The government has suspended the use of two restraint techniques used on children in custody after a panel of medical experts raised concerns about the safety of the "nose distraction" and the "double ...
When other child psychiatric hospitals in Virginia turn patients away, the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents becomes the safety net. The Commonwealth Center serves youth who require ...
Holding a child with developmental disabilities to the ground should be a last-resort method of calming them down, say attorneys for a family suing a children's hospital and school for its treatment ...
A 16-year-old girl dies after being physically restrained by staff members during a disruption in a Katy facility for troubled kids. Officials defend the control technique, called the "basket hold," ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (WGHP) — The mental image ...
Fitch said he didn't "know all the nuances of what would or wouldn't define a chemical restraint, except a restraint is something that is going to be used primarily for the benefit of the staff as ...
A former Vikings football player known for his role in a lawsuit against the NFL over players’ concussions is now part of another lawsuit over the care of his developmentally disabled son. KELOLAND ...
Virginia’s public schools allow restraint and seclusion In 2013-14 over 6,000 students were restrained or placed in seclusion Local schools have restraint policies but take a different path to ...
My nonprofit works with partners nationwide to end the use of punitive discipline and to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline.
A candle is reflected in one of two photographs of Max Benson, 13, at his vigil at Guiding Hands School on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. Benson, who had autism, became ...
CONCORD (AP) — Children were restrained or secluded in New Hampshire's residential treatment facilities more than 20,000 times in five years, according to a state watchdog office's report released ...
Last month, the rules for secure training centres were amended to allow restraint to be used as a means of "ensuring good order and discipline" rather than only to prevent harm, escape or damage to ...
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