Restraint or seclusion should not be used as routine school safety measures; that is, they should not be implemented except in situations where a child’s behavior poses imminent danger of serious physical harm to self or others and not as a routine strategy implemented to address instructional problems or inappropriate behavior (e.g., disrespect, noncompliance, insubordination, out of seat), as a means of coercion or retaliation, or as a convenience.

~U.S. Department of Education Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document, 2012.

How to assist students who act out in school is a difficult challenge.

Source: Seclusion and Restraint: 16 Ways to Address Acting Out Behavior Without It