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Jonah Giese, a legal advocate for the Minnesota Disability Law Center of Mid-Minnesota Legal aid, testified on behalf of clients
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Heiser describes the harsh reality of school seclusion rooms as “traumatizing spaces tucked away where parents won’t see them.” Attorney Jessica Webster emphasized that children deserve calming and sensory supports instead.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Deputy Director Abigail Cerra spoke with WCCO Radio about the push to retain surveillance footage beyond the 7-14 days it’s currently available in Minneapolis.
Citing reports of aggressive federal enforcement tactics, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Deputy Director Abigail Cerra tells the Star Tribune there’s a case is to be made for extending access to video footage.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid issued a statement to the Star Tribune in response to the federal announcement that the Surge in Minneapolis would soon end.
At a Capitol news conference, Legal Aid Attorneys Jessica Heiser and Jessica Webster announced release of a report by the Minnesota Disability Law Center on seclusion rooms. Says Heiser, “This is the first time the public can see, through our investigative authority, the dramatic differences between seclusion rooms and calming rooms.”
Attorneys Jessica Heiser and Jessica Webster delved further into details outlined in the Minnesota Disability Law Center’s just-released report on
The Minnesota Senate Human Services Committee heard heart-wrenching testimony from providers and clients with disabilities.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Pheng Thao of our Youth Law Project urges families to assign a standby guardian if they fear separation from their children. The simple solution is a Delegation of Parental Authority (DOPA) form. Learn more in this article.
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