The 2025-26 Seclusion and restraint report is in.
Presented by Student Services and Transition Coordinator Bridget Brenner, the seclusion and restraint report is an annual reported that details use of seclusion and restraint at Stanley-Boyd.
Seclusion is defined for reporting purposes as "the involuntary confinement of a student, apart from other students, in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving."
Physical restraint is defined in the report as " a restriction that immobilizes or reduced the ability of a student to freely move his/her torso, arms, legs, or head."
Numbers for last year at Stanley-Boyd show two student seclusions, both of students with disabilities, as well as six restraints. Three students were involved in restraint incidents last year at Stanley-Boyd, with two of the involved students having disabilities. The numbers represent an improvement from previously, credited to staff development, building relationships, and working on deescalation before seclusion or restraint are deemed necessary.
The law on seclusion and restraint requires parents to be provided with a copy of the written incident report indicating what made the seclusion or restraint necessary and applies to both students with or without disabilities.
If the student has an Individualized Education Plan or IEP, the IEP team must meet within 10 days of the second time seclusion or restraint is used on a student with a disability in the same school year, reviewing and revising the IEP as necessary to insure that it includes appropriate positive behavioral interventions, supports and other strategies to address the behavior of concern. In addition the supports, interventions, and strategies must be based on a functional behavioral assessment of that behavior.