ERIC Number: ED300961
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Jul-5
Pages: 64
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Human Rights Review Manual: Behavioral Treatment and Review System.
Irvin, Larry K.; Singer, George S.
Human rights review is a process by which agencies assure that an intrusive behavioral program is appropriate in a given case. Methods are described for local education agencies to accomplish human rights review of proposed and ongoing intrusive behavioral treatment with students who have severe behavior problems. One approach to human rights review is to utilize the existing Individual Education Plan (IEP) process as much as possible, as the IEP is already in place in special education settings and some of its components address human rights concerns. It is recommended that education agencies develop a Human Rights Committee to ensure due process and to safeguard the rights of students and educators. IEP teams and Human Rights Committees should use the least restrictive alternative as a guiding principle and should distinguish between intrusiveness and restrictiveness. The "Human Rights Review Case Presentation Form," which should be completed for documentation of each case review, contains 21 questions covering nature and occurrence of the problem behavior, treatments that have been tried, justification of the proposed treatment, implementation of the proposed treatment, etc. Model procedures are outlined for the development and effective functioning of a Human Rights Committee, and copies of relevant forms are appended. (JDD)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Oregon Research Inst., Eugene.
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