Re: Re: does anyone have any suggestions on where to fi...

April 19, 2009

You should google Isabel Loeffler, I did a big report on her for school

tonight. Isabel was put in the timeout room at least 100 times between

September and December 2005 in Waukee. Her parents watched one of the tapes in

which Isabel was in the time out room for 3 hours. She went ballistic and wet

herself. After watching the video Mrs. Loeffler became physically ill. They

sued and won. Isabel is now living in California.

In a message dated 4/19/2009 4:39:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

lulusmom98@... writes:

These chairs and ones similar to them are supposed to be used for kids with

physical difficulties, not for restraint. I can't believe that schools are

using them for that purpose, but I am learning that more stuff goes on

than I think. I think using the chair as a restraining device would be

considered " aversive " which is a big word going around schools right now. There

is

legislation that specifically sates that aversive techniques can not be

used on children. Some things they consider " aversive " are not that terrible,

but restraint is a big no-no. It is only supposed to be used as a last

resort when the child is a danger to themselves or others. I would not want to

strap a child in a chair " to help them focus " . That's not what they were

made for. Think how frustrating it would be to be strapped in a chair when

your body is telling you to move. That is bad. The child will not focus more

being strapped in, they might even focus less. However, a nice sturdy

chair without a strap might help them sit better and focus better as long as

they could get up if they wanted to. If you look on the website for the

rifton chairs, the children pictured have physical disabilities that prevent

them form being able to sit without support for certain lengths of time. That

is the true intent of these chairs. The chairs are not the problem, it's

the people using them incorrectly.

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