Seclusion and Restraint

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Mr. Tate is a chemistry teacher. One of his students, Joey, threatens to throw acid on another student. Mr. Tate grabs Joey and pushes him to the ground, where he holds him until school security can arrive. This is an example of:

• Mechanical restraint

• Chemical restraint

• Physical restraint

• Unsupervised seclusion

Andrew is an autistic kindergartener. He sometimes throws tantrums at school and is inconsolable. His teacher, Ms. Sanders, takes Andrew to one of the schools calm down rooms where Andrew is placed alone. A teacher's aid holds the door closed from the outside until Andrew calms down, at which time Andre can come out. This is an example of:

• Mechanical restraint

• Chemical restraint

• Physical restraint

• Unsupervised seclusion

Two students get into a fist fight in the high school cafeteria. When school security is unable to restrain the students in order to deseculate the situation, a school resource officer uses hand cuffs to incapacitate the students. This is an example of:

• Mechanical restraint

• Chemical restraint

• Physical restraint

• Unsupervised Seclusion

If a student becomes violent and the teacher responds by hitting and kicking the student this is an example of a:

• Self defense

• Aversive Procedures

• Physical Restraint