Restraints

Do you know a child who has been forcibly restrained or secluded at school? Help us investigate by sharing your story.

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Florida Cracks Down on Troubled For-profit Facility for the Disabled

by Heather Vogell

June 24, 2016, 10:15 am EDT

23 stories published since 2014

Maryland Sues Notorious For-Profit Group Homes. The Company Was the Subject of ProPublica Investigation.

by Heather Vogell

July 12, 2019, 3:40 pm EDT
Florida Moves to Shut Down For-Profit Residence After Finding Horrific Abuse and Neglect

by Heather Vogell

April 19, 2018, 10:37 am EDT
Bellwether Behavioral Health Is Controversial Group Home Operator AdvoServ — With a New Name

by Heather Vogell

March 28, 2017, 8:00 am EDT
Camera Catches Shoving Match with Group Home Worker Before Teenager’s Heart Stopped

by Heather Vogell

November 2, 2016, 8:00 am EDT
Maryland’s Move to Pull Children From Group Homes Came Too Late for Teenager Who Died

by Heather Vogell

October 13, 2016, 12:59 pm EDT
Teenage Girl Dies After Incident at For-profit Group Home

by Heather Vogell

September 20, 2016, 3:56 pm EDT
FDA to Massachusetts Group Home: Stop Shocking Disabled Residents

by Heather Vogell

April 26, 2016, 2:15 pm EDT
Florida Lawmakers Look to Roll Back Favored Status For For-Profit Group Home

by Heather Vogell

February 17, 2016, 12:52 pm EST
Kids Get Hurt at Residential Schools While States Look On

by Annie Waldman

December 15, 2015, 5:07 pm EST
What Happened to Adam

by Heather Vogell

December 11, 2015, 11:55 am EST
Restraints

Heather Vogell

December 11, 2015, 11:55 am EST
Unrestrained

Heather Vogell

December 10, 2015, 1:02 pm EST
Washington Legislature Moves to Limit Schools Pinning Down and Isolating Kids

by Annie Waldman

March 10, 2015, 11:31 am EDT
New York City Lays Out Limits on Restraints And Suspensions

by Annie Waldman

February 25, 2015, 9:00 am EST
Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain ‘Staggering’ Number of Kids

by Annie Waldman

February 12, 2015, 12:20 pm EST
Virginia Passes Bill to Rein in Restraints of School Kids

by Heather Vogell

February 10, 2015, 1:38 pm EST
Massachusetts Tightens Rules on Restraining, Secluding Students

by Heather Vogell

January 8, 2015, 5:45 pm EST
New York City Sends $30 Million a Year to School With History of Giving Kids Electric Shocks

by Heather Vogell and Annie Waldman

December 23, 2014, 10:00 am EST
Los Angeles and New York Pin Down School Kids and Then Say It Never Happened

by Annie Waldman

December 2, 2014, 11:18 am EST
Federal Investigators Crack Down on Two Virginia Schools’ Use of Restraints

by Heather Vogell

August 11, 2014, 11:06 am EDT
Meet the Groups Fighting Against Limits on Restraining School Kids

by Heather Vogell

June 25, 2014, 10:45 am EDT
Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids Are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will

by Heather Vogell

June 19, 2014, 5:00 am EDT