Restraint and Seclusion

Drafts for Review
Proposed policy 5345, Restraint and Seclusion of Students, as presented to the Loudoun County School Board at the November 27, 2018 4th Tuesday Meeting. 

Draft regulations on the use of physical restraint and seclusion.

Documents
[1] “SEAC Annual Report” October, 2018. 

[2] "SEAC Bylaws" (Adopted April 5, 2017)

[3] Tom Harkin, Dangerous Use of Seclusion and Restraints in Schools Remains Widespread and Difficult to Remedy Report

[4] Chantalle Edmunds, The Isolation Room: Local parents share horror stories about school system's treatment of students with special needs, Lodoun Times-Mirror, February 15, 2018. 

[5] Promoting Alternatives to the Use of Seclusion and Restraint: Issue Brief #4: Making the Business Case, US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, March 2010. 

[6] Michelle Diament, Abandoning Restraint and Seclusion Has Unexpected Benefits, Study Finds 

[7] Robert Homer and George Sugain, Considerations for Seclusion Use in School Wide Positive Behavior Supports, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, April 29, 2009. 

[8] Marie Sharp, Seclusion to be banned in East Lothian schools, November 28, 2018. BBC News. 

[9] Hannah Rappleye and Liz Brown, Thirteen-year-old activist with autism wants to close seclusion rooms at schools, November 23rd, 2018. NBC News. 

[10] Christina A. Samuels, 70,000 Students With Disabilities Secluded, Restrained in School, Education Week, May 16, 2017. 

[11] Jessica Butler, How Safe is the School House, An Analysis of the State Seclusion and Restraint Laws and Policies, January 8, 2017. 

[12] Safety-Care Training - Crisis Intervention - Restraint Reduction Techniques

[13] Conscious Discipline

Events
The Kids We Lose screenings:

April 3, 2019 April 4, 2019