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Ohio ACEs Action (OH)

The purpose of this group is to connect people and organizations in Ohio who are working to address issues related to trauma and ACEs

Reply to "Restraint and Seclusion in schools"

Thanks to Helena, Disability Rights Ohio and other advocates, a successful lawsuit is helping to address the problem of using seclusion and restraint in educational settings in Ohio. Another lawsuit seeks to address the common use of seclusion and restraint in Department of Youth Services institutions. Unfortunately, these efforts are isolated and fail to address the problem comprehensively across systems.

The use of seclusion and restraint in children's residential treatment programs in Ohio goes largely unmonitored and unregulated. The death of Kenneth Barkley was a direct result of a physical restraint and was recently ruled a homicide by the Cleveland Medical Examiner. This prompted Disability Rights Ohio to issue another Call to Action last week to eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint in all children's programs. Please see the blog post about this today on ACEsConnection. 

The Disability Rights Ohio Call to Action can be viewed here: Disability Rights Ohio: Call to Action

A toolkit for advocates seeking to eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint in Ohio can be found here:Hope for Faith: Advocacy Toolkit

Please do what you can to raise your voice and prevent future trauma and death of children by advocating with our state leadership to make the necessary reforms.

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