District leaders and community members spent much of the fall debating the use of seclusion rooms in schools across New Hanover County. As that debate raged in public, it appears the use of these ...

DENVER — The Denver Police Department opened an investigation into a monitored seclusion room at McAuliffe International School on Friday after Denver school board Vice President Auon'tai Anderson ...

The special education classroom in Forest Hills Elementary is decorated from floor to ceiling with reminders for students: "what zone are you in?" one sign reads, with characters from the Disney Pixar ...

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This article was originally published in Maine Morning Star. Krystal Emerson never imagined her son would spend his days at school being forcibly moved against his will by school staff and shut in an ...

DENVER — A state representative introduced a bill to ban seclusion rooms in public and charter schools across the state – but the lawmaker behind this bill already knew, as it was written, would never ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... McAuliffe International School Principal Kurt Dennis (Photo via Denver Public Schools) Former Principal Kurt Dennis is defending his decision to place ...

School seclusion rooms are usually used as intended in Eastern Iowa school districts -- as a last resort to keep students from harming themselves or others. But not always. The Gazette found reports ...

DENVER – A Colorado lawmaker has committed to sponsoring a bill to ban seclusion rooms at all Colorado K-12 schools in the wake of the controversy at McAuliffe International School in Denver. Last ...

An Olathe mother of a boy who has autism has lost her case against the city’s school district. The use of a safe or seclusion room for Toni Donahue's 10-year-old son, Drake, is at the center of her ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — Seclusion rooms look similar to one found in Escambia County. It’s a small padded room with nothing else inside, and that isolation is what worries some parents.

IOWA CITY — The Iowa City school board this week approved a classroom remodeling project at City High School that includes adding a seclusion room. The $24,000 project will renovate existing cardio, ...