parent s nightmare. a teacher s aide grabbing a 7-year-old special needs student by the wrist, shoving him against the wall, and then wrapping her arm around his neck, keeping the boy in what the school called a seclusion room. that 7-year-old s mom, beth sandy. i was horrified when i first saw the video. i ended up getting up from the room and leaving the room. it was very hard to watch. reporter: it all happened at the gages lake school in suburban chicago. the school serves students with behavioral and emotional needs. a monthslong investigation by propublica and the chicago tribune found 21 abuse investigations under review by state and local authorities. the aid in this video resigned, and one of them, nicholas izquierdo was arrested, charged with six misdemeanors for causing minor injuries to students. he left the school and has pleaded not guilty. authorities are also now reviewing the use of the seclusion or isolation rooms, reportedly used more than 1,700 times in the last
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where the seclusion room was not really necessary. martha: you talk about the room having dark walls and you could hear them sliding a desk in front of the door so that you couldn t get out and, sean, you are an educator yourself, fourth-generation of educators and you make a very good point that it would be illegal for a parent to lock their child in a room, why is it not for a school to do so? and that s the question that we ve all been asking. if we were going to do this at home we would have child protective services banging on my door but because i m a certified teacher in the same act is done in a school setting, it s perfectly legal in the state of virginia. and what we found is that there are some states that have regulations in place to prevent this, but there are some states that don t and it s just a very disjointed way of how it s being addressed and there really needs to be some type of consistency.