I kept screaming that I can’t breathe
My trauma started at 2 years old after my parents divorced when my dad would beat me. Having a trauma background, I was 6 years old in the second half of kindergarten,... Read more.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
On #internationaldayofpersonswithdisabilities, I'd like to bring awareness to the disproportionate use of restraint and seclusion on youth with disabilities and... Read more.
Earn a graduate certificate in Trauma-Informed Educational Practices for Children & Adolescents
Today’s guest author is Tammy Wynard. Tammy is an assistant professor of health sciences and program director for the online graduate certificate in Trauma-Informed... Read more.
A future educator shares thoughts (and a project) on seclusion
I came across the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR) Twitter account while scrolling through my feed one day. I chose the topic of ending seclusion... Read more.
Locked in the safe room
I was hospitalized 13 times during my childhood. It has to be well over 500 times I was restrained but I honestly could not tell you it was that much and that bad.... Read more.
“It hurts, please let go” stories of restraint and seclusion in North Dakota
enforcement or SROs in the school setting that may not be credentialed to work with kids. I am concerned that there is zero representation of tracking circumstances... Read more.
In Iceland, staff reported to police after locking a child alone in a room for 25 minutes
May 2021 the grassroots movement „Sagan okkar“ (e. Our story) was founded by Alma Björk Ástþórsdóttir and Árdís Rut H. Einarsdóttir. The movement fights... Read more.
Nonspeaking Student Restrained 33 Times Without Report To Parents
Remember that feeling you had the first day you left your helpless, months-old baby at daycare? That anguished, groveling, fear? How you needed to believe, so desperately,... Read more.
My Child Can’t Talk. How Will I Know if Someone’s Hurting Him at School?
My son is autistic and has a significant intellectual disability. He attends middle school in a self-contained classroom. Recently, we learned that one of his classmates... Read more.
The Places That Stole Me
have a unique way of leaving reality behind them. A child playing dress-up puts on a cardboard crown holds their plastic staff, does a royal wave, and becomes a... Read more.