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State by State Listing of Schools that have allegedly overused or
unnecessarily used Restraint & Seclusion
The following
schools have been identified or reported as schools that have
allegedly over used or unnecessarily used restraint or seclusion
and/or engaged in other abusive practices. Is your school on the
list? Should it be? If so, please email
familiesagainstrestraint@yahoo.com
with the school name, school district, city, and state. Your contact
information will be kept confidential.
Disclaimer: This list is accurate to the best of our
knowledge. Please be advised that we have not personally
investigated the schools on this list, but have compiled this list
from published newspaper articles and/or received reports from
parents, advocates, and/or others concerned about the welfare of
children. We are not accusing any school or individual of
wrongdoing, only reporting "allegations" for informational purposes
only.
Alabama
1.
Madison County Elementary School, Madison County, AL (Rape)
California
1. Bret Harte Middle School, San Jose
School District, San Jose, CA (Restraint by Handcuffs)
2.
John F. Kennedy
Elementary School, Modesto, CA
3. Lake View Elementary, Ocean View
School District, Oakland, CA (Prone Restraint of 7 yr old boy with
autism)
4.
Mendenhall Middle School, Livermore School District,
Livermore, CA (Restraint and Seclusion)
5. Monterrey Road
Elementary, San Louis Obispo County Office of Education, Atascadero,
CA (Restraint; Quiet Rooms)
6.
Spectrum Schools,
Oakland, CA (Restraint)
Colorado
1. Colorado Boys
Ranch, Colorado Springs, CO (Restraint and Seclusion)
2. Johnson
Elementary School, Poudre School District, Fort. Collins, CO
(Restraint and Seclusion)
3.
Will Rogers Elementary School, Colorado Springs, CO
(Restraint and Seclusion)
4. Zach Core Knowledge School, Poudre
School District, Fort Collins, CO (Restraint of child with epilepsy)
Connecticut
1. Wilton High School, CT
Florida
1. Avon
Elementary School, Highlands District, Highlands County, FL (6 yr
old girl arrested from her special education classroom for
“disrupting classroom” with her crying and resisting forced removal
from classroom)
2. Chaires
Elementary School, Leon County School District,
Tallahassee, FL (Locked Seclusion room)
3. Challenger
School, Martin County School District, Stuart, FL (Restraint, Abuse,
Neglect)
4. Colonial
Elementary School, Fort Meyers, FL
5. Florida
Christian Institute of Academic Excellence, Fort Meyers, FL
6.
Garden City Elementary School, St Lucie County, FL
7. Lantana Middle School, Palm Beach,
FL (Restraint)
8. Manatee Elementary. St. Lucie
County, FL
9. Oak Hammock K-8, St Lucie County, FL
10. Pelican Elementary School, Lee County, FL
11. Pinellas Central Elementary, Pinellas County FL
12. Royal Palm
Exceptional School, Lee County, Ft. Myers, FL
13.
South Seminole Middle School, Seminole County Public
Schools, Cassleberry, Seminole Country (Abuse: Teacher charged with
abusing 5 boys with autism multiple times)
14.Three Oaks
Elementary, Lee County, FL (Restraint)
15. Trafalgar Elementary School, Lee
County, FL
16. Villas Elementary,
Fort Meyers, FL
Georgia
1. Alpine Psychoeducational Program,
Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA), Gainesville, GA
(Seclusion DEATH: Suicide by hanging)
2. Chestatee Elementary, Cummng, GA
30040 (We are happy to report this school NO LONGER USES SECLUSION
ROOMS!)
3.
Hephzibah Elementary School, Richmond Cty, Georgia (Abuse,
Seclusion)
Illinois
1. Jefferson
Elementary School, Harvard, IL (Teacher convicted of aggravated
battery/unlawful restraint; taped two children with disabilities to
chairs)
2. John B. Ward
Du Quoin, IL
3.
Robert Frost Jr. High School,
Schaumburg, IL
4. Schaumburg Township Elementary
School District 54, Schaumburg, IL
Indiana
1. Fairview
Elementary School, Richmond Community Schools, Wayne County,
Richmond, IN (Restraint Injury)
Iowa
1. Adel
Elementary School, Adel-Desoto-Minburg Community School District,
Adel, IA (Seclusion)
2.
Walnut Hills Elementary,
Waukee, IA ( Seclusion, including one lasting 3.5 hours)
3. Waukee Elementary School, Waukee, IA
Kansas
1. Heartspring, Witchita, KS
Kentucky
1. Crestwood
Elementary School, Oldham County, KY (Seclusion: Boy with autism
placed in locked closet 78 times in 11 weeks)
Maryland
1. Bowling Brook
Preparatory School, Keymar, MD (Restraint Death – Private School)
Massachusetts
1. Judge Rotenberg Education Center,
Canton, MA (Also uses Electroshock)
Michigan
1. Farley Hill
Elementary, Pinckney, MI (Restraints)
2. Genesee Intermediate School
District, MI
3. Lakeland Elementary School, Pinckney
School District, Hamburg, MI (Restraints; Principal’s office used
for seclusion room; improper arrest of special needs child)
4. Millet Learning Center , Bridgeport,
MI (Restraint Death)
5. Navigator Middle School, Pickney, MI
(Restraints and Seclusion)
6. Parchment High School, MI (Restraint
Death)
7. Pathfinder Middle School, Pinckney,
MI (Restraints and Seclusion)
8. Pinckney Elementary School,
Pinckney, MI (Restraints)
9.
Pinckney High School, Pickney, MI (Locked seclusion
room)
Minnesota
1. Crosby
Elemenary, Crosby, MN (Single child restrained over 100 times; over
40 hours spent in “Time Out” Room)
Missouri
1. Underwood
Elementary School, Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, Lee’s Summit,
MO (Seclusion: Child kept in closet for most of a month)
New Jersey
1. A. Russel Knight, Cherry Hill School
District, Cherry Hill, NJ (Padded closet for seclusion and use of
physical restraints)
2.
Bancroft School,
Haddonfield, NJ (Residential Facility - death)
3. Clara Barton School, Cherry Hill
School District, Cherry Hill, NJ (Seclusion/Padded Room)
4. Cooper Hill Elementary School, Cherry Hill, NJ (Restraint)
5. Kilmer School, Cherry Hill, NJ
6. Kingston Elementary School, Cherry
Hill, NJ
7. Thomas Paine Elementary School,
Cherry Hill, NJ (Seclusion)
8. Three Bridges School, Readington
School District, Hunterdon County, NJ (Abuse/Restraint)
New York
1. Anderson School, Dutchess County,
Staatsburg, NY (Abuse and Neglect of child with Autism)
2. Buffalo School #67, Buffalo, NY
(Sexual Abuse)
3. Hicksville School System, Board of
Cooperative Education Services (BOCES) Center, Nassau County, NY
(Seclusion in 5’ by 6’ “timeout chamber”)
4. O.D. Heck Development Center,
Schenectady, NY (DEATH: Suffocation of a boy with autism during
Restraint)
5.
Mahopac Falls Elementary, Bridge Program, Mahopac
Falls School District, Mahopac, NY (Sexual and Verbal Abuse,
Falsification of Records)
6. Wayne Finger Lake, Board of
Cooperative Education Services (BOCES) Center, Wayne County, NY
(Seclusion in “Time Out” Room)
North
Carolina
1. Hope Valley Elementary School, Durham Public Schools,
Durham, North Carolina (Therapist Accused of Taping Shut Boy's
Mouth)
Oklahoma
1. High Pointe,
Oklahoma City, OK (Death: Failure to provide adequate care)
Pennsylvania
1. Artman Elementary School (K-3),
Hermitage School District, Hermitage, PA
2. Hutchinson Elementary School, Laurel
Highlands School District, Uniontown, PA (Restraint and Seclusion of
child with autism/epilepsy)
3.
Longstreth Elementary School, Philiadelphia School
District, Philadelphia PA (Restraints)
4.
Martha Washington
Elementary, Philadelphia, PA (Abuse)
5. Northern Potter
Children's School, Potter County, PA
6. SummitQuest Academy Ephrata, PA
(Residential Facility)
7. Woods Services, Langhorne, PA
(Residential Facility) (Abuse and Neglect from Excessive use of
Restraints)
South
Carolina
1. Liberty Hill
Academy, Charleston, SC
Tennessee
1. Chad Youth
Enhancement Center, Ashland City, TN (Restraint Death)
2. Genesis Academy, Nashville, TN
3. Oakmont Elementary,
Dickenson County, TN (Prone restraint of boy with autism)
4.
Williamson County Public
Schools, Williamson County (Seclusion of boy with autism multiple
times for approximately 3 hours)
Texas
1. Athens Middle School, Athens TX
(Abuse)
2. Manner Middle School, Killeen, TX
(Restraint Death)
3..Mason Middle School, Killeen, TX
(Restraint Death)
Utah
1. Foothill Elementary School, Brigham
City, UT, Box Elder County (Restraint/Seclusion)
Vermont
1. Bennington Elementary, Southern
Vermont Supervisory Union, Bennington, VT (Restraint)
2. Catamount Elementary,
Bennington, VT (Restraint) (School closed due to district
consolidation)
3. Molly Stark
Elementary, Bennington, VT (Restraint)
4. Monument Elementary,
Bennington, VT (Restraint)
5. St. Anthony’s School,
Burlington, VT (Restraint)
Virginia
1. Clover Hill
Elementary School, Chesterfield County, VA (Restraint)
West
Virginia
1.
New Haven Elementary Preschool, Mason County School
District, WV (Physical/Emotional Abuse)
Wisconsin
1. Red Apple Elementary School Racine,
WI
NOTE: This list
was provided to CAICA. CAICA has not investigated these schools and
in no way represents them as abusive. CAICA is providing this
information for the use of future research by individuals, lawyers,
the government, or groups interested in the topic of restraints, and
in determining if indeed these programs should be further
investigated.
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