Sunday, March 24, 2013

Help the Ledger-Enquirer report about corporal punishment (paddling) in schools

Published: March 19, 2013

Georgia - Do you or anyone you know have a personal connection to the issue of corporal punishment (paddling) in schools?

The Muscogee County School Board is considering the interim superintendent's proposed change to the school district's policy. The change would ban corporal punishment, which is now allowed. The board is scheduled Please click on the link below to read the complete article.http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/03/19/2428602/help-the-ledger-enquirer-report.html

Muscogee County School Board considers banning corporal punishment

Published: March 18, 2013

Georgia - Corporal punishment will be banned in the Muscogee County School District if the school board approves the policy change interim superintendent John Phillips officially recommended during Monday night's meeting. Please click on the link below to read the complete article.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/03/18/2427945/muscogee-county-school-board-considers.html

Welcome to Families Against Restraint and Seclusion

If you've clicked on this blog, most likely it's because you or someone you love has experienced the overuse or unnecesary use of restraint and seclusion. If that's the case, we're glad you've found us, but are sorry you've had need to. We're here to provide guidance and support to those who need it.For everyone else, we wish to inform you that restraint and seclusion are very real and could happen to anyone's children. Every day children with disabilities are restrained or put in seclusion against their will with no parental notification for "noncompliance" and "behavior issues." We understand that under emergency conditions restraint and seclusion may be necessary as a last resort in order to protect the child from harm to self or others, but in many cases these incidences could be avoided.It is our belief that all children should be entitled to a free, appropriate, and SAFE education in the public school system, as specified under IDEA.Together, we can make this a reality for our children!

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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.
View and download this report by clicking on the link
below.

http://tash.org/wpcontent/uploads/2011/05/TASH_Shouldnt-School-Be-Safe1.pdf