Seclusion Rooms
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N.B. health networks respond to report on seclusion rooms at psych hospitalVitalité Health Network is responding to a troubling report that included stories of the psychiatric patients being kept in seclusion rooms and in restraints.HealthSep 24, 2025
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Seclusion rooms, restraints used with little documentation in N.B. psych hospitalThe 66-page report is based on a nearly two-year investigation by Marie-France Pelletier, who is an independent officer of the legislature.CanadaSep 23, 2025
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N.B. child and youth advocate raises alarm about use of seclusion rooms in schoolsNew Brunswick’s child and youth advocate says seclusion rooms — small, windowless areas where teachers can place children if they misbehave — should be used only as a last resort.CanadaDec 9, 2024
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Mother of Alberta student locked in seclusion room weighs options after losing appealA woman who filed a lawsuit against Alberta Education after her son was locked in a seclusion room at school says she is "very disheartened" after a legal blow.EducationFeb 6, 2020
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‘I shouldn’t be afraid to send my child to school’: N.B. mother speaks out about seclusion rooms"This has been my worst fear to think that I ever could not trust people that you have to entrust the care of your child to everyday."EducationDec 5, 2019
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New seclusion room guidelines to take effect in Alberta Nov. 1Alberta's United Conservative government has scrapped a ban on isolation rooms for disruptive children in schools that was set to take effect next week.EducationOct 23, 2019
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Edmonton Public seclusion rooms used over 700 times in first month of the school yearAs the Edmonton Public School Board gets set to review its seclusion room policy, a report shows the controversial practice was used 716 times in September alone.EducationOct 7, 2019
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Alberta school boards call on government to reconsider seclusion room banAlberta's largest school boards are urging the education minister to reconsider a ban on seclusion rooms in schools across the province.EducationAug 23, 2019
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Education minister signs order banning seclusion rooms in Alberta schoolsAlberta's education minister says a ban on student seclusion rooms in schools will take effect this fall, but there can be exemptions.EducationMar 1, 2019
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Seclusion rooms to be banned across Alberta: Education ministerAlberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools across the province will be banned starting next school year.EducationFeb 22, 2019
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