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Abigail Swetz and Tim Peerenboom on restraining students

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

August 4, 2023

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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction communications director Abigail Swetz and school psychologist Tim Peerenboom discuss how the agency tracks the practice of seclusion and restraint at school.

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