FEDERAL SAMPLE LETTER (if your child has been abused, please tell them your story)

Dear Education and Labor Committee Member;

As a constituent and parent of a special needs child, I am shocked to learn that 19 of our state governments have no regulations in place to protect my disabled child from harmful restraint and seclusion practices, and the rest of our states have loose guidelines at best.

According to a May 2009 GAO report on restraint and seclusion, not only do states have little to no laws regulating these practices in our schools, a growing number of disabled children across the country are being suffocated, assaulted, neglected, and physically and emotionally abused.

As a representative of my child’s rights, I ask you to do the following:

• Prohibit dangerous and harmful restraint and seclusion practices in public and private schools
• Allocate adequate funding for grant programs that provide training and technical assistance of school professionals on reducing and eliminating the use of restraint, seclusion, and aversive interventions
• Adopt the use of positive behavioral interventions and de-escalation methods
• Enforce oversight/monitoring in special ed classrooms and buses, and an adequate reporting system
• Enforce stiffer penalties for first-time offenders within the school system

Our children are in urgent need of federal legislation that guides states towards protecting our disabled children in schools. Regulations are long overdue. The time for them is now. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
(your name)

STATE SAMPLE LETTER (if your child has been abused, please tell them your story)

Dear Representative;

As a constituent and parent of a special needs child, I am shocked to learn that our state government has no laws in place to protect my disabled child from harmful restraint and seclusion practices.

According to a May 2009 GAO report on restraint and seclusion, not only do states have little to no laws regulating these practices in our schools, a growing number of disabled children across the country are being suffocated, assaulted, neglected, and physically and emotionally abused.

As a representative of my child’s rights, I ask you to do the following:

• Prohibit dangerous and harmful restraint and seclusion practices in public and private schools
• Allocate adequate funding for grant programs that provide training and technical assistance of school professionals on reducing and eliminating the use of restraint, seclusion, and aversive interventions
• Adopt the use of positive behavioral interventions and de-escalation methods
• Enforce oversight/monitoring in special ed classrooms and buses, and an adequate reporting system
• Enforce stiffer penalties for first-time offenders within the school system

Regulations in this state are long overdue. The time for them is now.  I look forward to hearing how you plan to take action.

Sincerely,
(your name)
 

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Democrats
Chairman George Miller   

California  

PH: 202 225 2095: fax: 202-225-5609

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Dale E. Kildee   Michigan    

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Donald Payne NJ     

P: 202 225 3436

Fax:  (202) 225-4160

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Robert E. Andrews   NJ  

P: 202  225 6501

NO FAX
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Robert C. Scott  VIRGINIA  

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Lynn Woolsey  CALIFORNIA  

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Ruben Hinosa  TEXAS  

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Carolyn McCarthy  NEW YORK

P: 202 225 5516

NO FAX

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John F. Tierney   MASSACHUSETTS  

P: 202 225 8020

Fax: (202) 225-5915

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Dennis J. Kucinich OHIO
P: 202 225 5871

Fax (202)225-5745

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David Wu  OREGON  

P: 202 225 0855

Fax: (202) 225-9497

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Rush Holt  NEW JERSEY  

P: 202 225 5801

202-225-6025 (fax)

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Susan A. Davis  CALIFORNIA    

P: 202 225 2040

Fax: (202) 225-2948

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Raul M. Grijalva  Arizona  

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Fax (202) 225-1541

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Timoth H. Bishop New York  

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Joe Sestak  Pennsyslvania  

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Dave Lebsack  Iowa   

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Mazie Hirona  Hawaii  

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Jason Altmire  Pennsylvania  

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Phil Hare  Illinois  

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Yvette Clarke  New York  

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Fax: (202) 226-0112

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Joe Courtney Connecticut  

P: 202 255 2076

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Carol Shea Porter New Hampshire  

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Marcia Fudge  Ohio  

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Fax: (202) 225-1339

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Jared Polis  Colorado

P: 202 255 2161

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Paul Tonko New York  

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Pedro Pierluisi  Puerto Rico  

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Gregoria Kilili Camach Sablan  Northern Marian Islands  

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Dina Titus  Nevada  

P: 202 225 3252

Fax: (202) 225-2185

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Republicans
Thomas E. Petri Wisconsin   

P: 202 225 2476

Fax: 202-225-2356

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Peter Hoekstra  Michigan  

P: 202 225 4401

Fax: (202) 226-0779

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Michael Castle Delaware  

P:202 225 4165

f: 202.225.2291

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Mark E Souder Indiana  

P: 202 225 4436

Fax: (202) 225-3479

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Vernon J. Ehlers Michigan  

P: 202 225 3831

fax (202) 225-5144

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Judy Biggert Illinois  

P: 202 225 3515

Fax: 202-225-9420

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Todd Russell Platts Pennsylvania  

P: 202 225 5836

Fax: (202) 226-1000

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Joe Wilson  South Carolina

P: 202 225  2452

Fax: (202) 225-2455

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John Kline Minnesota  

P: 202 225 2271

Fax: (202) 225-2595

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Cathy McMorris Rodgers Washington  

P: 202 225 2006

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Tom Price  Georgia   

P: 202 225  4501

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Rob Bishop Utah  

P: 202 225 0453

fax: 202-225-5857

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Brett Guthrie Kentucky

P: 202 225  3501

Fax: (202) 226-2019

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Bill Cassidy Louisiana  

P: 202 225 3901

Fax: (202) 225-7313

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Tom McClintonck California   

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Duncan Hunter  California  

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Fax: (202) 225-0235

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Phil Roe  Tennessee   

P: 202 225 6356

Fax: (202) 225-5714

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Glenn GT Thompson Pennsylvania  

P: 202 225 5796

Fax: (202) 225-5796

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Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Ranking Member  California
(202) 225-1956

fax: (202) 226-0683

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