LAC 28:XLIII.541. Use of Seclusion

A. Seclusion shall be used only: 1. for student behaviors that involve an imminent risk of harm to self or others; 2. as a last resort when de-escalation and other positive behavioral interventions and support attempts have failed and the student continues to pose an imminent risk of harm to self or others. B. Seclusion shall not be used as a routine school safety, discipline, or intervention measure or to address behaviors such as general noncompliance, self-stimulation, academic refusal, and other behaviors that, while disruptive to a classroom setting or other daily school activities, do not present an imminent risk of harm to self or others. School employees shall respond to such behaviors with less stringent and less restrictive techniques, such as those included in a school or student crisis intervention plan or a student’s IEP or BIP. C. A seclusion room shall be used only as a last resort and when less restrictive crisis intervention measures, such as positive behavioral supports, constructive and non-physical de-escalation, and restructuring of a student’s environment, have failed to stop a student’s actions that pose an imminent risk of harm to self or others. D. A student shall be placed in a seclusion room only by a school employee who uses accepted methods of escorting a student to a seclusion room, placing a student in a seclusion room, and supervising a student while the student is in the seclusion room. E. Only one student may be placed in a seclusion room at any given time, and the school employee supervising the student must be able to see and hear the student the entire time the student is placed in the seclusion room.