human. They are such wonderful beings even with their challenges. This kind of thing happened last year to a class in Colorado. It wasn’t just one child though…it was the whole classroom. I cried when I read the report. It was awful what they put those children through. I don’t see anyone can see these kids like they are less than human. They are such wonderful beings even with their challenges.

]]> By: Phyllis M. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-555039 Phyllis M. Wed, 21 May 2008 01:05:03 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/timeout-rooms-and-physical-restraints/#comment-555039 Dear Parents, The only way we are going to be able to stop this abuse on our children is to get current laws changed and new laws created. Everyone of us has this power. Please contact your local legislatures for help in creating a bill in your state to reduce, control and track restraint and seclusion on children with disabilities. If we don't change laws, nothing will improve to stop this abuse and keep our children safe. There are many families from counties all over Florida who have children with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders that are being restrained and put in time-out and locked seclusion rooms in the public school system. Our children are being injured physically and mentally because of their disabilities and the lack of appropriate school programs and highly qualified teachers and aides available to educate them in the public school system. No laws, no regulations, no tracking system, no consent from parents and no parent notification in many cases. The trauma this has caused our children and the emotional drain to our families should never happen to any child or family. Families Against Restraint and Seclusion http://familiesagainstrestraintandseclusion.blogspot.com/ Dear Parents,

The only way we are going to be able to stop this abuse on our children is to get current laws changed and new laws created. Everyone of us has this power. Please contact your local legislatures for help in creating a bill in your state to reduce, control and track restraint and seclusion on children with disabilities. If we don’t change laws, nothing will improve to stop this abuse and keep our children safe.

There are many families from counties all over Florida who have children with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders that are being restrained and put in time-out and locked seclusion rooms in the public school system. Our children are being injured physically and mentally because of their disabilities and the lack of appropriate school programs and highly qualified teachers and aides available to educate them in the public school system. No laws, no regulations, no tracking system, no consent from parents and no parent notification in many cases. The trauma this has caused our children and the emotional drain to our families should never happen to any child or family.

Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
http://familiesagainstrestraintandseclusion.blogspot.com/

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