Free Training: Positive Behavior Supports to Prevent Restraint and Seclusion in Schools

Positive Behavior Supports to Prevent Restraint and Seclusion in Schools

Free training for parents and teachers on practical information that leads to the reduction of the use of restraint and seclusion and/or removal of a student with challenging behavior from the education environment.

1)     Thursday, November 8, 2012

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Disability Empowerment Center,

Nina Mason Pulliam Conference Center

5025 East Washington Street,

Phoenix, AZ 85034

To register online go to: http://ressecphxnov82012.eventbrite.com

To register via phone or email, please contact the Center at (602) 274-6287 (voice/TTY) 1-800-927-2260 (toll free) or e-mail kvanhorne@azdisabilitylaw.org.

2)     Friday, November 9, 2012

9:00 am-4:30 pm

Viscount Suite Hotel, 4855 East Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85711

To register online for this Tucson training, go to Eventbrite: http://ressectucnov92012.eventbrite.com

To register via phone or email, please contact the Center at (602) 274-6287 (voice/TTY) 1-800-927-2260 (toll free) or e-mail kvanhorne@azdisabilitylaw.org.

Presented by the Arizona Center for Disability Law & Institute for Human Development - Northern Arizona University. For more information, visit www.azdisabilitylaw.org, www.nau.edu/ihd and www.azdes.gov/ADDPC/Home.

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Families Against Restraint and Seclusion

Thanks to Families Against Restraint and Seclusion for featuring our story and our efforts.

http://www.familiesagainstrestraintandseclusion.blogspot.com/

Media and resource restraint and seclusion page

http://terrifyingdiscipline.weebly.com/