School used horrific “seclusion room”
More details are coming out about a special education school in Georgia that forced students into “cell-like seclusion rooms” for bad behavior. One boy hanged himself in the room during a “time out”.
“We thought that meant go sit in the corner and be quiet for a few minutes,” Tina King said, tears washing her face as she remembered the child she called “our baby … a good kid.”
But time-out in the boy’s north Georgia special education school was spent in something akin to a prison cell — a concrete room latched from the outside, its tiny window obscured by a piece of paper.
Called a seclusion room, it’s where in November 2004, Jonathan [King] hanged himself with a cord a teacher gave him to hold up his pants.
An attorney representing the school has denied any wrongdoing.
The report then goes on to say that such “seclusion rooms” are used at schools across the country. Now, we’re certainly not experts on special education and don’t have any first hand insight, but we can’t imagine shoving a mentally disabled or autistic child who is acting out into a cold, dark concrete room with a tiny window is going to be particularly helpful. Certainly we’ve made more advances in taking care of these children than that?
Information from: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/17/seclusi...
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1. Ronald A. Young
December 20, 2008 @ 5:26 am
There is nothing wrong with using a seclusion room for acting out or for behavior modification. The problem lies when you just use any old room like a closet.
The Room must have air circulation, and have a light high enough it cannot be reached. It can be a dim bulb but you can’t use a dark room with No Light.
Most of all it should have No Other Items in it. Also Belts must be taken.
Accidents like this happen when people are either untrained, do not care, or just think nothing will happen.
Detention Centers do this all the time, so don’t some group homes. Acting out behavior must be delt with because it can cause danger to self others and it spreads.
This kind of thing does not happen to pros, because they would never put the child or their job orv career in danger.
Padded Rooms are the best, with unbreakable material for the window. (then you have indirect light and can aviod the light bulb danger.
Security can be expensive but it is too expensive not to have it. As it can cost lives, job, careers and lawsuits