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Smith, Carl R. – 1980
The author discusses the legal and administrative concerns, best professional practices concerns, and political concerns related to the use of physical restraint and time out procedures with seriously behaviorally disordered children. Among the points made are that the courts may consider such approaches to be cruel and unusual; that direct…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Barton, Lyle E.; And Others – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
Litigation and the issues surrounding the use of behavioral procedures to handicapped persons are reviewed. Attention is directed to the use of aversive techniques, e.g., corporal punishment, electric shock, timeout, and restraint. (SEW)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Konarski, Edward A., Jr. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
In response to James Mulick (EC 232 032), this paper agrees with the need for careful use of aversive techniques to treat severe behavior disorders of persons who are mentally retarded but justifies such use on moral, legal, ethical, and practical bases as well as scientific ones. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Sciences, Ethics
