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		<title>Feds: Many states don&#8217;t regulate seclusion, restraint in schools</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/25/many-states-dont-regulate-seclusion-restraint-in-schools-28640/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/Los Angeles Times:
A report from the U.S. Department of Education this weeks shows that 19 states do not in any way regulate their schools&#8217; use of seclusion and restraints on misbehaving students. And even though 31 states do have some type of policy, the report found, many are weak and do not clearly spell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States do little to stop restraint of students with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/14/school-restraints-26618/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From USA Today:
In hearings seven months ago, congressional investigators disclosed evidence of widespread restraint and seclusion of students by school staff around the country, most of it involving students with disabilities. Some of the cases ended in death. Since the hearings, advocates say, only a handful of states have moved to restrict or regulate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill aims to protect students from abuse in schools</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/09/seclusion-restraint-bill-26431/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Hartford Courant, Contra Costa [CA] Times, NPR, Muskegon [MI] Chronicle, press release from the House Education and Labor Committee:
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at protecting students in the nation&#8217;s schools from harmful uses of restraint and seclusion.
The legislation follows congressional hearings and a report by the Government Accountability Office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom: Seclusion room felt like jail cell</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/23/seclusion-room-22765/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WTVF Nashville, and the [Columbia, TN] Daily Herald:
A judge has issued an emergency injunction against educators at a Tennessee elementary school following allegations that a student with developmental disabilities was stripped down to his underwear and locked in a seclusion room.
Michelle Parks, mother of the 9-year-old boy, said her son&#8217;s civil rights had been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education secretary asks states to develop, revise restraint plans</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/05/education-secretary-21316/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Education Week&#8217;s On Special Education Blog:
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has asked state education chiefs to review their policies on restraints and seclusion of students, and develop or revise policies as necessary to assure children are safe.
Duncan&#8217;s letter follows congressional testimony and a report by the Government Accountability Office that documented hundreds of allegations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy&#8217;s death points out lack of regulation of &#8216;psychoeducational&#8217; schools</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/30/suicide-psychoeducational-schools-21008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/30/suicide-psychoeducational-schools-21008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Judd in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The suicide of 13-year-old Jonathan King highlights concerns about a lack of regulation of what are called &#8220;psychoeducational&#8221; schools for children with  behavioral problems.
Authorities say the schools offer a cost-effective way for allow such children to be educated in their communities. Some parents and advocates question their disciplinary tactics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota lawsuit: State hospital routinely restrained residents</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/14/minnesota-lawsuit-20061/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/14/minnesota-lawsuit-20061/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [Minneapolis-St. Paul] Star-Tribune:
Parents of a 20-year-old man with developmental disabilities have filed a lawsuit  claiming that the state hospital in Cambridge, MN, used &#8220;abusive, inhumane, cruel and improper&#8221; seclusion and restraints. The lawsuit alleges that the facility routinely and illegally used metal handcuffs, leg shackles, and nylon straps on residents.
James and Lorie Jensen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates seek ban on school restraints, isolation</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/06/advocates-seek-ban-on-school-restraints-isolation-19636/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/06/advocates-seek-ban-on-school-restraints-isolation-19636/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal:
The growing presence of students with disabilities in mainstream school settings has attracted greater attention to educators&#8217; use of restraint holds and isolation as methods for controlling students.
Now advocacy groups are pushing for a federal ban on such tactics, and a report by the Government Accountability Office has documented hundreds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AZ parents seek notification about school restraints</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/15/school-restrain-2-18241/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/15/school-restrain-2-18241/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kim Eacott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arizona Republic:
An Arizona couple whose 7-year-old son has been held down and sat on by school employees twice over the past year has asked their local school district to notify parents promptly when children are restrained in school.
Kim and Robert Eacott say they were not told that their son Anthony, who has autism, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven-year-old with disabilities handcuffed to school door</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/06/disabilities-handcuffs-17897/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/06/disabilities-handcuffs-17897/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WJBK-FoxNews [Detroit], WXYZ News [Detroit], AP/Chicago Tribune:
A member of the Detroit board of education says she&#8217;s been told by school staff that an elementary school special education student was handcuffed to a door at the direction of his school&#8217;s principal after he was involved in a fight.
The district is investigating the claim involving Antonio [...]]]></description>
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