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School systems across Canada stress inclusive classrooms, but many parents of children with disabilities report nightmare experiences consisting of long wait times for the assessments, services and supports their children need, often with taxing and heartbreaking results. The way our systems have developed often seems to mean the positive relationships that are key to children’s development are marginalized in the larger shuffle.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Nadine Bartlett and Taylor Ellis of University of Manitoba share disturbing findings from a survey they conducted of parents of children with disabilities in Manitoba. Their research documented the shocking use of physical restraint and seclusion spaces of children with disabilities in schools.
In Manitoba, they write, “there are no provincial educational policies to regulate the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools. There are also no accountability structures to track their use. The absence of regulation has contributed to the misuse of these practices and students with disabilities are most at risk.”
The reported experiences “contravene … the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which provide protections from cruel and inhumane treatment.” Change is urgently needed.
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A recent Manitoba study documented the shocking use of restraints and seclusion of children with disabilities in schools.
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Nadine Bartlett, University of Manitoba; Taylor Ellis, University of Manitoba
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