Brian Dalla Mura – Opening Doors to Safer and More Inclusive Schools

Author: Brian Dalla Mura

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Brian Dalla Mura

Brian is a special education teacher in Vermont. He holds a master’s degree in special education from Arizona State University. He has experience teaching students with emotional disabilities in kindergarten through high school. Brian began advocating for stronger and safer restraint and seclusion policies after witnessing prone restraints in his local school district where he worked and his child attends.

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Advocacy, Education, Restraint, Trauma

A Letter to the Burlington School District Board

by Brian Dalla Mura September 9, 2023 0

My name is Brian Dalla Mura, and I am writing to express my deep concern and strong desire for the Burlington School District Board to establish a subcommittee dedicated... Read more.

Advocacy, Education, Legislation, Restraint

Persistence in Advocacy: Shattering the Culture of Silence

by Brian Dalla Mura June 10, 2023 0

From the moment I joined Brookside Primary School in the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD), I was deeply troubled by the distressing daily ritual of... Read more.

Story

An Open Letter to Harwood Unified Union School District from an Educator

by Brian Dalla Mura April 16, 2023 0

The only reason I have heard from the administration and board for keeping seclusion is “advice from legal counsel” and “liability.” These reasons only protect... Read more.

Advocacy, Education, Restraint, Story

A teacher on a mission to reduce and eliminate restraint and seclusion

by Brian Dalla Mura July 19, 2022 0

I'm a special educator with over ten years of experience working in self-contained alternative classrooms in Arizona and Vermont. When I began my career, I was a... Read more.