Four years after a Georgia boy hung himself in his school’s time-out room, the state is finally drafting guidelines for how such rooms should be used. Though the rooms are intended as a last resort, guidelines exist in just about half the states and researchers say the rooms can be misused, leaving students to suffer the consequences, reports CNN. To read more click here.
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Many of schools right here on Long Island, New York are using what is called the BIR (Behavioral Intervention Room) Room for the purpose of discipline. The children are being affected by the use of these rooms and the BIR Rooms are very rarely used according to the rules set forth in the regulations. I would like to see more accountability to the schools who use the BIR rooms.
Any suggestions?