A Long Island mom is speaking out after learning the so-called “time-out room” her special-needs son would be taken to during school more closely resembled a jail cell, saying the realization ...

Nicole Miller’s 10-year-old son, Cooper, would often be taken to what he referred to as “the room” — a time-out room at his former school, North Ridge Elementary in Commack, due to his ...

seclusion room or time-out room. Often used as a tool to help special needs students, like Cooper, calm down. Nicole says the school required it as an option for Cooper because of his behavioral ...