Seclusion and Restraint
Parents told Inclusion Ireland that their children had been restrained and secluded in Irish schools. A discussion document, ‘Shining a Light on Seclusion and Restraint in Schools in Ireland’, was produced in 2018 to share the stories of fourteen children with a disability, some as young as five years old. Inclusion Ireland and parents of children with a disability called on the Minister for Education and Skills, to act urgently to regulate and reduce the practices of restraining and secluding children with disabilities in our schools. Read our report
The Department of Education and Skills is working on guidelines on the use of physical intervention in the prevention and management of crisis student behaviour in school. Read more.
