Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Shouldn’t School Be Safe? Parent Guide – Prevention, Identification and Response to Restraint and Seclusion

There are many families from all over the United States who have children with disabilities that are being prone restrained, tied and strapped to rifton type chairs, forced into locked and unlocked seclusion rooms and closets in the public school system because of behaviors that are part of their disabilities. Many of our children have little or no communication and the only way they can communicate is through behaviors. The trauma this has caused so many children and the emotional drain to families should never happen to any child or family.

Because parents have not been able to get help on this very serious subject, the parent guide "Shouldn't School Be Safe?" was developed by parents and for parents to help guide parents in ways to keep their children safe from restraint, seclusion and other aversive practices.

Please click on the link below to read "Shouldn't School Be Safe?" and pass this information on to all families of children with disabilities in the public school system. LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP STOP THESE AVERSIVE PRACTICES FROM HAPPENING TO YOUR CHILD.

Shouldn’t School Be Safe?
Parent Guide – Prevention, Identification and Response to Restraint and Seclusion

Developed by parents and for parents, Shouldn’t School Be Safe? is a guide covering the prevention and identification of, as well as the response to, instances of restraint, seclusion or other aversive interventions. This is available on the TASH website as a free resource. TASH members are encouraged to download this guide and share links to it with others. Shouldn’t School Be Safe? is a follow-up report to In the Name of Treatment. View and download this report  by clicking on the link below. 
http://tash.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/TASH_Shouldnt-School-Be-Safe1.pdf