Are Some Schools Taking Restraint & Seclusion Rooms Too Far?

[@Theory42]

My mom works at my school and she deals with kids like this! But the way my school handles these type of situations, is SO more safe then this! They put them in a room with a staff member and try’s to calm them down! They play games,Chrome book/computer,and fidgets! I see these things happen rarely at my school and does not harm anyone or anybody! - Stay safe you guys -Thanks for taking time to read this!😃

[@thatgirlPAIGE94]

My mom has worked at a junior high nearly 30 years and the amount of stories she’s told about students hitting and spitting on faculty staff is crazy 😢😢 Some students need an aid with them while at school.

[@User_yhvz]

After watching what my cousin has done for the last 15 years since he was born, I am not surprised these rooms exist. Hope all the Dr’s feel proud they messed these kids up. No way this can be blamed ONLY on mental illness. These kids nowadays act like they have rabies, not ADHD or other spectrums.

[@CC45-As]

@@User_yhvz ADHD and ADD won’t get you acting like a madman

[@User_yhvz]

@@CC45-As It’s hard to describe but if a person has ADHD, ADD, Autism, or whatever else, they usually take medication, Well if that person has undiagnosed mental disorders like bipolar or schizophrenia etc that medication will mess with their moods or cognitive state badly. To fix this a Dr prescribes a new medication and suggests the parents have the kid talk to a psychologist, who then prescribes another medication to suppress the mental disorder causing issues with the Adhd or Add medications. I don’t know about all kids but most the kids I know were on different medications all the freaking time and some even refused to take it because they felt better without it (until they got depressed again) Yeah it’s a total cluster fock.

[@jordanmunk3041]

@@CC45-As Pumping kids full of vaccines is screwing them up. It's all by design. Ask the Huxley's.

[@andy.s123]

​@@User_yhvzsome parents do not want their children to be medicated though...

[@thedarkwolfv7233]

As someone who was in a special needs class, this was a norm in those classrooms. Only difference now is there's a room for it now

[@limitless_93]

i been in my share of them. they felt like jail cells. and you couldnt even go to the bathroom when you really needed to go. its very inhumane...

[@HyperionBlueGT]

Someone with a disability will end up being indifferent who don't want to do it no more by having a broken soul.

[@tommygalarian-slowbro9745]

I have autism and the schools I was at in the uk it was handle better example one school I was placed at for a brief time had a smiler isolation area but blue and holes in the walls and the teachers caused most of them by putting the students heads against the walls and pushing then into it thankfully my mom and dad managed to find a way nicer school to attend and help me learn and not have to worry about fighting students and teachers heck a kid set another student heir on fire before I arrived and he was suspended for 2 while a history teacher mr Burton wanted us to eat dormouse for our learning experience about the romans

[@HowToChangeName]

If nobody gave me further context what kind of room is that, would be relieved then shrug my shoulder. And I think everyone will as well

[@VaultYT.]

Yep certainly was and still is. I was in a joint primary & secondary special school, they always dragged the kids and locked them in rooms. However they wouldn’t dare touch us older kids 😂

[@KasperskyFan2111]

I used to go to a special needs school called Meliora and they put me in one of those rooms for over 6 hours after I started crying because another student bullied me. By the time I got out of there, it was 12:00 AM and my parents were outraged at the school for doing this to me. On top of all this, they also dragged me on the carpet to get me in this room. I'm an adult now and I still have nightmares because of this and I still have scars on my knees over 30 years later

[@sophiebyers5496]

I’m so sorry

[@ellavarnes2392]

Special needs schools have come leaps and bounds over the last 30 years. ADHD and autism is way more understood also than it was 30 years ago

[@SUPPLEGENIUS]

There's obviously more to this story that you're not telling us...

[@maninedoow5895]

@@ellavarnes2392😭😭😭

[@AgentSpockAgentSpock]

​@@ellavarnes2392we prefer the word autistic people first language

[@rubyfyre9601]

I'm autistic and I'll admit, I've had my outbursts as a child. But I would be terrified of trusting any adult if I was thrown to the floor and into a room. There needs to be better methods of caring for a child in this situation.

[@JokersNtheOddball]

Great point, but I always trusted and respected my teacher when it ended. It's usually based on severe rage occurrences, so it almost gets forgotten a few mins after re entry to classroom. Life is so hard now, but it's not the teachers fault. They care more than anyone else ever could

[@doorslore2902]

I’m also autistic, i also had outbursts as a child, i also had a lot of unrealized trauma as a child and god, this would’ve messed me up even more

[@jenniferhansen3622]

This probably interferes with the other kids' learning as well. It has to be very distracting to the other kids. Being a teacher has to be the toughest job.

[@shaylagoogle3097]

The parents should have been called. Then the parents should go pick them up right away. So, if the parents have to leave work then it needs to happen.

[@qrgaming1421]

being in a room by urself is better than being physically abused imo

[@BloodArtistify]

It’s emotional abuse which can have a life lasting effect especially for children

[@Decoy96]

​@@BloodArtistifyplease enlighten us what do you suggest

[@jedigovna295]

My claustrophobia could never 😵😵😵

[@killerwolfZeita1171]

Its just as bad.

[@bikbals685]

@@Decoy96ive been through this. please just listen to them.

[@wampastompastomp]

imagine the trauma that the classmates of these students go through every day before they're removed from class

[@Marcydalmatian]

What about the students on the receiving end getting locked up just for having a meltdown? They matter too and likely have PTSD from being restrained like that.

[@jessicarice5974]

Don’t depend on school to care for your child! Do home schooling if you don’t like it. Is very difficult to teach children

[@elizabethvandecoevering6042]

Homeschooling is best for some Childern, especially for those who can not be within a normal school environment do to the stress levels that they can not handle which turn causes them to act out.

[@therealsunnyplays2]

When I was in 1st grade I had HUGE behavioral issues and it’s not easy to teach at home when parents need to get work to pay for their medical expenses to help them get better. Call the parents

[@kryptosuperdoggaming]

I’m 24 years old and I’m autistic, my Elementary school a long time threatened to send me to Jail for not listening. I believe they really never tell me and explain to me about my problems. I’ve seen some of my teachers become bullies to me also and made fun of me. My behavior got even worst that I started make threats to my teachers and my family for not getting any help I need. This is going to get worse in the future if Nobody listens and takes it serious.

[@KasperskyFan2111]

I remember when I was in first grade my first grade teacher, Mrs. Beatty, threatened to send me to a mental hospital all because I asked to for help on a math problem. FYI she is still in my school distract because she never got caught.

[@Marcydalmatian]

@@KasperskyFan2111 Have you considered filing a lawsuit or reporting her to the district? If that's the case she shouldn't be teaching at all.

[@Marcydalmatian]

@kryptosuperdoggaming Yikes, that's messed up. But you're right, if the schools don't change and properly accommodate these kids, it'll get ugly.

[@simisimisimisimi3552]

Look up School to Prison pipeline

[@Marcydalmatian]

@@simisimisimisimi3552 What does that have to do with this video?

[@Marcydalmatian]

I've heard of this happening to a lot of autistic students. Here's the thing, when they have a meltdown, it's usually from sensory overload or unmet needs in addition to stress and anxiety. With the right accommodations meltdowns can be prevented but many schools don't offer that or have poorly trained staff. The Judge Rotenberg center in Massachusetts is a classic example of using extreme methods by attaching devices to their residents and using electric shock often for minor things that aren't harmful. I'm glad I was homeschooled because something like this would've probably happened to me. I wasn't restrained or anything but I ended up in time out frequently in 1st grade but it was for things that I DIDN'T do or there was a misunderstanding. I got bullied and if I spoke up I was punished and nothing happened to them. One substitute teacher was upset at how I was being treated and another who worked in special ed and really wanted to help me was angry when the school didn't approve her request that I get transferred to her class. Even as an adult I still have mental scars. A couple of years ago an article was published about how public schools could be giving autistic students PTSD. Several students also did better with home school or remote learning. Practices like restraints and such has to stop! This is 2023 NOT 1923!

[@jenniferhansen3622]

It might be better for kids who misbehave this badly, to just be taught at home by their parents. The parents probably know how to properly discipline them and handle them without putting other people in any danger.

[@gurennaruto2887]

Yes but parent need to work in order to pay bills and medical expenses

[@jenniferhansen3622]

​@@gurennaruto2887 Sometimes adjustments have to be made. Maybe one parent stays home while the other parent works and they do without certain things in order to make sure the child is properly cared for. Maybe they move to a city with a lower cost of living, maybe they do without certain luxuries or extras. Any time someone decides to have a baby, they have to realize that the child's well being comes first.

[@GrainneDhub-ll6vw]

@@XTR02 The 12 year old who was screaming and spitting has behavioural issues due to a brain tumour. How do you suggest his parents discipline that brain tumour out of him? That one really hit home for me because I trained a service dog for a good friend's son who was extensively disabled due to multiple surgeries and bouts of radiation therapy to treat his recurrent brain cancer. When the dog was completely trained, though, it was too late to place him--my friend's son had become aggressive and prone to violent outbursts without warning. I felt terrible for my friend and for him but there is absolutely no way I would ever place a dog in harm's way. Her son's problems weren't due to a lack of good parenting--until the brain cancer got him, he was a polite, funny, high achieving kid with a terrific sense of humour who would never have hurt anyone. Subject anyone's brain to too much trauma, though, and the risks of irritability, loss of emotional control, aggression and violent behaviour just keep going up and up until it becomes inevitable (over 99% of kids with his type of brain cancer experience weight gain and at least 3 unprovoked episodes of violence within 18 months of diagnosis--if they survive that long).

[@armondm.3736]

Best solution based comment I have heard so far.

[@kelliott7864]

It's easier for the parents to send the kids to school.

[@cmndrkool321]

I live in Michigan. I once had a foster child get put into one of these rooms. They busted out and the school had to go into lockdown. All available police officers had to chase him down through people’s backyards to catch him. He made it like half a mile. He was like 10. He got expelled; and this was like the first month of school.

[@Giddings231]

sorry to here about this

[@AlexMasonfan5836]

I never knew the school had to go on lockdown because of that. That’s crazy..

[@cmndrkool321]

@@AlexMasonfan5836 I was actually in a lockdown my senior year because a special needs kid punched a teacher so hard in the chest that it broke ribs and KO’d him. Kid was a beast. He was like 6’3.

[@jordanmunk3041]

Was his name Rambo?

[@coralreefer98]

This is disgusting and traumatizing, how painful it must be to have your arms held behind their backs that way.

[@kailee_grace03]

My brother is special needs and seeing this breaks my heart... things need to change! Proper training is needed! Theres no need to be violent. Being violent teaches these kiddos nothing.. it teaches them that if i misbehave they get throwen in a room restrained or even hurt! 💔

[@jessejordan5658]

that's the point really

[@kirstenperez4265]

You can't expect teacher, aides and other students to be subjected to a out of control dangerous child. If your kid is hitting spitting biting others they don't belong in a public school. I absolutely feel sorry for teachers having to put up with children like this they don't get paid enough.

[@chesspunk489]

​@@audreyquito1295Your comment makes no sense.

[@meed8738]

I agree. For you as a parent to subject another adult to your out of control, child is very absurd. The parent can either school them themselves or put them in a proper school for children with special needs. These parents can’t be upset about the fact that how another adult who doesn’t get paid enough is treating their special needs child.

[@audreyquito1295]

@@chesspunk489 They do it in such a violent way.

[@circesoul2218]

They shouldn't be getting paid to be abused. There's no reason for this behavior. Either the kid can handle public school and be accountable for themselves or they go to a special school with speciality trained staff.

[@Unbreakable245]

Depends on how much. All kids more or less get into fights at school sometimes. If it really becomes a problem then yes.

[@LPSRosyYT]

I have autism and we had a seclusion room in one of my schools, though it was very different as it was covered in carpet and padding, and the only way you could lock the door is if someone press the button so someone was always watching you the entire time you’re in the room. They used it so you could calm down and then they could talk to you about what happened. I don’t think they ever restrained you more than just holding your arms to get you into the room so you could calm down.

[@cjtheevilghost5711]

This is unnaceptable and should be a crime and these schools need to be held accountable for child abuse. If a kid is misbehaving that badly, SEND THEM HOME!

[@cpdudeyt]

Exacly

[@up-uw4op]

yep expel them

[@Giddings231]

ikr

[@simisimisimisimi3552]

School to Prison pipeline. It funnels POC and children with behavior problems to prison

[@AlexMasonfan5836]

As a 15 year old watching this, this shocks me as I know well I have a twin brother who was autism has behavioral issues when he was little. I was hearing my twin brother screaming in the hallways far away from my classroom and it just makes me feel bad. After that, my mother was furious after seeing bruises on my brothers back. He’s doing okay as of now and Me and my brother who’s traumatized still remember the worst thing to this day.

[@jonathansabinvarietyfilms]

Unfortunately it is highly likely that the bruises were self-inflicted from struggling.

[@Unbreakable245]

​@@jonathansabinvarietyfilmsIdk. But an autistic child should NEVER be restrained during a meltdown UNLESS the child is a threat to themselves or others or if the child starts to damage property or something.

[@jonathansabinvarietyfilms]

@finalvictoryofficial That's the majority of the time. Spitting, lashing out and attempting to run off all fall into that category.

[@Marcydalmatian]

Sorry that happened to you and your brother. Hopefully you two can talk about it and try to heal. I'm not saying that trauma goes away but talking about it does make a difference.

[@SK-he5yj]

Special needs kids should not be sent to regular schools. It is a risk for them and the other children.

[@blademaster1227]

Bro i had Special needs they have every right just like everyone else.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

​@@blademaster1227If their behavior is out of control, then for their own safety, it might be better for them to be home schooled. Also for everyone else's safety.

[@anneshirley9560]

@@blademaster1227if you're not violent then yeah.

[@luke14946]

You're generalizing too much, "Special Needs" is a broad term.

[@blademaster1227]

@@anneshirley9560 stop acting like every being is like that?

[@aaronjames2250]

I didn't know schools had solitary confinement. Really taking lessons from prisons

[@jessicasuzanne___]

That's literally abuse This needs to stop

[@thegamesnake2348]

It was a sandwich not a throwing knife overreacting 101

[@sophiehanssel2017]

As an autistic I have been restrained in middle school whenever I had meltdowns and seeing this happen to other kids makes me want to cry

[@cpdudeyt]

"School isn't even that bad, Its fun!" the school:

[@Dinson1]

After what I've seen, I feel bad for the boy that died from cardiac arrest. He didn't deserve that.

[@djrosette]

I'm sorry special needs kids needs to be placed in schools meant for special needs children cause normal schools and normal teachers aren't trained on how to handle/safely deal with special needs students

[@Websblob]

not going to judge those who work with the special-needs. There's no logic or empathy to be had at times with these kids because they simply cannot mentally grasp it. If the parents disagree, they can re-school their child or homeschool them instead.

[@cjtheevilghost5711]

Shut up. People with Special Needs like me can't control our reactions sometimes.

[@staringcorgi6475]

@@cjtheevilghost5711than they should get a teacher who can handle it than not

[@Giddings231]

I get it

[@ellavarnes2392]

@@cjtheevilghost5711 then they don't need to be in a public school setting. they need either specialized schooling or home schooling. Behavior and violent outbursts disrupt the classroom environment in negative ways. Should "normal" kids have to have their education disrupted over and over to accommodate neuro divergent kids that cannot regluate and control themselves?

[@lovepeaceunique3905]

They talk and talk but they do anything!! 😫😤 respect our children’s in general

[@IronskullGM]

Abuse of authority has become all too common place in our society.

[@jmh6016]

Jesus!!! Ok, I deal with behaviors everyday in my class. But you do the work and find what works for that CHILD. This is why educators and counselors need to be better trained in dealing with these behaviors, and better PAID.

[@zzizahacallar]

My daughter is special needs and I pray this never happens to her. Luckily, shes being taken care of and enjoys her school.

[@hayleymariemills]

Schools have no right to just assign ANY teacher to a class or even just a student with known special needs like shown here unless that teacher specifically has a degree & EXPERIENCE in interacting with & teaching these children.

[@blazethehusky3066]

I was among a victim of the same thing in my elementary school years. I was too put in one those rooms and locked in for hours. It has caused me trauma every day I think or even speak about it.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

Why did they put you in there? 😢

[@blazethehusky3066]

Behavioral issues they say, but I was never like that, and as i have been dragged and thrown in the small room for a total of 2 years i was then sent to another school where they did the same thing too

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@blazethehusky3066 In situations like that it would probably be better if the child were home schooled. It would also ease the parent's minds.

[@sophiebyers5496]

@@blazethehusky3066I’m so sorry

[@Breezy305]

Spitting on a teacher? If the parents don’t do something about their kid now then they’ll be WORSE when they become adults.

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Absolutely NOT!!!

[@maeversailles4609]

Not a restraint room but im autistic. In fifth grade, i was locked in the bathroom my by special education teacher. I am still traumatized by this incident still.

[@jackwindensky5606]

Genuinely curious. Being locked in a room for a while doesn’t seem that traumatizing. What made it so difficult?

[@somebodyyoumayknow2280]

For the replies

[@jackwindensky5606]

No answer?

[@alyssaj.2659]

I use to work at kindercare and there were children ages 2-5 years that would be have like this. A lot of the time it was for attention; they wanted to get taken to the office and get 1 on 1 attention from staff. I agree with those parents that restraining can be necessary but there’s a right and wrong way to do so. Some mechanisms can be counterproductive.

[@spiritshader11]

I wish my school had that. Our teachers used belts, brass knuckles and pepper spray to make us behave.

[@joey6451]

thats despicable

[@ALX65]

That’s ancient

[@wuconsidering7190]

That’s exotic

[@popeo1973]

That's werid

[@jessicamontaperto810]

Piper spray what?

[@Stupidboi1]

I agree with restraining kids, I am a firefighter and school safety is not to be taken lightly for various reasons.

[@aaron-gz]

Safety for who?

[@CC45-As]

@@aaron-gz Who do you think 😂

[@pauleasley6488]

then make them get certified. i had my shoulder dislocated in an incident, because the douche didnt know proper restraint.

[@Stupidboi1]

@@CC45-As other students, staff....like wow

[@CC45-As]

@@Stupidboi1 I know right 😂

[@Cartoondude135]

I am autistic and I too behaved somewhat like that when I was little. But my teachers never took punishment measures _that_ far.

[@SUPPLEGENIUS]

@@robbarbour3173 You agree with him? He didn't even make an opinion or anything, just a statement of fact about his own life. What is there to agree with LMAO?

[@robbarbour3173]

@adrianagnew3517 sorry. I didn't know at the time. Thanks for pointing that out. Now i understand that there was nothing to agree with.

[@SUPPLEGENIUS]

@@robbarbour3173 I'm sorry too if my reply was a little bit abrasive, in fact my comment was probably not necessary as I realise you were just trying to say that you were in a similar situation as the original commenter and understand what he went through. Again I apologise.

[@robbarbour3173]

@@SUPPLEGENIUS apology accepted

[@jasijasiah]

This is not a prison, they should not have rooms specifically designed to isolate people like solitary confinement. Completely disgusting.

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

This is what republicans want.

[@TheLiamster]

Exactly, solitary confinement is classed as a cruel and unusual punishment

[@HarmonixsLoL]

Teachers need to teach and parents need to discipline. Teachers shouldn't have to discipline their students, that's the parents' job.

[@CC45-As]

@@HarmonixsLoL I don’t think you can really discipline a special ed student, but it might be possible

[@up-uw4op]

then maybe they need to open more juvenile centers

[@nataliebrown2658]

Be sure your child is behaving well in the public place. This is the PARENTS responsibility, not school's. Other children shouldn't suffer from "special behavior" .

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy]

You're glossing right over so many things rn, but congrats on being perfect.

[@elizabethelliott1307]

I'm autistic. What's wrong with behaving differently than you?

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy]

@@elizabethelliott1307 same. And it's already painful without perfect people like said above. They're just miserable to have to share a planet with.

[@ellavarnes2392]

@@elizabethelliott1307 when the behavior is violent and disruptive in the learning environment, action needs to be taken to remove the student from the classroom. also, autism comes in all shapes and sizes with a slew of different behaviors. people like you like to say, i'm autistic, don't lump me in with "normal" behavior yet fail to realize not all autistic people act differently from each other

[@SUPPLEGENIUS]

@@elizabethelliott1307 I'm a violent, raging psycho. What's wrong with behaving differently than you?

[@tamekkaknuth9612]

Needs an aid in school. 2000% confident.

[@loomonda18]

This is absolutely DISGUSTING. ESPECIALLY towards innocent children who have special needs. Trauma inducing, vile and cruel. This should NOT be legal.

[@squidrock5224]

My boyfriend was locked up in these rooms for 3 years. He had problems at home which caused him to lash out. He said he never learned a thing during those three years. He would rip the blue mats off the walls and sleep all day. He wished he could of sued that school for traumatizing him.

[@jessicamontaperto810]

Oh my goodness sorry ur boyfriend went through that). I hope he seeks therapy for that! I barely learned anything from special ed myself.

[@amandanoah9917]

I am 34 years old and I have ADHD. I was put in seclusion for two-three hours when I was in elementary school because I was fidgeting in class. The room was about half the size as the final room shown, the walls were painted a puke green color, and had worn down beige carpet in it. I can slightly remember the room smelling of pee.

[@TriggerTheFoxYT]

I remember when I was restrained as a kid and suspended when I kicked my elementary school principal back in Maryland. I had bad behavior issues back then but as a teen I gotten better

[@Marcydalmatian]

Sounds like overwhelm and having unmet needs, but I don't know what your situation was back then.

[@DevinSymone]

I feel so bad for the parents it must be so hard to watch the videos of their children being restrained and they children with special needs need to be treated better they already have so many odds stacked against them and they need more professional responses

[@tomcas28]

As an autistic adult, this is not acceptable! It's child abuse, it's trauma!

[@Marcydalmatian]

True. It's also not surprising these kids likely end up with PTSD because of this.

[@KmacFIRE]

Keep your child at home

[@grantzelenick8200]

But giving kids medicine is the answer right? It’s not inhumane or barbaric turning them into zombies? Mom and Dad give in at home when their child acts a fool and when the school doesn’t the school is wrong. It always starts at home. Always.

[@Liv-ff9vy]

In 2010 i was teen in a residential psychiatric treatment center who were brutal and abusive. That place is no a juvenile detention center. This is some of the type of things i would see and be subjected to. I cant belive this is at school. God help those kids. Traumatic.

[@HecInBin]

What kind of school tortures their students

[@knuclear200x]

Never been to a school before, eh? 🤣

[@up-uw4op]

only one in this video actually tortured a child

[@toogie6267]

What kind of demon child acts that way!?

[@robbarbour3173]

This is wrong. Just because these kids act out doesn't mean that they should be treated wrong. That's hypocrisy imo

[@SUPPLEGENIUS]

@@robbarbour3173 You say that, but the alternative is to let them run loose and assault other students/staff. When that happens, then you people will all be crying "Why did you let special needs Declan run around freely and stab poor Timmy in the eye with a pencil?". Seriously, what is the other solution, other than sending them home and removing them from normal schools? Also you should learn the definition of hypocrisy.

[@amoryerenhouse5535]

My parents took my older brother to our community center when he was 3 for daycare. They picked him up and they were told he was placed in a room alone for 2 hours because he started crying hysterically, all they knew was that something scared him. They refused to tell my parents what led up to it or anything

[@Virgo322]

I just filled a CPS case against my autistic childs school. My son's were chipped and they suspended him the next day when I asked for an emergency Ard. My son has never been violent and now attacks me and runs away. I am so hurt. I worked so hard to make sure he wasn't violent😢😢😢😢😢

[@Hans-sg5rg]

What does "chipped" mean?

[@kelliott7864]

Try to write in comprehensible language please.

[@bioshawna]

I'm very sorry 😢 what do you mean by chipped?

[@laurenb6837]

Teeth?

[@jmtradbr]

if you want a headache, work with children

[@gabethedinosaur95]

I live in Santa Barbara California. And I have special needs to . When I was in school I had trouble with my disability to . But when I went to a different school in Santa Barbara hope school I had a teacher and an aid who helped me become a better person. They never put me in those things either . During my junior high years to high school years ive seen some special needs student face some hard times . But as they got older they became a better person by controlling their emotions. I hope school staff does better training for special needs students. And parents I’m on your side .

[@AlohaLowah]

This is absolutely appalling

[@hacatan24]

Krazy how they do this to special needs children but regular kids fighting in school and punching teachers don't get treated like that.....

[@caylaosawamick2683]

This

[@megwaters252]

Exactly!

[@_Jimenez57]

Child abuse or teen abuse needs to stop by those sick a** people

[@mainecoonmomma9494]

What else do people expect them to do. They can’t put them in a room with stuff all around. I don’t agree with holding them down but put them in the room by themselves and have someone outside the door to keep an eye on the child. I think that a lot of teachers just don’t know what to do anymore.

[@Marcydalmatian]

There's better ways to deal with or even prevent meltdowns. Ever heard of a sensory room?

[@hagarbaby]

This will even worsen the situation of those kids. Those kids just need someone who will understand them.

[@thealextrifier]

Thank you IE for finally exposing this. This has been a problem since the beginning of time. 😢

[@toogie6267]

Ya, it's called bad parents.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I think the kids that have behavioral problems like that should probably just be taught at home by their parents. That way the parents would be in charge of their education and discipline.

[@thealextrifier]

@@jenniferhansen3622 implying that no parents have ever restrained or secluded their kids? Just because it’s family doesn’t mean it’s ok to do that, let alone to a child

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@thealextrifier I never said anything about that. I just said they should be home schooled for their safety and everyone else's. Don't parents know how to handle their own children properly? I would hope so. Nobody knows the child better than the parents, so it seems like they would be the best people to teach them if their behavior is a problem.

[@thealextrifier]

@@jenniferhansen3622 that’s why I asked. Some of them don’t. Nobody knows the children better than the children themselves. You’d be surprised.

[@winstonchieng367]

The school should call the guardians to immeadiately take over the care of the problematic kid. That will put the burden back to the guardians. All the blames on others will not help a kid who needs special help.

[@Shellyshocked]

The government should stop making it so hard to home school your own children. They should stop taking the taxes for education from the parents who want to home school their children. The government is the one who stepped in and made the laws saying every child needs to have a formal education, and if parents can't do it the way the government requires, then they must attend school. If you fail to do so, you will find yourself in front of a judge and possibly end up in prison. Back in the old days, children and adults with disabilities were tossed into asylums and hidden from the general public. Or even worse, mothers were told to let their babies expire if they were born with disabilities. Should we go back to those days? Now we have more homeless people, more mentally ill people in jails, thanks to the government shutting down all the asylums and kicking the mentally handicap out on the streets. They should have fixed the problem not made it worse. What the hell am I paying taxes for it seems like nothing is getting fixed, but hey, at least my taxes helped buy another vacation home for some wealthy politician somewhere.

[@normsportillo]

STAY HOME

[@Familyarguments]

This happened to me in school , I tell you half these people don’t know how it feel unless it happens to them

[@Marcydalmatian]

That's horrible. If this was being done to non disabled kids or animals, it'd be considered cruelty.

[@dixoncider5046]

This is disgusting. Those adults should be ashamed and convicted

[@Mike__B]

I will say there has been a pretty dramatic rise in children with "special needs" that simply did not exist 30 hell 20 years ago, but putting a little child in an arm bar or arm lock seems a bit much, but it's hard to put too much blame since parents basically say "he's your problem between 8am and 3pm" (and sometimes even later.

[@Shellyshocked]

Yes, there was they were just hidden better. Kids like this were thrown in asylums or purposely neglected to death. Doctors would urge parents who gave birth to children with disabilities to let the child die, and if the child survived, they'd be locked away. Out of sight out of mind. All the mental asylums across the US were closed because people started complaining about the abhorrent conditions the children and adults with disabilities were living in. Now, the government just let's them be homeless. The government didn't fix the issue they just caused a new one.

[@Shellyshocked]

Yes, there was it was just hidden better. Out of sight out of mind. Back in the old days, parents who gave birth to children with disabilities were told to put the child in an asylum. Or even worse, let the child expire. The US had a ton of asylums for disabled people. The government shut them down because people started complaining about the horrible conditions. Now there's no place for them to go so they end up on the streets. The government didn't fix the problem, and they've also made it harder for parents who have children with disabilities. Even if you want to home school, the government has so many restrictions and requirements to do, so it's almost impossible. Plus, parents pay taxes towards education, so they have a right to the same care as any other child. Maybe the government should give at least one parent a stipend to stay at home with the disabled child. Instead of giving it to someone else to care for the child. I guess there's no right answer.

[@Shellyshocked]

I posted this same comment above too. So many people saying this wasn't a problem 30 years ago obviously know nothing about asylums for the mentally handicap. I love how quickly people forget about the days when we hid people with disabilities from the general public and treated them worse than animals.

[@urgedviper81isback47]

I have special needs and this breaks my heart. All these people that go too far on children in the educational system all for something so trivial should be fired immediately. This is just not acceptable. We should do better. 🤦‍♂️

[@jessicamontaperto810]

I have witnessed abuse myself in the school system years ago. & I went through it myself ). Not locked up in rooms thou. What I went through was mental emoital, verbal abuse, one special ed teacher yelled at me & the 29 kids scared the daylights out to a point I was picking at my gums). Freezing up even I was mainstreamed out I still froze out). Last very good aide left that was it). One side fired. Then last one abusive.

[@JenniferRubyHan]

The truth is that BOTH restraints and seclusion rooms like these have traumatized me for the rest of my life. In other words, both restraints and seclusion rooms should be permanently BANNED from America forever! I don't want to see these disturbing scenes like these again.

[@Marcydalmatian]

That's terrible. Nobody should go through that. I'm disabled myself and ended up being home schooled because I got bullied but I still have mental scars from it.

[@JenniferRubyHan]

@@Marcydalmatian I'm sorry to hear the most disturbing side of your story.

[@Marcydalmatian]

@@JenniferRubyHan Thanks for the kind words. I'm not the only one. It happens to a lot of autistic women that were undiagnosed for years. Talking about it does help though. But I agree restraint and seclusion should be banned. There's a reason why people have been trying to get the Judge Rotenberg center in Massachusetts to shutdown. They haven't been kind to autistic and other disabled residents at their facility either. This is 2023, not 1923!

[@toaster4693]

Is it the schools job to raise and discipline the children too? Or just educate them? How can you expect the schools to do everything?

[@MiltonG413]

I blame the parents tho if u know ur kid acts like that then home school dont put ur bad ass kid as someone elses responsibility

[@jenniferhansen3622]

For everyone's safety, including the child, that's the best choice.

[@laurab9518]

This is worse than high security adult offenders sometimes get. It’s disgusting and shame on America

[@JonSanders]

I’m glad the comment section is sane. No one in the video is giving better solutions.

[@kimberlyk3928]

Call the parents to come and pick him up.

[@Benthetrainkid]

These methods need to be banned nationwide

[@drawingwithmaisy]

I was stabbed with a pencil by a boy who had autism. He would use his diagnosis as an excuse to bully people and when the teacher finally put him in one of those seclusion rooms, his parents sued the school. Never mind I had to go to ER for 4 stitches in my hand.

[@robocop728]

The room should be patted and a certified medical doctor on the premises.

[@cesarsalgadosalgado2199]

Couldn't you give a tranquilizer to a student if hes super aggressive and violent if the parents authorize and accept for a tranquilizer because thats the only option therapy and counseling isnt fkn working at all

[@Dee-ny6uo]

In New York it is illegal to restrain face down as seen in this video.

[@jonathansabinvarietyfilms]

I love the mother's detailed alternative plan for safely restraining a spitting, violent, growing child that can't be effectively communicated with... or maybe I missed that part?

[@MurseBrandon]

Kids with these types of disabilities should not be in the public school system. I had an IEP for my ADHD when I was a kid in the 90s and early 00s and partook in Special Education courses, and behavior like this was very very few and far between. Now it's an everyday thing. We need to invest in alternative schooling and have staff that wants to work with these kids. You can't pay me enough to be a Public School teacher nowadays.

[@n1ko856]

Yeah some schools take it too far, but these students shouldn’t be on the premises anyway. My school has a Stunden know for hurting and doing inappropriate actions against others, and always will the principle make up an excuse.

[@Marcydalmatian]

If the students were properly accommodated, many meltdowns CAN be prevented. It's not that hard or costly to make a classroom accessible for disabled students. So many schools violate the rights for autistic and other disabled people to receive an education. The same applies to discrimination for jobs.

[@kimberlycornelius7911]

Send them home and give online classes only

[@MTTT19]

I remember when I was a kid and when I was in the fourth grade there was a student who clearly had behavioural problems and would constantly be disruptive and obnoxious. I have to admit that back then I wanted him to be restrained and locked in a small room. But looking at these now, wow! It’s rather heartbreaking.

[@GeicoMedia]

I’ve been in one of those before, and it’s horrifying 😢😭 it was when I got in trouble for no apparent reason at all and I had to stay in a secluded area in the school office, and it’s SO DISGUSTING 😡🤬

[@Dante-eh2nx]

I’ve been in one of those it’s awful and left me with permanent trauma

[@javiruiz8365]

Good

[@s4dHD]

@@javiruiz8365 damn bro ur so edgy and cool

[@javiruiz8365]

@@s4dHD obviously

[@KnotZMilky]

I'm Autistic myself and they had a room like this in the last school I was in

[@matthewheeke4377]

My autistic son went to a school in Kenton County Kentucky. They actually had padded rooms. The principal told us because we specifically asked after watching a news report about schools having them. They claim he was never put in one. We only allowed him to attend preschool there. After we moved, we enrolled him in an Indiana school for first grade. We asked about padded rooms there, and the principal laughed because she did not know that actually existed. His new principal was shocked and realized why we requested a meeting and a tour before he even attended one day of class there. His new teachers openly and honestly reported any behavior problems with him. We were lucky because Autism Speaks gave him an IPad for school use so he could openly communicate. He learned to talk shortly after that and all behavior issues from frustration of not being able to communicate ended.

[@dr.j1416]

Well, if a child starts to hit, kick, spit or bite, then desperate calls for desperate measures. It’s better to be restrained and put in an empty room until the child decides to calm down, or be put in a jail cell. Special needs or not, these kids need to learn one way or another that he/she can’t assault themselves or others.

[@audreyquito1295]

My Daughter was put into one of these in 2nd grade 2ND for breaking a pencil, I took her out of that school, She had Bruises, Blood Marks, And was Scared, This makes me sick.

[@edgychico9311]

My Asian parents says this was absolutely normal and I was shocked when they said that this is completely normal even tho it looked harsh and cruel.

[@dezmonavant4518]

I had to be restrained a few times when I was younger but nothing like this. The teachers that did it to me did what you're supposed to. She was trained on how to specifically do that. I think it's important for some teachers to be trained because as someone who struggled controlling their emotions I know what they had to deal with everyday for years

[@imstupid4769]

who handles children like this-

[@Bobsburgers123]

2:18 ni hate the two teachers where fired. It’s not there fault for what happened in the room. They just fire them to get someone in trouble and make the school sound better WHEN ITS THE SCHOOLS FAULT.

[@hannahallen3622]

Makes the time out corner look nice, doesn't it? Bring it back.

[@Marcydalmatian]

I don't think it really went away. Restraint has been going on for years, it's nothing new.

[@DR1FT3R742]

Can’t believe this is legal

[@kevonwinters]

Would one of the students come back to that school with a firearm motivated by revenge?

[@Giddings231]

Yeah america is taking it too far

[@davidpugh8772]

I would've got my butt busted if I ever acted like any of these kids I knew the consequences