“…General concern exists that, although the use of seclusion is restrictive and a potential for abuse exists, it is being used regularly in schools (CCBD, 2009;Ryan, Peterson, Tetreault., et al 2007;Ryan, Sanders, Katsiyannis, & Yell, 2007;Westling, Trader, Smith, & Marshall., 2010). Seclusion comes with a litany of trepidations including decreased learning opportunities (CCBD, 2009;Gast & Nelson, 1977) , reinforcing the behavior it is supposed to eliminate (Ferleger, 2008), causing physical harm to children (CCBD) , causing psychological harm (Ferleger, 2008;Finke, 2001, & Westling, et al, 2010, IDEA violations (Ryan, Peterson, & Rozalski;Jones & Feder, 2009;Wolf, McLaughlin, & Williams, 2006) and death (GAO, 2009;Goodmark, 2009).…”