2017-2018 School Year

The Seclusion and Restraint Review Committee is comprised of educators, parents and community members.  This committee has been selected to review progress towards implementation of the action plan developed based on the previous Task Team's findings and recommendations presented to the School Board on June 13th, 2017.  This committee will meet at least four times throughout the 2017-2018 school year.   

The following are the agendas, materials and minutes from the Seclusion Room and Restraint Review Committee meetings;
October 23rd Presentation
October 23rd Notes

Chapter 103, Administrative Rules on Seclusion and Restraint

2016-2017
The Timeout Room Task Team was a group of educators, parents and community members selected to review policies and procedures related to the use of timeout in the Iowa City Community School District.
The directive from the school board was to answer the following questions;

• What does the time-out space look like? Make recommendations regarding physical space; construction, physical space, materials.
• How are these rooms used? Be able to inform the community regarding: what is the continuum, what does this look like?

Resources
The following are the agendas, materials and minutes from the task team meetings;
February 6th Agenda
Chapter 103
Dear Colleague Letter on Restraint & Seclusion
Timeout Room Location, Dimensions and Materials

February 20th Agenda
February 20th Meeting Notes

March 6th Agenda
March 6th CPI Presentation
March 6th Materials
March 6th Notes

March 27th Presentation
March 27th Hanover Research Report
March 27th Notes

April 17th Presentation PBIS
April 17th Presentation Culturally Proficient Classroom
April 17th Notes
April 17th Questions

Trauma Informed Care information
Research on Sensory Integration
FBA Interventions Evidenced Based
Challenging Behavior Service: Evaluating Student Outcomes

May 8th Presentation
May 8th Handout
May 8th Sample FBA and BIP
May 8th Notes 

May 22nd Presentation

Presentation of recommendations to the Iowa City Community School Board on June 13th, 2017