TIME-OUT AND SECLUSION LITIGATION: A LIABILITY NIGHTMARE?

The article offers information on the federal and state congressional efforts to enact legislation for restricting seclusion, regulating time-out and restraint of children with disabilities in the U.S. schools. It focuses on the adoption of stricter reporting and parental notification statutes and regulations by the U.S. schools. It discusses the mass-media reports of the K-12 schools subjecting children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).