Lives in the Balance
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Changing lives with compassion—not punishment. Advocating for kids & supporting caregivers with free tools & training. www.livesinthebalance.org
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Just over a week to go!
We’re looking forward to presenting “Held Down, Held Back: Restraint and Seclusion in England’s Schools” for Lives in the Balance with Dr. Ross Greene on October 21, 2025.
It’s free to attend, can sign up here: tinyurl.com/2sadbes7 @livesinthebalance.bsky.social #CMHAC25
We’re looking forward to presenting “Held Down, Held Back: Restraint and Seclusion in England’s Schools” for Lives in the Balance with Dr. Ross Greene on October 21, 2025.
It’s free to attend, can sign up here: tinyurl.com/2sadbes7 @livesinthebalance.bsky.social #CMHAC25
October 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Just over a week to go!
We’re looking forward to presenting “Held Down, Held Back: Restraint and Seclusion in England’s Schools” for Lives in the Balance with Dr. Ross Greene on October 21, 2025.
It’s free to attend, can sign up here: tinyurl.com/2sadbes7 @livesinthebalance.bsky.social #CMHAC25
We’re looking forward to presenting “Held Down, Held Back: Restraint and Seclusion in England’s Schools” for Lives in the Balance with Dr. Ross Greene on October 21, 2025.
It’s free to attend, can sign up here: tinyurl.com/2sadbes7 @livesinthebalance.bsky.social #CMHAC25
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Has your child faced removal, isolation, or seclusion in an English school? Share your story in our anonymous survey. Link in comments. #AgainstRestraint
September 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Has your child faced removal, isolation, or seclusion in an English school? Share your story in our anonymous survey. Link in comments. #AgainstRestraint
“If all we’re doing is teaching schools to deescalate & restrain kids, this problem will be around forever,” said Dr. Ross Greene.
Maine just rolled back regulations on restraint & seclusion.
Read more here, featuring LITB! wgme.com/news/i-team/...
#changethispicture
Maine just rolled back regulations on restraint & seclusion.
Read more here, featuring LITB! wgme.com/news/i-team/...
#changethispicture
Maine teachers regain authority to remove students per restraint and seclusion rules
When a student starts to get out of hand in class this school year, teachers in Maine have more authority to remove them.
wgme.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“If all we’re doing is teaching schools to deescalate & restrain kids, this problem will be around forever,” said Dr. Ross Greene.
Maine just rolled back regulations on restraint & seclusion.
Read more here, featuring LITB! wgme.com/news/i-team/...
#changethispicture
Maine just rolled back regulations on restraint & seclusion.
Read more here, featuring LITB! wgme.com/news/i-team/...
#changethispicture
Tag a friend who embodies collaboration. 🫂
August 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tag a friend who embodies collaboration. 🫂
Empathy opens every door.
August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Empathy opens every door.
A new UC Riverside report says forced separation from a caregiver can have lasting consequences for kids in immigrant families.
The report compiled clinical data and community-based trauma research on children & teens across the country.
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The report compiled clinical data and community-based trauma research on children & teens across the country.
@kpbssandiego.bsky.social
www.kpbs.org/news/health/...
Immigration enforcement taking serious toll on children’s mental health
A new report co-authored by a UC Riverside child psychologist warns that aggressive immigration enforcement is taking a serious mental health toll on children in immigrant and mixed-status families.
www.kpbs.org
August 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A new UC Riverside report says forced separation from a caregiver can have lasting consequences for kids in immigrant families.
The report compiled clinical data and community-based trauma research on children & teens across the country.
@kpbssandiego.bsky.social
www.kpbs.org/news/health/...
The report compiled clinical data and community-based trauma research on children & teens across the country.
@kpbssandiego.bsky.social
www.kpbs.org/news/health/...
CPS works best before the storm.
August 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
CPS works best before the storm.
The findings, compiled in three newly released briefs underscore the urgent need for systemic reform in youth justice practices nationwide. #ChangeThisPicture
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New Data Exposes Deepening Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Youth Justice System Nationwide – The Sentencing Project
Black, Latino, and Tribal youth face alarming rates of confinement as youth incarceration rises for the second year.
www.sentencingproject.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The findings, compiled in three newly released briefs underscore the urgent need for systemic reform in youth justice practices nationwide. #ChangeThisPicture
@sentencingproject.bsky.social
www.sentencingproject.org/press-releas...
@sentencingproject.bsky.social
www.sentencingproject.org/press-releas...
Collaboration over compliance.
August 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Collaboration over compliance.
Meltdowns are messages.
August 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Meltdowns are messages.
When is the best time to preview a special event with your child?
August 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When is the best time to preview a special event with your child?
Kids do well if they can, not if they want.
August 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Kids do well if they can, not if they want.
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Finish this sentence: ‘It’s hard for my student/child to ___ when ___. #ParentingTips #EducatorLife
August 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Finish this sentence: ‘It’s hard for my student/child to ___ when ___. #ParentingTips #EducatorLife
There is a bipartisan push in NY to mandate training for police to "prepare" for interactions with autistic folks.
There is a need to interrupt these volatile scenarios. But, we also need to think hard about the path and listen to autistic individuals.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
There is a need to interrupt these volatile scenarios. But, we also need to think hard about the path and listen to autistic individuals.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Bill would train police for calls involving autism, other disabilities
State Sen. Dean Murray described the bill as a "win-win" in protecting everyone involved.
spectrumlocalnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There is a bipartisan push in NY to mandate training for police to "prepare" for interactions with autistic folks.
There is a need to interrupt these volatile scenarios. But, we also need to think hard about the path and listen to autistic individuals.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
There is a need to interrupt these volatile scenarios. But, we also need to think hard about the path and listen to autistic individuals.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Black students with disabilities face 3/4 of harsh school suspensions. And, Diagnoses like ODD become a backdoor to exclusion. #ChangeThisPicture
Partnership, not punishment. @edsource.org
edsource.org/2025/there-a...
Partnership, not punishment. @edsource.org
edsource.org/2025/there-a...
COMMENTARY: There are no bad kids: How educators can protect students against harmful diagnoses
As a child psychiatrist, I’ve seen how often Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous children are unfairly mislabeled and misunderstood. One diagnosis keeps showing up in ways that harm these children: opposi...
edsource.org
July 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Black students with disabilities face 3/4 of harsh school suspensions. And, Diagnoses like ODD become a backdoor to exclusion. #ChangeThisPicture
Partnership, not punishment. @edsource.org
edsource.org/2025/there-a...
Partnership, not punishment. @edsource.org
edsource.org/2025/there-a...
MICHIGAN- The investigation revealed that restraint and seclusion were used as a punishment for normal classroom issues.
Parents expect that the schools they entrust with their children do not instead punish their children for having a disability. #ChangeThisPicture
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Parents expect that the schools they entrust with their children do not instead punish their children for having a disability. #ChangeThisPicture
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department Secures Agreement Reforming Michigan School District’s Seclusion and Restraint Practices
Today, the Justice Department announced that it reached an agreement with a Michigan school district to address the discriminatory use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities, in...
www.justice.gov
July 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
MICHIGAN- The investigation revealed that restraint and seclusion were used as a punishment for normal classroom issues.
Parents expect that the schools they entrust with their children do not instead punish their children for having a disability. #ChangeThisPicture
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Parents expect that the schools they entrust with their children do not instead punish their children for having a disability. #ChangeThisPicture
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Are the kids ok?
More experts say social media is fueling anxiety, depression & disconnection in teens.
In our May CPS Podcast, Dr. Ross Greene talks with Dr. Nirav Shah about the crisis—and what comes next.
🎧 Drops June 10
📍Recorded live in Freeport
More experts say social media is fueling anxiety, depression & disconnection in teens.
In our May CPS Podcast, Dr. Ross Greene talks with Dr. Nirav Shah about the crisis—and what comes next.
🎧 Drops June 10
📍Recorded live in Freeport
June 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Are the kids ok?
More experts say social media is fueling anxiety, depression & disconnection in teens.
In our May CPS Podcast, Dr. Ross Greene talks with Dr. Nirav Shah about the crisis—and what comes next.
🎧 Drops June 10
📍Recorded live in Freeport
More experts say social media is fueling anxiety, depression & disconnection in teens.
In our May CPS Podcast, Dr. Ross Greene talks with Dr. Nirav Shah about the crisis—and what comes next.
🎧 Drops June 10
📍Recorded live in Freeport
Safety and compassion prevail in Oklahoma! 🌹
SB 364 is now law - corporal punishment of students with disabilities is BANNED in OK schools.
Thank you to the tireless advocates who saw the bill across the finish line! 🎉
oklahomavoice.com/briefs/oklah...
SB 364 is now law - corporal punishment of students with disabilities is BANNED in OK schools.
Thank you to the tireless advocates who saw the bill across the finish line! 🎉
oklahomavoice.com/briefs/oklah...
Oklahoma law now bans corporal punishment for students with disabilities • Oklahoma Voice
A new Oklahoma law prohibits schools from inflicting corporal punishment on students with any type of disability.
oklahomavoice.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Safety and compassion prevail in Oklahoma! 🌹
SB 364 is now law - corporal punishment of students with disabilities is BANNED in OK schools.
Thank you to the tireless advocates who saw the bill across the finish line! 🎉
oklahomavoice.com/briefs/oklah...
SB 364 is now law - corporal punishment of students with disabilities is BANNED in OK schools.
Thank you to the tireless advocates who saw the bill across the finish line! 🎉
oklahomavoice.com/briefs/oklah...
Progress can be slow, but together, we are stronger.
Flashback to 18 months ago and our op-ed in the Oklahoman: bit.ly/4jQs3yL
Flashback to 18 months ago and our op-ed in the Oklahoman: bit.ly/4jQs3yL
May 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Progress can be slow, but together, we are stronger.
Flashback to 18 months ago and our op-ed in the Oklahoman: bit.ly/4jQs3yL
Flashback to 18 months ago and our op-ed in the Oklahoman: bit.ly/4jQs3yL
Cheers to Oklahoma! 🌹
A bill to ban corporal punishment of students with disabilities has finally made it to the Governor's desk.
House✅
Senate✅
Oklahomans - Tell Governor Stitt to sign SB 364 into law at our Action Center!
Hitting isn't helping kids! #changethispicture
▶️ bit.ly/3uSAktc
A bill to ban corporal punishment of students with disabilities has finally made it to the Governor's desk.
House✅
Senate✅
Oklahomans - Tell Governor Stitt to sign SB 364 into law at our Action Center!
Hitting isn't helping kids! #changethispicture
▶️ bit.ly/3uSAktc
TAKE ACTION – LIVES IN THE BALANCE
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May 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Cheers to Oklahoma! 🌹
A bill to ban corporal punishment of students with disabilities has finally made it to the Governor's desk.
House✅
Senate✅
Oklahomans - Tell Governor Stitt to sign SB 364 into law at our Action Center!
Hitting isn't helping kids! #changethispicture
▶️ bit.ly/3uSAktc
A bill to ban corporal punishment of students with disabilities has finally made it to the Governor's desk.
House✅
Senate✅
Oklahomans - Tell Governor Stitt to sign SB 364 into law at our Action Center!
Hitting isn't helping kids! #changethispicture
▶️ bit.ly/3uSAktc
25K students were hit in U.S. schools in one school year.
Corporal punishment is still used in 14 states.
Black children & students with disabilities are at the greatest risk.
We’ve made progress—but the progress is fragile.
There is no federal ban. We can’t let this slide.
Corporal punishment is still used in 14 states.
Black children & students with disabilities are at the greatest risk.
We’ve made progress—but the progress is fragile.
There is no federal ban. We can’t let this slide.
Today is the International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment
😢Around 1.6 billion children continue to be subjected to violent punishment - in homes, schools and other settings
🚨We call on all govts to urgently prohibit and take concrete action to eliminate corporal punishment
😢Around 1.6 billion children continue to be subjected to violent punishment - in homes, schools and other settings
🚨We call on all govts to urgently prohibit and take concrete action to eliminate corporal punishment
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
25K students were hit in U.S. schools in one school year.
Corporal punishment is still used in 14 states.
Black children & students with disabilities are at the greatest risk.
We’ve made progress—but the progress is fragile.
There is no federal ban. We can’t let this slide.
Corporal punishment is still used in 14 states.
Black children & students with disabilities are at the greatest risk.
We’ve made progress—but the progress is fragile.
There is no federal ban. We can’t let this slide.
🚨Massachusetts Action Alert!🚨
Let the State know you don't want to see protections for students eroded - SECLUSION SHOULD STAY BANNED.
Jump over to our Action Center before Friday, May 2nd at 5 PM to submit your comments.
🔗https://livesinthebalance.org/take-action/
Let the State know you don't want to see protections for students eroded - SECLUSION SHOULD STAY BANNED.
Jump over to our Action Center before Friday, May 2nd at 5 PM to submit your comments.
🔗https://livesinthebalance.org/take-action/
April 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🚨Massachusetts Action Alert!🚨
Let the State know you don't want to see protections for students eroded - SECLUSION SHOULD STAY BANNED.
Jump over to our Action Center before Friday, May 2nd at 5 PM to submit your comments.
🔗https://livesinthebalance.org/take-action/
Let the State know you don't want to see protections for students eroded - SECLUSION SHOULD STAY BANNED.
Jump over to our Action Center before Friday, May 2nd at 5 PM to submit your comments.
🔗https://livesinthebalance.org/take-action/
Krystal Emerson’s son was restrained or secluded at least 18 times in 7 months—in 2nd grade.
Now, Maine lawmakers are considering rolling back protections.
Her message: “It broke me. It broke him.”
#ChangeThisPicture
mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/24/p...
Now, Maine lawmakers are considering rolling back protections.
Her message: “It broke me. It broke him.”
#ChangeThisPicture
mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/24/p...
Proposed rollback of restraint and seclusion rules pits staff safety against student rights • Maine Morning Star
When he was in second grade, Krystal Emerson’s son was physically restrained by a staff member or put in a small, isolated room at least 18 times over seven months during the 2023-24 school year at El...
mainemorningstar.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Krystal Emerson’s son was restrained or secluded at least 18 times in 7 months—in 2nd grade.
Now, Maine lawmakers are considering rolling back protections.
Her message: “It broke me. It broke him.”
#ChangeThisPicture
mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/24/p...
Now, Maine lawmakers are considering rolling back protections.
Her message: “It broke me. It broke him.”
#ChangeThisPicture
mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/24/p...
"Before the law was passed, schools would sometimes drag students to seclusion rooms without classifying the action as a restraint."
- (our own) Ben Jones, Director of Legal and Policy Initiatives at Lives in the Balance
#ChangeThisPicture with us www.livesinthebalance.org
- (our own) Ben Jones, Director of Legal and Policy Initiatives at Lives in the Balance
#ChangeThisPicture with us www.livesinthebalance.org
April 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Before the law was passed, schools would sometimes drag students to seclusion rooms without classifying the action as a restraint."
- (our own) Ben Jones, Director of Legal and Policy Initiatives at Lives in the Balance
#ChangeThisPicture with us www.livesinthebalance.org
- (our own) Ben Jones, Director of Legal and Policy Initiatives at Lives in the Balance
#ChangeThisPicture with us www.livesinthebalance.org