Found an interesting post in a forum (see below)

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,640,000 for school children "with behavioural problems"

US: "...with behavior problems"

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This report was prepared for UNICEF and its partners in the Life ...
The schools participating were asked to provide a special room for the Life .... Some children with behavior problems have become model students in the Life ...
www.creducation.org/.../Armenia_Life_Skills_Curriculum_Inte... -

Full text of "Research relating to children"
Percentile norms for American elementary school children have been given by ...... a time and placed in a special room in the school where they are presented ...... can be devoted to teaching rather than dealing with behavior problems. ...
www.archive.org/stream/.../researchrelating30clea_djvu.txt

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Sorry, didn't realise it should be short. How about:

"TIME-OUT ROOM"

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(Some teachers have a "time-out" corner or chair at the back where they put children who are misbehaving.)

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Results 1 - 10 of about 123,000 for misbehaviour OR misbehavior "time-out room".

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"TIME-OUT ROOM" is also for older children:

Teen: Time-Out Made Me Feel Like School Prisoner - cbs2chicago.com
16 Oct 2008 ... In Caleb's case, the state did cite MacNeal School for time-out room violations. That's because in his case the room was used as punishment, ...
cbs2chicago.com/.../time.out.rooms.2.842566.html -

17 Dec 2008
MURRAYVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- A few weeks before 13-year-old Jonathan King killed himself, he told his parents that his teachers had put him in "time ...
www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/17/seclusion.rooms/

Portsmouth schools also use time-out rooms
Remick has a child at the Portsmouth Middle School right now. She did not know if the school has a time-out room, but said it does have what is called an ...
seacoastauction.com/1998news/10_29b.htm - Cached -

[PDF] Guidelines for Use of Designated Time-Out Rooms in Nova Scotia Schools
1 Aug 2009 ... (a room specifically established for this purpose) in the school. ... Use of a designated time-out room requires strict adherence to the ...
www.ednet.ns.ca/.../Time_Out_Guidelines_and_Sample_Form.pdf



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Results 1 - 10 of about 382,000 for "high school" OR "secondary school" "time-out room".

This is what Ofsted and lots of schools call it. It is less pejorative than "exclusion room" which is often used. In the light of the discussion, it might still be too negative, but it is certainly the name it is called in the UK.

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Some examples of its use:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:TMG0ckUwzd4J:www.k...

http://www.moultonschool.co.uk/assets/Uploads/Documents/pare...

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:XXJQ98UH8bgJ:www.m...

http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/Learning-B...

Behavior modification of an adjustment class: A token reinforcement program

KD O'Leary, WC Becker - Exceptional Children, 1967 - doi.apa.org
... WAS OBTAINED FOR THE 8 MOST DISRUPTIVE CHILDREN IN A 3RD GRADE ADJUSTMENT
CLASS. ... OBSERVED, AND ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE CHILDREN'S
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR GENERALIZED TO OTHER SCHOOL SITUATIONS. ...
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I did say I wasn't going to contribute

certainly, "detention room" and even "exclusion room" are used here in the UK (my two teenagers are at school/college here).

However, as you say, this teacher is calling this another name...

Duty Prefects System at Hartford High School
The system related to: Student participation – all pupils in Year 8 take part at least once in ... i.e. fetching pupils or staff for visitors waiting in reception. ... i.e. work for exclusion room, memos to staff in lessons on important issues, ... Two pupils in each building were allocated to each reception area. ...
www.teachingexpertise.com/.../duty-prefects-system-at-hartf... - Cached - Similar

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sorry

you are asking for "aula" aren't you??

or is it "sala"??

anyway, I still think reception could cover it. Obviously this teacher doesn't like calling a spade a spade. Unlike me:) (I was a teacher once).

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Thanks.

Even my son spent time in the exclusion room.....I think he was jumping out of a science room window once.

And he is generally a good lad!

It did the trick. He didn't go there again!!

The fact that she had to wait there does not "involve" her in the activities the room is used for.
Not all schools have one but I guess it is a room where pupils / students and moderators (teacher or another authority) are taken to settle disputes (out of the clasroom to avoid disturbing
discipline or upsetting the learning atmosphere)

I definitely think that what is being referred to here is different from a detention/exclusion room.

The link below describes a room which is set aside for precisely the same purpose outlined in your explanation: a room where children with behavioral or other difficulties are taken for specialized support. There is one of these in the school my daughter attends (in Spain) and it is, I believe, common practice in many countries now - nothing to do with children misbehaving/being punished and more about keeping children with special needs within mainstream schools.

"The Special Education Resource Room
Getting special education support in the resource room. ... Resource rooms are found in elementary, middle and high schools. Sometimes the support in the ...
specialed.about.com/od/idea/a/resourceroom.htm - Cached - Similar

Resource rooms are classrooms (sometimes smaller classrooms) where a special education program can be delivered to a student with a disability. It is for the student who qualifies for either a special class or regular class placement but needs some special instruction in an individualized or small group setting for a portion of the day. Individual needs are supported in resource rooms as defined by the student's IEP. Sometimes this form of support is called Resource and Withdrawal (or pull out). The child getting this type of support will receive some time in the resource room which refers to the withdrawal portion of the day and some time in the regular classroom with modifications and or accommodations which is the resource support in the regular classroom. This type of support helps ensure that the inclusional model is still in place."