{"id":6553,"date":"2019-03-13T12:28:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T16:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grafton.local\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:18:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T20:18:37","slug":"children-are-routinely-isolated-in-some-fairfax-county-schools-the-district-didnt-report-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grafton.org\/children-are-routinely-isolated-in-some-fairfax-county-schools-the-district-didnt-report-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Grafton executive speaks to WAMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*This report originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/19\/03\/13\/children-are-routinely-isolated-in-some-fairfax-county-schools-the-district-didnt-report-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAMU.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Experts and school leaders say there are other options for managing difficult behavior in school.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-content story-blowout\">\n<div class=\"content story-container\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p>Grafton is a Virginia-based nonprofit behavioral healthcare facility that manages private schools for individuals with behavioral challenges. Kim Sanders has worked there for 30 years. Grafton\u2019s policy on the use of seclusion and restraint has changed dramatically over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur toolbox was full of restraint and seclusion. That was sort of the go-to technique that we used,\u201d Sanders explains. She says that in 2003, the school served about 220 children and adults. But Grafton had more than 6,600 uses of restraint and about 1,500 instances of seclusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pullquote pull-right\">\u201cWe were so busy managing behavioral issues that our teachers or direct care staff, they really didn\u2019t have the opportunity or the time to teach.\u201dSanders says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat affected our staff turnover negatively, we had lots of staff injuries, and of course that equates to not the very best quality of care,\u201d Sanders says. \u201cWe were so busy managing behavioral issues that our teachers or direct care staff; they really didn\u2019t have the opportunity or the time to teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then in December 2004, a 13-year-old autistic student died while restrained in their care. Sanders says they were already looking to change their policies before the death, but the need to change gained a sense of urgency following the death.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the school uses an internally-designed and trauma-informed care approach that doesn\u2019t involve seclusion or restraint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole idea is when someone is at their worst, we need to be at our best,\u201d Sanders says.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers are coached to empathize with students and think about what someone would need if they were having a bad day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people would say [they need] space, someone to be kind to me, maybe to read a book\u2026go for a walk,\u201d says Sanders. \u201cNo one is going to say, \u2018Well actually, I need someone to hold me against my will or lock me in a room by myself.\u2019 That\u2019s not what any of us would want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grafton\u2019s method also requires teachers to learn about students\u2019 patterns of behavior and learning styles to help individualize their approaches to education.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders says in the last five years, the school has eliminated the use of seclusion and decreased the used of restraint by 99.8 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/19\/03\/13\/children-are-routinely-isolated-in-some-fairfax-county-schools-the-district-didnt-report-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button-more-container\">\n<div id=\"disqus_thread\" class=\"disqus-thread expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"post-author\">\n<div class=\"post-author-avatar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*This report originally appeared on WAMU. Experts and school leaders say there are other options for managing difficult behavior in school. Grafton is a Virginia-based nonprofit behavioral healthcare facility that manages private schools for individuals with behavioral challenges. Kim Sanders has worked there for 30 years. Grafton\u2019s policy on the use of seclusion and restraint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7099,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[219,332,334,333,130,151],"class_list":["post-6553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-news-articles","tag-autism","tag-public-education","tag-restraint","tag-seclusion","tag-special-education","tag-trauma-informed-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grafton executive speaks to WAMU - Grafton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grafton.org\/children-are-routinely-isolated-in-some-fairfax-county-schools-the-district-didnt-report-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grafton executive speaks to WAMU - Grafton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"*This report originally appeared on WAMU. 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