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Lakeland School reports 13% drop in restraint/seclusion; staff to expand early-intervention meetings
Summary
Lakeland School reported a 13% reduction in restraint and seclusion incidents for the 2023–24 year and said most incidents were concentrated among roughly four students. Staff credited new hires, earlier interventions and training and described plans to convene student-of-concern teams earlier to reduce future incidents.
Steve Zoric, a school psychologist, reported to the Walworth County Children with Disabilities Education Board on June 19 that Lakeland School recorded a 13% decrease in restraint and seclusion incidents in 2023–24 compared with the prior school year. Zoric said the reduction reflects several staffing and procedural changes and that “we're moving in a positive direction due to many things that we put in place.”
Zoric told the board that the district added a school counselor and an…
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