November 21, 2011 — Editor's note: Maintaining a safe milieu on an inpatient psychiatric unit is an important aspect of delivering safe care. Seclusion and restraint should be considered a last resort ...

By Annika Hauer ...

OLMSTED FALLS, OH (WOIO) - We've been showing you disturbing pictures of a seclusion room inside a suburban elementary school, a converted utility closet where a 7-year-old with disabilities spent ...

BISMARCK - A 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and ADHD is found with unexplained bruises after being strapped in a wooden “restraint chair” in a North Dakota public school. An 11-year-old boy with ...

Eight years after the Hartford Courant published its investigative report, "Deadly Restraint," [1] the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released final revised standards regarding ...

Ohio was a state that had no restrictions on seclusion rooms or restraints in schools. In December, the state created a policy, or guidelines, for districts to follow. Tuesday afternoon, the state ...

The practice of secluding or restraining children when they get agitated has long been a controversial practice in public schools. Now, new data show that it's more common than previously understood, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio — Disturbing pictures ...