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Board reviews updated seclusion and restraint guidelines; cameras to be installed in self-contained special-education classrooms
Summary
Special-education staff reviewed updated crisis-intervention and restraint guidance aligned to Louisiana law, said the district does not use seclusion rooms by practice, and announced that sound-and-video cameras will be installed in self-contained special-education classrooms with parental access on request.
Ginger Ruchard, who presented the special-education update, told the board the district adopted updated procedures and training consistent with Louisiana law for crisis intervention, de-escalation, seclusion and physical restraint. She emphasized that seclusion and restraint are only used when a student poses an "imminent risk of harm" and that schools use de-escalation strategies, sensory rooms and…
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