Bill to promote Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and regulate use of Seclusion and restraint
One message that Kari Dunn Buron taught at our fall conference was this:
When students can’t read - we TEACH
When students can’t do math - we TEACH
When students can’t get along with others - we PUNISH
When students are lacking in any skills, we need to support and teach, not punish.
Rep. Sandy Pasch has begun circulating a bill that would regulate the use of seclusion and restraint in Wisconsin’s schools, and promote the use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). If you agree, please consider asking your representative to co-sponsor the PBIS Seclusion and Restraint Bill of 2009 being offered by Rep. Pasch. While there are many steps to getting a bill passed, an important first step is to get as many legislators as possible to co-sponsor the bill. So, if you support this legislation, please contact your legislators to encourage them to co-sponsor the bill.
If, like me, you have a personal story to tell about how your child was secluded and restrained, it is very important to tell those stories, as stories put a face on the problem, and will be the reason why the legislature passes this bill.
If you do not know who your legislators are, or you do not know how to contact them, you can either call the State Legislature’s Hotline: 1-800-362-9472 or click here.
Tags: Asperger, autism, autism education, restraint, school discipline, seclusion and restraint, seculsion, wisconsin department of public instruction