Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms – NPR

Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms  NPR

Every time Jennifer Tidd’s son was secluded or restrained at school, she received a letter from his teachers. Her son has autism and behavioral issues, and over three years — from 2013 to 2016 — Tidd got 437 of those letters. “I see this pile of documents that’s 5 inches tall that represents hundreds of hours of being locked into a room, and I feel, you know, horrible,” Tidd says. She’s sitting in her living room in Northern Virginia, her head hanging over the stack of papers. Tears are in her eyes. “What kind of parent lets this happen to their child? … I just trusted the school. I thoug…

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