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Illinois Governor’s Order Restricts Timeout Rooms in Schools

November 20, 2019

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Original story written by the Associated Press and published in the Washington Post on 11/20/19. Link to original article may be found HERE. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday ordered the state’s public schools to immediately restrict the use of isolation rooms for students who don’t pose a clear safety risk.…

Thoughts on Quiet Rooms

November 20, 2019

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Jennifer Smith Richards, Jody S. Cohen, Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica, ProPublica Illinois, Quiet Rooms, Special Education, Special Needs Students, State Representative Jonathan Carroll, US Department of Education

Friends, I’m writing today to discuss my thoughts on some troubling news that has come to my attention recently. On November 19th, ProPublica Illinois wrote a piece on the use of Quiet Rooms as a behavioral intervention (click here for the article). Quiet Rooms are when children are put into isolation rooms to help him/her…