Chloe Sorensen and Tasha King with Grafton and Nicole Shaffer, Principal of Page Jackson Elementary School, talk about a new partnership and the impact that Ukeru’s trauma informed care approach has had with students.
This piece highlights the change that two organizations, Support Services of Virginia and Woods Services, significantly reduced restraints and seclusions by working with Ukeru.
As part of a collaboration between the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica Illinois, Kim Sanders talks about why Ukeru’s parent organization eliminated seclusion.
Kim Sanders shares the story of how Grafton changed its culture to create a trauma informed culture.
In a piece on alternatives to restraint and seclusion, Ukeru President Kim Sanders talks about Grafton’s experience and the effectiveness of a comfort vs. control philosophy.
A father from Calvert County, MD highlights Ukeru as an effective alternative to the use of restraint and seclusion in the classroom.
As part of a story on Fargo, North Dakota’s evaluation of their use of restraint and seclusion, Kim Sanders was interviewed to talk about the benefits of using Ukeru.
Ukeru President, Kim Sanders, responds to an editorial in Fredricksburg.com, indicating some students need to be restrained, by offering a different perspective based on her 30 years of experience working with children with developmental disabilities. Read the letter here.
This report sheds light on the overuse of restraint and seclusion, but Ukeru President, Kim Sanders explains that it is important to remember that teachers are only using the tools they have and know. Just like Ukeru’s parent organization, Grafton, more positive outcomes are achieved when staff are given other tools as options.