After a fairly long hiatus in preparation for and attending the annual Association for Behavior Analysis conference I'm going to get back to work by stealing from some work I did in preparation for ...

The Cedar Rapids Community School District says student restraints have dropped dramatically since the district entered into ...

It’s a scenario that sounds more likely in jails than schools: Arms pulled behind their back, a person is forced into a “prone restraint,” pinned face down on the floor with limbs held immobile by at ...

In one of Kaye Otten’s early years as a teacher, she was granted emergency certification to teach special education in a Nebraska classroom where one of her 2nd grade students was large, aggressive, ...

Intended as a safety intervention—but high-risk and potentially fatal if used improperly—physical and mechanical restraints have resulted in the deaths of dozens of children living in out-of-home care ...

(WSIL) -- Governor JB Pritzker Friday signed House Bill 219 into law, seeking to end the use of physical restraints to discipline students in public schools. The legislation aims to eliminate solitary ...

Imagine a student is playing outside for recess, gets upset and starts running toward a busy street. How would school staff respond? In this case, the teacher or other staff member present would ...

Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain: Hundreds of Alabama children may be physically restrained or secluded behind locked ...