Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and understood in school. Yet, across the country, children, especially those with disabilities, trauma histories, or neurodivergent, are still being restrained, secluded, and subjected to punitive and exclusionary discipline. These practices don’t teach; they harm. They fracture trust, deepen fear, and too often set children on a path toward the school-to-prison pipeline.

At the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR), we believe another way is not only possible—it’s necessary. We are working tirelessly to change hearts, minds, and policies so every school becomes a place where relationships come first, and every child is treated with dignity and compassion.

Why Your Support Matters

Our mission is clear: to reduce and ultimately eliminate punitive discipline and outdated behavioral management approaches through informed changes in policy and practice. But we can’t do it alone. As a small nonprofit, we rely on the dedication and generosity of people like you to amplify our voice and expand our impact.

When you become a member of the Alliance, starting at just $5 a month, you’re doing far more than offering financial support; you’re helping power a movement for change. Your membership directly fuels our work to:

• Advocate for policy and legislative reform. We work nationwide to help rewrite the systems that allow restraint, seclusion, and other harmful practices to continue.
• Educate and empower. We provide training and resources to families, educators, and policymakers on trauma-informed, neuroscience-aligned, and neurodiversity-affirming approaches that truly help children thrive.
• Stand with families. We support those directly impacted by restraint and seclusion, amplifying their stories and helping them navigate a system that too often silences them.

What Your Membership Makes Possible

Even a small monthly contribution can make a tremendous difference. Because we are a grassroots, community-driven organization, every dollar goes directly toward advancing our mission, helping us respond to families, build new educational materials, and advocate for stronger laws to protect children.

When you give $5 a month, you help us keep our community connected and informed. At $10, you help us develop new educational resources for schools and parents. At $25 or more, you help us advocate directly with policymakers and drive systemic change at the national level.

This is how change happens—person by person, voice by voice, small act by small act.

The Power of Year-End Giving

As we approach the end of the year, we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come and how much still needs to be done. Every year, more children are harmed by restraint and seclusion. Every year, families reach out to us looking for answers and support.

Your membership, or an end-of-year donation, can help us meet that growing need. This season is a time for action, for compassion, and for building momentum toward the future we all want to see: one where no child fears going to school.

Together, we can change policies, transform practices, and end the use of restraint and seclusion for good.

Join Us

If you believe in building safer, more humane schools for every child, please consider joining or renewing your membership today.

👉 Become a member
👉 Make an end-of-year gift

Your support matters—more than you know. Together, we can lead the movement for change, one voice and one community at a time.