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!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

SENATOR SCOTT BROWN VISITS R.I.

U.S. SENATOR SCOTT BROWN EXPERIENCED ABUSE AS A CHILD,
HOW WILL HE PROTECT OUR NATIONS CHILDREN FROM ABUSE TODAY?



Irwin and Dakota Jacobowitz visiting with U.S. Senator Scott Brown.

On March 5, 2011, U.S. Senator Scott Brown visited Rhode Island to promote his book,
"Against All Odds." Sen. Brown was elected on January 19, 2010 by the people of Massachusetts, to fill the term of the late senator Ted Kennedy. He lives in Wrentham, Massachusetts, with his wife, Gail, and their two daughters, Ayala and Ariana.

Senator Brown's book, "Against All Odds", is an example of resilience and redemption. He tells the story of his difficult, nomadic childhood with a life contrived of alcohol, anger, and violence. He discusses being fondled by a camp counselor when he was 10 years old. Senator Brown did not believe that his greatest win occurred on January 19, 2010 when he captured the U.S. Senate seat held by former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy for nearly 50 years, but when he survived a savage beating by his drunk stepfather when he was six years old, while trying to protect his mother.

Looking at his life in retrospect, Sen. Brown said, "I can honestly say that there isn't one thing that I would change: not the arrest, not the violence, not the hunger, not the beatings and the brute struggles. I wouldn't change any of it, because those years and that life made me the man I am today."

At the book signing, Senator Scott Brown did not speak much about how he plan to use his past experiences to address the issues of child abuse in our nation today an dhis views on the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act. RI families Against Restraint will meet with U.S. Senator Brown in the near future to discuss these important issues plaguing our nation's children.
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