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Panich52

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Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:33 PM Feb 2015

One Connecticut Public School Student Was Restrained Over 700 Times in One Year


One Connecticut Public School Student Was Restrained Over 700 Times in One Year

Annie Waldman, ProPublica

A new state report found that Connecticut schools pin down and restrain a ‘staggering’ number of kids.

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One Connecticut Public School Student Was Restrained Over 700 Times in One Year (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP
restraints? seclusion? over SEVEN HUNDRED TIMES for ONE student? what in the HELL is niyad Feb 2015 #1

niyad

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1. restraints? seclusion? over SEVEN HUNDRED TIMES for ONE student? what in the HELL is
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:36 PM
Feb 2015

going on in our schools anymore? these children, for the most part, seem to have some kinds of developmental disabilities--and THIS is how they are treated?

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