Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA) introduced the federal Keeping All Students Safe Act on February 12, 2014, along with the release of a report from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on its investigation of restraint and seclusion in schools across the country.
Also appearing at the Senate event, Robert Ernst, a former Lexington, MA student who was subjected to restraint and seclusion while in school there.
Keep Students Safe curated a national Twitter discussion about restraint and seclusion in schools with National PTA, Easter Seals, Children's Mental Health Network, the ARC, the Autism Society, LifeShare, the Epilepsy Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, National Alliance on Mental Illness and alumni from Shutdown Logan River School.
Also appearing at the Senate event, Robert Ernst, a former Lexington, MA student who was subjected to restraint and seclusion while in school there.
Keep Students Safe curated a national Twitter discussion about restraint and seclusion in schools with National PTA, Easter Seals, Children's Mental Health Network, the ARC, the Autism Society, LifeShare, the Epilepsy Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, National Alliance on Mental Illness and alumni from Shutdown Logan River School.
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