Georgia public schools could soon be barred from putting students in so-called “seclusion rooms,” like the one where a 13-year-old Hall County student hanged himself in 2004. Jonathan King was ...

In 2006, a 7-year-old Wisconsin girl with attention deficit disorder and an emotional disturbance died after being pinned to the ground face down at a state-licensed day treatment facility. In 2004, a ...

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's ombudswoman released a damning report Tuesday on the province's use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in adult psychiatric facilities, practices she said ...

What is a seclusion room? Centerville director of student services Laura Collier: "In the schools where we think we're going to need a safe place for students to de-escalate, we have a small room ...

Idaho schools will no longer be permitted to use restraint and seclusion as forms of discipline. Gov. Brad Little has signed a bill that bars teachers and school staff from using the aversive ...

ALBANY — New York’s Board of Regents unanimously passed new regulations Monday preventing teachers from restraining students face down or isolating them alone in rooms they can’t leave. The action ...

(WRIC) — New data shared with 8News showed the use of restraints and seclusion runs rampant at private schools in Virginia. 8News has been reporting on concerns about isolating and restraining ...

When students pose a threat to themselves or others, educators sometimes need to restrain them or remove them to a separate space. That's supposed to be a last resort, and it's a controversial ...

This story is a collaboration between the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica Illinois. When the student burst out of the school and bolted through the parking lot, workers followed closely but did not try ...

New Brunswick ombudsperson Marie-France Pelletier speaks to media at the provincial legislature in Fredericton, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's ...

Idaho schools have a mixture of policies on restraint and seclusion, a practice that includes closing children in small rooms to address misbehavior. Gov. Brad Little signed a bill that bars teachers ...