Seclusion and Restraint

Seclusion and Restraint

Maine DOE Bibliography

August 24, 2009

US Government

·  Duncan, Arne, Letter to Chief State School Officers, July 31, 2009;

·  Congressional Research Service (CRS) May 19 updated version of it April 19, 2009 report on the use of S & R in schools: http://www.nsba.org/cosa2/clips/docs/seclusion_and_restraint.pdf

·  US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, May 19, 2009:

Seclusion and Restraint: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse (Schools and Tx Centers: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09719t.pdf

Extent of Risk is Unknown: http://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/he00026t.pdf

Improper Use of Restraint or Seclusion Places People at Risk: http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/he99176.pdf ;

·  US ED Office of Special Ed. Programs (OSEP) paper’s recommendations: http://www.pbis.org/common/pbisresources/publications/Seclusion_Restraint_inBehaviorSupport.pdf

State Government

·  Iowa: Timeout, Seclusion and Restraint (new rules November 2008): http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1002&Itemid=1299

·  Massachusetts, State of, Dept. of Education, Public Education Programs, Annual Staff Training, General Overview of Physical Restraint Requirements for Public Educations Programs (power point, undated); laws: http://www.doe.mass.edu/pdf/-lawsregs-603cmr46.html%281%29.pdf

·  Michigan: Supporting Student Behavior Standards for the Emergency Use of Seclusion and Restraint (December 2006)

·  Pennsylvania: Bibliography on Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint (2006): http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/ServicesPrograms/MentalHealthSubstanceAbuse/ACT/003677477.htm

·  South Carolina: Manual of Recommended Practice, Project REST: Restraint: Efficacy, Safety and Training (June 2004): http://www.taalliance.org/conferences/2009/materials/ManualofRecommendedPractice.pdf

·  Texas: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/HS/content/word/hs.004.00.000322.00.doc

·  Wisconsin: Directives for the Appropriate Use of Seclusion and Physical Restraint in Special Education Programs (September 2005): http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/doc/secrestrgd.doc ;

Professional

·  Therapeutic Crises Intervention System, Information Bulletin, TCI, Ed. 5, 2003 (Residential Child Care Project, Family Life Development Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY);

·  Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), Risks of Restraints, (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training program) (2005)(Supplements, 2006) (Critical Incident Reporting, (undated);

·  Breggin, Peter R., M.D., Director, ICSPP Report for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO), Principals for the Elimination of Restraint (undated)

·  The Counsel For Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD), The Use of Physical Restraint Procedures in School Settings (May 17, 2009) http://www.ccbd.net/advocacy/index.cfm?categoryID=668947C8-C09F-1D6F-F9375EDC805102B3#

·  Wright, Diana Browning, Reduce Your Risk: Evidence-based Practices to Present Harmful Student Restraint and Seclusion, LRP Publications Conferences, (Power point presentation, April 1, 2009)

·  Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical Intervention Training (NAPPI), Reducing and Eliminating Restraint and Seclusion: http://www.nappi-training.com/category/4943/reducing-and-eliminating-restraint-and-seclusion.htm?gclid=CNzgyavIvJwCFSBN5QodYVr9mw

·  Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas, Restraint and Seclusion reduction (Recent research, practical tools, materials) http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/programs_S&R.html

·  Psychiatric Services, 59:194-196 February 2008, Regulatory Change: A Pathway to Eliminating Seclusion and Restraint or “Regulatory Scotoma” http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/59/2/194

·  Behavioral Disorders, 34 (1), 4-13 Physical Restraint of Students with Behavior Disorders in Day Treatment and Residential Settings (November2008)

·  National Disability Rights Network Report, School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (January 2009)

·  Child Welfare League of America, National Data Analysis System, Issue Brief, Child Abuse and Neglect: http://ndas.cwla.org

o  CWLA: Best Practice Guidelines for Behavior Support and Intervention Training (2004)

o  Reducing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion: Promising Practices and Successful Strategies (2003)

o  Annotated bibliography

Misc.

·  National School Boards Association pages on S & R: http://www.nsba.org/MainMenu/SchoolLaw/Issues/Safety/News/GAO-finds-abuses.aspx