PADDED CELL?

PADDED CELL?
National Disability Rights Network Report- School Is Not Supposed to Hurt

SECLUSION ROOM OR QUIET ROOM?

SECLUSION ROOM OR QUIET ROOM?
EAST GOSHEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA

TO BE PRONE OR NOT TO BE PRONE? THAT IS THE QUESTION.

TO BE PRONE OR NOT TO BE PRONE? THAT IS THE QUESTION.
Abbie was Restrained 14 times in one day for noncompliance issues

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION COST TOO MUCH! RESTRAIN HIM IN THE RIFTON CHAIR INSTEAD.

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION COST TOO MUCH! RESTRAIN HIM IN THE RIFTON CHAIR INSTEAD.
CCIU/EAST BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WEST CHESTER, PA.

QUIET ROOM OR CELL?

QUIET ROOM OR CELL?
NAA: The Restraint and Prevention Symposium

ABUSE IS ABUSE, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS

ABUSE IS ABUSE, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS
Man Arrested For Abusing His Autistic Son

WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND FAMILIES AGAINST RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION

The abuse of children at the hands of school personnel has risen over the last two decades and the nation is outraged. The children most likely to be abused are children with disabilities. Children who are poor and homeless are not excluded from the abuse.

The abuse presents itself in various forms -restraints, seclusion, suffocation, and sometimes even death. Last year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation found hundreds of allegations that children have been abused and some have died as a result of the misuses of restraints and seclusion in public and private schools, often by untrained staff. United States representatives George Miller and Cathy McMorris Rodgers introduced the "Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in School Act" (HR 4247) and senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut introduced it's sister bill, (S. 2860). This legislation is the first national effort to address the problem and ensure the safety of students and school staff.

The abuse of a child in school can easily escalate into retaliation against the parent(s), caretaker(s), or advocate. Retaliation can include the denial educational services, the denial of a child to attend school, an illegal eviction from your residence, neglect and abuse charges filed against you by the school, a loss of employment, removal of the child from the caretaker by child protective services, false charges against the parent, caregiver, or advocate that can lead to an arrest, etc.

We must stop asking, "What are they (everyone else) going to do about the abuse of our nation's children?" While the rest of America sits blind, not necessarily their fault, they are under the assumption that their tax dollars are paying for an education without abuse, restraints, seclusion, or retaliation. American citizens believe that when they send their children to school, they will be safe, not abused or killed by school personnel.

It is our belief that all children are entitled to a free, appropriate, and SAFE education in the public and private school system, as specified under IDEA. We need your support in effecting change within the system.

Thank you!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD SECLUSION ROOMS, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD COMFORT OR SENSORY ROOMS

The practice of restraint and seclusion presents a very serious health and safety risk to all students, and is most often used to control behavior of young students with disabilities and noncompliance issues. Restraints should only be used as a very last resort and when behavior poses an imminent danger and substantial risk of physical injury to the student or others. Protections for students are long overdue. Each day we delay, school children are traumatized, injured, and killed.

Seclusion/Solitary Confinement should NEVER be used on children with disabilities. If School Districts have the money to build seclusion rooms, they should have the money to build comfort or sensory rooms to help our children when they become overwhelmed. Our children are not criminals and do not deserve to be locked up in seclusion/solitary confinement rooms.

APRAIS plans to hire experienced federal education legislation to help educate Congressional members and work toward passage of a strong bill. Please help "Families Against Restraint and Seclusion" by supporting our cause to stop restraint, seclusion and aversive treatments used on our children by making a contribution of $10 (or more if you can). TASH will act as the fiscal agent, and donations can be made out to "TASH" for "Restraint and Seclusion Advocacy" at http://www.tash.org/index.html (Go to the top right side of the screen for information). Please identify yourself as a parent advocate (next to your name) when making your donation.

PLEASE help stop the unnecessary use of restraint and seclusion used on our children with disabilities in the public school system by supporting our cause. Our children are counting on us to keep them safe.

Please email us back if you have any questions or concerns and please pass this on to other parent advocates and others who would like to support this cause.

Regards,

Rhode Island Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
http://RIfamiliesagainstrestraintandseclusion.blogspot.com/
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

SOMETIMES A VIDEO SAYS IT ALL!

FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN, THE HEROES, WHOSE LIVES FELL SHORT, WHOSE LIVES WERE FILLED WITH PAIN BY RESTRAINT, SECLUSION, AND ABUSE TELL THEIR STORIES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnTHmjpaT1s

(See M.A.D section for direct link to site)
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AKRON MOM, PENNSYLVANIA DAD, JAILED FOR 10 DAYS FOR WANTING A BETTER EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN- Parents Learn That Wanting A Quality Education Cost




American Courts Are Sending The Wrong Message About Disparity In The United States Education System- “SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL” is O.K.

Let’s take a step back in time to remember the infamous case “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka”, now let’s fast forward to the present, the cases of Summit County v. Kelley Williams-Bolar and The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Irwin Jacobowitz.

Outrage pours out over courts, schools, administrators, and educators punishment of parents who seek a better quality education for their children. No longer is race the leading factor separating children from a quality education, it is their parent’s financial status, parent’s tax bracket, the neighborhood in which they live, and who they know. Don’t jail the parents for wanting a better education for their children, jail school officials for not providing one-“POOR CHILD LEFT BEHIND.”

Many in affluent neighborhoods may applaud the latest Summit County court decision, but overall the lack of education or a poor quality education for our youngest citizens in our country destroys the economy. Summit County Judge, Patricia Cosgrove, sentenced Akron mom, Kelley Williams-Bolar, to 10 days in jail on felony charges after she was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 5 years in prison (two terms). Ms. Williams-Bolar was convicted on record tampering so that her children could attend Copley-Fairlawn Schools. The Copley-Fairlawn School district maintained that the mom lied on affidavits by swearing that her two children lived at her father’s address. Her father lived in the school district and paid school taxes. The district spent $6,000. of tax payer dollars for a private investigator to follow Ms. Williams-Bolar.

Dad, Irwin Jacobowitz, is too familiar with Ms. Williams-Bolar’s situation, he too was sentenced to 10 days in jail in Chester County Pennsylvania in 2007. Mr. Jacobowitz was thrown in prison in Pennsylvania for 10 days for advocating for his son, diagnosed with autism, to receive an appropriate education without being restrained in school. After serving the 10 days in prison, Mr. Jacobowitz was marched into court with shackles on his ankles and wrists, in front of school officials, his wife, and three children aged 8, 6, and 4.

In response to America’s failing schools, the American public has expressed its’ discontent for legal cases that punishes parents who advocate for a better quality of education for their children. Education reform centers on the existence of better quality schools. On January 25, 2011, President Obama spoke about restoring the nation’s schools to a position of prominence and excellence. How long can our children wait?
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