by kids1stadvocac | Apr 7, 2026 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
Inside Investigator On May 20, 2024, teachers and administrators at Hazardville Memorial School in Enfield called the police on a five-year-old in kindergarten. The call to 911 was placed at 9:57 am. By that time, teachers and special education instructors had been...
by kids1stadvocac | Feb 17, 2026 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
Yahoo News Members of the House Education Committee on Monday advanced a bill that would refine definitions of allowable physical discipline practices in public schools, limit those practices, and require expanded training for K-12 school personnel. House Bill 120,...
by kids1stadvocac | Feb 17, 2026 | State
The Tennessean Savannah Coffman spent the chaotic hours after her son’s arrest trying desperately to get to him. That morning, her then-15-year-old son, who has autism, posted on his private Snapchat account about a rumored widespread threat against schools....
by kids1stadvocac | Jan 20, 2026 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
CBS 6 News The proposed bill creates enforceable statewide standards and strengthens protections against the use of physical restraint as a behavioral intervention, such as what happened at Lincoln Elementary School in Schenectady. In northern New York, parents of an...
by kids1stadvocac | Jan 6, 2026 | Federal, Restraint & Seclusion
MSN.com Photos of a structure resembling a shipping container with four wooden exterior panels and a padded interior appeared on Facebook on Dec. 15. But what, or rather who, was in the containers continues to spark outrage due to claims that special needs children...
