Seclusion and Restraint in New Jersey The Courier-Post (Cherry - TopicsExpress



          

Seclusion and Restraint in New Jersey The Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ) reports: Its been called the dirty little secret of special education. New Jersey gives schools a virtual free pass to forcibly restrain unruly kids with disabilities or confine them in timeout rooms until they calm down. School employees can use bear hugs, basket holds and takedowns, which sound more like wrestling moves than anything youd expect to see in school. Nationwide, the use of extreme restraints has led to the deaths of at least 20 schoolchildren, and three others in New Jersey medical facilities. Its also OK for school employees to spray kids in the face with water or noxious chemicals, snap their wrists with rubber bands or put hot sauce on their tongues -- aversive techniques legally used on severely autistic kids who habitually injure themselves by banging their heads, biting their hands or other compulsive behaviors.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:27:13 +0000

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