Description
Restraint & Seclusion in School: What Neurodiversity-Affirming Professionals Should Know
► Presenter: Guy Stephens, Founder and Executive Director of The Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR)
► On-Demand Course: Therapy Providers have access to the course for 180 days from the date of enrollment.
► Audience: Therapy Providers of students in the public school system.
🔓🔓🔓 (Therapy Neurodiversity Collective Members, this course is included in your membership!)
Dive deep into the controversial practices of restraint and seclusion in K – 12 public school settings as Guy Stephens, the Founder and Executive Director of The Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR), and a national expert on the issue of restraint and seclusion, discusses the complexities of crisis management approaches used nation-wide in public schools and the traumatic aftermath for students, families, and educators.
🌟 Course Description:
Through a neurodiversity-affirming lens, this professional development course examines existing laws and policies related to restraint and seclusion, and reveals why more local and national regulation is desperately needed to protect our children. Guy sheds light on the detrimental immediate and long-lasting trauma outcomes of restraint and seclusion and reveals practical, innovative approaches that can significantly reduce these archaic practices and open doors to safer and more inclusive schools.
🎯 What You’ll Gain
- A comprehensive understanding of what restraint and seclusion actually entail
- A keen awareness of who is most often restrained and secluded in schools
- An enhanced perception of how and why these types of interventions impact immediate and long-term trauma in children and their families.
- Alternative, humane approaches to crisis management that promise to reduce and eventually eliminate the need for restraint and seclusion, and pave the way for practices that honor the dignity and potential of every student.
Learn how we can work together to ensure our schools are places of safety and inclusion for all students, especially those most vulnerable to being misunderstood.
Included:
☑ Slide handout
☑ Course handout with references
☑ Certificate of Attendance for one hour of professional development
Guy Stephens lives in Southern Maryland with his wife and two amazing children. He is the Founder and Executive Director of The Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR), a nonprofit he started in 2019. AASR is a community of over 25,000 parents, self-advocates, teachers, school administrators, paraprofessionals, attorneys, related service providers, and others working together to influence change in supporting children whose behaviors are often misunderstood. He has presented at conferences and events across North America and guest lectures for undergraduate and graduate courses as a national expert on the issue of restraint and seclusion.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- clearly understand what restraint and seclusion are and how they can lead to lasting trauma.
- dentify alternative approaches that can help reduce and eliminate restraint and seclusion usage.
- explain how brain science and a different lens on behavior can reduce the need for crisis management.
