A National Issue on the Local Level: Use of Seclusion and Restraint to Control Student Behavior in KC-Area Districts

A National Issue on the Local Level: Use of Seclusion and Restraint to Control Student Behavior in KC-Area Districts


U.S. Senators are holding hearings about seclusion and restraint. Elected officials in Kansas are considering legislation regulating the use of seclusion and restraint. State board of education members are drafting regulations intended to govern the use of seclusion and restraint. District school board members have policies relating to the use of seclusion and restraint. Teachers are responsible for implementing those policies in the classroom. The use of seclusion and restraint is an issue resonating from the national to the local level.