House Education Committee Hearing: Witnesses Announced

Examining the Abusive and Deadly Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Schools Full Committee Hearing

10:00 AM, May 19, 2009

2175 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, DC

On Tuesday, May 19, the House Committee on Education and Labor will hold a hearing to examine abusive and deadly uses of seclusion and restraint in U.S. schools.

Witnesses:

Ann Gaydos
Mother of a victim
Monument, Colorado

Elizabeth Hanselman
Assistant Superintendant for Special Education and Support Services
Springfield, Illinois

Mary V. Kealy, EdD
Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Services
Loudoun County Public Schools
Virginia

Greg Kutz
Managing Director
Forensic Audits and Special Investigations
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Washington, D.C.

Reece L. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor of Special Education
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska

Toni Price
Mother of a victim who died
Killeen, Texas

The live webcast (10 am EDT) will be here – http://edwork.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/edwork/16137/300_edwork-2175stream_070124.asx

And the hearing page will have the written testimony as it is given – http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/05/examining-the-abusive-and-dead.shtml