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Series Title
Parents Engaged in Policy: A Six-Part Conversation About Restraint and Seclusion in Maine
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Creator
Deb Davis and Jodie Hall
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Video Editor
Sandra Horne
Producer
Deb Davis and Jodie Hall
Creation Date
5-2018
Duration
06:21
Topics
The appropriate use of restraint or seclusion is for emergency situations only when the child is acting unsafe toward himself/herself or to others.
Keywords
time-out, students with disabilities, autism, challenging behavior, restraint and seclusion, Maine schools, parent education
Summary
Deb Davis and Jodie Hall review the formal definition of seclusion. Interpretations can vary by school. Is it time-out or is it seclusion? Whether it's time-out or seclusion, the bigger issue is how much time the child is away from his or her education.
Preferred Citation
Davis, D., & Hall, J. [UMCCIDS]. (2018, May 2). Time-out or Seclusion? [Video]. In D. Davis & J. Hall (Producers), Parents engaged in policy: A six-part conversation about restraint and seclusion in Maine. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3dvgjRYRGU&t=30s
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Deb Davis' son experienced a challenging transition to public kindergarten from a special purpose private school. After he was restrained on the playground, Deb took on a leadership role as an education advocate. In 2011, Ms. Davis was invited by the Maine Commissioner of Education to serve on the Consensus Based Rulemaking Team that was revising the rule governing physical restraint and seclusion in the state. Jodie Hall worked as a case manager for children with behavioral challenges. Like Deb Davis, her son with a disability also experienced incidents of restraint in school. As a 2017-2018 Family Trainee in the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program, Jodie completed a leadership placement with Deb Davis and the Maine Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion to update their parent education materials. Dr. Alan Kurtz served as faculty mentor on the project. Davis and Hall developed and produced this series of six video conversations about restraint and seclusion in Maine. Each captioned conversation is topic-driven and under 8 minutes in length. Topics discussed include Incident Reports, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Time-out or Seclusion?, Emergencies, not Prevention; Using Data as a Tool, and The Written Word Matters.