Pac Rim 2008 Info
Protecting Students from Excessive and Improper Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
By Jane Hudson & Ron Hager
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008: 9:00 am – 11:15 am in the Waianae Room, on the topic of Teach to Reach All Learners
Students with autism and other disabilities are being injured—and even killed—when schools use restraint and seclusion, rather than positive behavior supports. Parents, students and advocates are taking a multi-pronged approach to reduce the improper use of restraint and seclusion in schools. This workshop will cover current federal and state legislative efforts and advocacy strategies for reducing the improper use of restraint and seclusion in schools. It will provide strategies and skills for reducing the excessive and improper use of restraint and seclusion in schools including family roles in reducing restraint and seclusion, leadership and organization change and examples of real reduction experiences.
Biographies
Ron Hager provides training and technical assistance to the P&A/CAP network on special education. He has specialized in disability law, particularly special education, since 1979, when he started his legal career in Buffalo as a VISTA attorney. After that, he was a Clinical Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School for nine years, supervising the Education Law Clinic.
Jane Hudson provides technical assistance and training to P&As regarding abuse and neglect and access issues. She has extensive knowledge of the P&A acts, P&A access authority, investigations and seclusion and restraint. She facilitates the P&A Access Authority Workgroup, which meets monthly to discuss current access issues in the P&A network. Jane has a law degree from the University of Toledo, a master’s degree in Counseling and Personnel from Western Michigan University, a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo (Egypt), and a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College in Michigan.
