❓ A parliamentary question seeks data on restraint incidents involving disabled children at Tuart Rise Primary School, but the Department of Education states the requested data isn't centrally collected and providing some information could identify individuals.
AnsweredQoN 2126Legislative Council
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I refer to reportable
incidences of the use of restraint against disabled, autistic, or intellectually
disabled children at Tuart Rise Primary School from January
2020 to June 2024, and I ask: (a) how many reportable incidences were there in the specified period; (b) will a breakdown of the reportable incidences be provided, including the type of restraint, how long the
child was restrained for, how many staff were involved, and whether the child’s
family were debriefed about the incident; (c) in how many of these incidences was physical injury such as bruising,
cuts, muscle soreness or other injury, reported as a result of being restrained; (d) will a breakdown of the incidences identified at (c) be provided, including whether the child was taken to hospital or received other medical treatment as a result; (e) of the children identified at (a), how many: (i) experienced a reduction in school attendance post-incident; and (ii) are still enrolled at the school; (f) how many families of children have, as a result of the incidences identified at (a): (i) engaged in formal complaints processes; and (ii) settled their cases financially with the
Department of Education and Western Australian Government; and (g) how many investigations into the reportable incidences, identified at (a), are currently ongoing?
incidences of the use of restraint against disabled, autistic, or intellectually
disabled children at Tuart Rise Primary School from January
2020 to June 2024, and I ask: (a) how many reportable incidences were there in the specified period; (b) will a breakdown of the reportable incidences be provided, including the type of restraint, how long the
child was restrained for, how many staff were involved, and whether the child’s
family were debriefed about the incident; (c) in how many of these incidences was physical injury such as bruising,
cuts, muscle soreness or other injury, reported as a result of being restrained; (d) will a breakdown of the incidences identified at (c) be provided, including whether the child was taken to hospital or received other medical treatment as a result; (e) of the children identified at (a), how many: (i) experienced a reduction in school attendance post-incident; and (ii) are still enrolled at the school; (f) how many families of children have, as a result of the incidences identified at (a): (i) engaged in formal complaints processes; and (ii) settled their cases financially with the
Department of Education and Western Australian Government; and (g) how many investigations into the reportable incidences, identified at (a), are currently ongoing?
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Answered
15 October 2024
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education
Response time
9 days
(a) Providing the number of incidents involving the restraint of students with disability at Tuart Rise Primary School may lead to the identification of individual students.
(b) The restraint type, duration of restraint and information about whether families were debriefed are not collected at a system level. Providing the number of incidents involving the restraint of students with disability at Tuart Rise Primary School may identify individual staff and students.
(c)-(g) Not collected at the system level.
(b) The restraint type, duration of restraint and information about whether families were debriefed are not collected at a system level. Providing the number of incidents involving the restraint of students with disability at Tuart Rise Primary School may identify individual staff and students.
(c)-(g) Not collected at the system level.
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