Re: NAA Action Alert - Stop Restraint & Seclusion in Schools

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The emails have been hard to read today...is it my email or is something wrong with the format?

From: Ana Esparza

Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:18 AM

To: sList

Subject: NAA Action Alert - Stop Restraint & Seclusion in Schools

Please take action! Ana ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: National Autism Association To: anaesparza3 Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 8:04:20 AM Subject: NAA Action Alert - Stop Restraint Seclusion in Schools Having trouble viewing this email? Click here > >ACTION ALERT! >LOSING THIS CRITICAL LEGISLATION WILL IMPACT OUR CHILDREN’S HUMAN RIGHTS!! > >WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION FROM AS MANY PARENTS AND FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE! > >PLEASE ASK SENATOR MIKE ENZI TO STAND UP FOR OUR KIDS! >Dear Parents and Friends, > >Laws are in place to protect those in prisons and health facilities from abusive and dangerous restraint and seclusion practices, BUT NO FEDERAL LAWS EXIST TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS! It’s why deaths, injuries and traumatic abuse continue to occur in schools across the country. > >Your URGENT help is needed with S.2860, the Preventing Harmful Restraint Seclusion In Schools Act. > >PLEASE CALL, FAX AND WRITE TO SENATOR MIKE ENZI! > >WHAT WE NEED: > >1.) CALL MIKE ENZI’S OFFICE: > >2). FAX THE LETTER BELOW* TO MIKE ENZI’S OFFICE: > >3) CLICK HERE TO EMAIL THIS LETTER MIKE ENZI’S OFFICE > >IT’S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO DO ALL THREE!! > >WHEN WE NEED IT: TODAY! > >WHY WE NEED IT: Currently NO FEDERAL LAWS EXIST TO PREVENT DANGEROUS RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION IN SCHOOLS. Nineteen States have NO REGULATIONS. Children in special-ed classrooms have been abused and killed due to improper and abusive restraint and seclusion methods. This is a HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE and should not be left up to States alone. > > >*Dear Senator Enzi; > >I believe you care about our children and will gladly stand up for their rights, which is why I’m asking you to please help prevent more deaths and injuries within our public school systems. > >The introduction of S.2860 - the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act - is the first step in ending dangerous, even deadly, restraint and seclusion practices in our nation’s classrooms. > >I’m sure you agree that no child should be smothered, tied with leather straps, handcuffed to desks, duct-taped, locked in closets and bathrooms for hours at a time, beaten, neglected, taunted, chemically and mechanically restrained or killed, as the May 2009 Government Accountability Report on Restraint and Seclusion revealed. Many of these cases involved a nonverbal child. > >This is a HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE and should not be left up to States alone. > >Our state laws can build on this federal legislation’s minimum language, which will provide tools and guidance for States. However, these laws will take time to pass. Our children shouldn’t have to wait for basic protection of their human rights. > >PLEASE COSPONSOR THIS CRITICAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION. IT NEEDS YOUR STRONG SUPPORT! > >If signed into law, S.2860 would: > >• Prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools >• Protect students from physical or mental abuse >• Protect students from aversive behavioral interventions that compromise health and safety, including restraints that restrict airflow >• Prohibit any physical restraint or seclusion imposed solely for purposes of discipline or convenience >• Require parent notification within 24 hours >• Assist States, local educational agencies and schools in the areas of establishing policy; gaining tools, proper training support; collecting and analyzing data; identifying and implementing effective evidence-based models to prevent and reduce physical restraint and seclusion in schools > >It is long overdue legislation that helps ensure the safety of students. Thank you for taking a stand for our children’s safety and human rights! > >Sincerely > >(your name) > >Visit the NAA Autism Action Center now at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103391842312 & s=17970 & e=001nzEZdFPfpblYeXvSf-VnidgoY9k34NjaVizm8JMwailbNwrUG28qWobwtuqOXxVS4tioWfmFKWlBquOI6Vcg7h_rzmtI698azzr2j-yIVByXPEZ90iuvBvSGKIMeiNJ6 > >Think Autism. Think Cure.® Click here to visit our website Forward email This email was sent to anaesparza3 by naanationalautism (DOT) org. Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by National Autism Association | 1330 W. Schatz Lane | Nixa | MO | 65714