A special education advisory committee wants Beach Schools to stop a controversial practice typically used on children with special needs
By John-Henry Doucette
The Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO
Virgnia Beach – Following allegations about the mistreatment of an 11-year-old autistic student, a special education advisory panel is recommending Virginia Beach public schools ban the controversial practice of seclusion.
The Virginia Beach Special Education Advisory Committee, which includes parents of children with special needs, is scheduled to formally request the change during a June 24 school board meeting.
“We do make recommendations, but none as consequential as this one, none as big as this one,” Meghan Ashburn, the committee chairperson, told VCIJ at WHRO, “and none that has the potential to make such a big impact as this one.”…