Government to outlaw school seclusion roomsMAARTEN HOLL/FAIRFAX NZ Peter McFarlane, Miramar Central School board of trustees, speaking about their seclusion room. RADIO NEW ZEALAND The Miramar school at the centre of publicity about the use of seclusion rooms welcomes new guidelines banning them. Ngaire Mansfield, who removed her autistic son Baxter from the Miramar school after he was shut in the seclusion room, said she was pleased "something's starting to happen". ROBYN EDIE/FAIRFAX NZ Invercargill parents Callum and Victoria Turnbull, who are upset their son Rovin was kept in a seclusion room at Ruru Specialist School. Miramar Central School board of trustees spokesman Peter McFarlane told RNZ that teachers, including those who put students in seclusion rooms, were supportive of the move.

Source: Stuff November 02, 2016 19:11 UTC