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[quote=Anonymous]I'd like to get opinions from others on this board to figure out if my reaction is out of line on something that happened to my child today. My young elementary school aged child started at a special needs school this year, and the school uses seclusion and restraint - this is new to us coming from a public school that used neither. Today my child used profanity more than once in the classroom, and after being removed from the classroom slapped the arm of the adult who guided them out of the classroom. My child was then put into a hold for ten minutes, and according to the report my child cried throughout the hold. After they were let go, staff observed red marks on my child's arms, and the marks were still visible ten minutes later. They were gone by a second check thirty minutes later.

Here are my questions, for those who have experience with restraint:

Do restraints usually leave a mark? I am horrified by this, especially since the administrator who described what they call restraint as "hugging a child while their arms are crossed over their own body."

How long does a restraint typically last?

Would what happened today be cause for restraint at your child's school/your school if you are a staff member?

Thanks for your help making sense of this. I am angry and emotional right now and I'd like to get some outside input before I speak with school staff. Let me be clear that I do not want my child to hit anyone at school and I don't want them to use bad language, but I also don't want them to be held so hard by school staff that they have marks on their body.[/quote]

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