Limitations on the use of restraint and seclusion are critical in order to prevent abuse and reduction in the quality of life of students with disabilities. When employed, they must be only for emergency situations in which the student or others are in imminent danger and when lesser interventions have not worked, or are not feasible. When employed, they must be used only by well trained staff, using specified strategies authorized by the school system.

Please review the following reports for the scope of the problem and concerns of California and national agencies charged with protecting the rights of students with disabilities: Restraint & Seclusion in California School: A Failing Grade and School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools.

Both California and national legislation is being considered to address the problems outlined in these reports.

• Preventing Restaint and Seclusion - PowerPoint** | Handout by Denise Keller
• Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion: Preventing Abuse
  - PowerPoint** by Diana Browning Wright and Denise Keller
  
  
• GAO Report on Seclusions and Restraints - Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers
• Flowchart on Emergency Interventions in California for Students with IEPs
• "Challenging Student Case: What Went Wrong - Case Description & Annotated Version
• Restraint Issues: Intersecting with Threat and Manifestation Determination - Case Description & Annotated Version
• Resources on Restraints and Seclusion
• Time-Away: A Procedure to Keep Task-Avoiding Students Under Instructional Control
• Incident Report Forms
• Behavioral Emergency Report
• Reactive Strategies Checklist
• Reactive Strategies Curve
• Sample Behavioral Emergency Clarification
• The Autism National Committee: Position Statement on the Use of Restraints
• Cambridge Public Schools Physical Restraint Policy
• Policy JKA - Restraint of Students

** Most PowerPoint files are protected from modification. When a password box comes up, please click READ ONLY to open the presentation.