tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post5206201848566411830..comments2024-02-27T12:03:02.477-05:00Comments on Ruth Harrigan Artist: GAO reports children with disabilities being restrained, confined against willRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-72836647883333050722009-05-19T22:47:23.785-04:002009-05-19T22:47:23.785-04:00Full Tilt-
Appreciate you sharing your experiences...Full Tilt-<br />Appreciate you sharing your experiences in this area. During the hearing today, I was hoping to hear suggestions along the lines of what you just wrote. Hopefully, further discussions will go deeper into solutions.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-82178597128083017792009-05-19T20:06:19.650-04:002009-05-19T20:06:19.650-04:00I also worked briefly in settings where medical or...I also worked briefly in settings where medical orders for the use of restraints and meticulous documentation governed the day. Restraints were used as a last resoert and never as an effort to punish, generally to stop or prevent injury.<br /><br />As a disabled woman who has experienced discrimination in the public schools in my area while training to teach, I am appalled that children are handled in this manner and I believe much of this could be eliminated by further education, training and having teacher candidates checked for criminal activity, signs of anger management problems and psychological make up. While school systems check criminal background, they don't spend a lot of time training and educating teachers about the vast array of disabilities and how to handle behavior problems and from my own experience, I can tell you that my college of education offered some course work in this area, but not to the extent needed.<br /><br />I am also glad to see the issue brought out. I think the roots of this problem come from extreme frustration, lack of knowledge and poor attitudes towards disabled kids and adults with disabilities.Full Tilthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805207016263491865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-38089732228074681892009-05-19T11:58:00.000-04:002009-05-19T11:58:00.000-04:00Welcome, Jessica :) I appreciate you sharing your ...Welcome, Jessica :) I appreciate you sharing your experiences in a hospital setting! I'm so glad that this issue is being brought into the public forum.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31220410.post-54358924558243326532009-05-19T11:52:00.000-04:002009-05-19T11:52:00.000-04:00Hi, I'm a new reader :) I also saw another story ...Hi, I'm a new reader :) I also saw another story about this - on NPR, I think. This really shocks and saddens me. I used to work in a hospital, and they took the use of restraints extremely seriously...in the rare circumstances that they needed to be used (and those do exist) you needed a doctor's order and it had to be meticulously documented in the chart. To think that public schools, that my tax dollars go to, can get away with using horrific methods of discipline like this is not right,especially in cases of children with developmental delay or behavioral difficulties who may not be able to articulate their needs.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719542408956215499noreply@blogger.com