Topic 12 & 13

Topic 12 and 13
Crisis Management Plans
Issues Regarding Seclusion and Restraint




Federal Policies and Legislation

March 3, 2010, Houses Approves Keeping All Students Safe Act (HR 4247).
By a vote of 262-153, the House passed the bill to protect schoolchildren from harmful restraint and seclusion. This bipartisan bill establishes, for the first time, federal minimum safety standards in schools, preventing harmful restraint and seclusion. The Keeping All Students Safe Act is the first national effort to address this problem.

Terms to Know

Protective or stabilizing devices include:

a) Adaptive equipment prescribed by a health professional, if used for the purpose for which the device is intended by the manufacturer

b) Seat belts

c) Other safety equipment to secure students during transportation in accordance with the public agency or nonpublic school transportation plan.

• Restraint - any method of restricting an individual’s freedom of movement, physical activity, or normal access to his or her body

• Seclusion - the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving.

• Time out - removing a student for a short time to provide the student with an opportunity to regain self-control, in a setting from which the student is not physically prevented from leaving.

Types of Time-out include:

o Inclusion - takes place in the classroom; access to instruction

o Exclusion - takes place outside the classroom; no access to instruction

o Seclusion - takes place in a special room or location and the student is prevented from leaving and has no access to instruction

Websites to See
www.ed.gov/emergencyplan
http://www.ready.gov/
www.fema.gov/kids/
www.redcross.org/services/disaster
www.nasponline.org

Preparedness

Good planning will facilitate a rapid, coordinated, effective response when a crisis occurs.
· Determine what crisis plans exist in the district, school, and community.
· Identify all stakeholders involved in crisis planning.
· Develop procedures for communicating with staff, students, families, and the media.
· Establish procedures to account for students during a crisis.
· Gather information about the school facility, such as maps and the location of utility shutoffs.
· Identify the necessary equipment that needs to be assembled to assist staff in a crisis.

Response

A crisis is the time to follow the crisis plan and make use of your preparations.
· Determine if a crisis is occurring.
· Identify the type of crisis that is occurring and determine the appropriate response.
· Activate the incident management system.
· Ascertain whether an evacuation, reverse evacuation, lockdown, or shelter-in-place needs to be implemented.
· Maintain communication among all relevant staff at officially designated locations.
· Establish what information needs to be communicated to staff, students, families, and the community.
· Monitor how emergency first aid is being administered to the injured.
· Decide if more equipment and supplies are needed.

Recovery

During recovery, return to learning and restore the infrastructure as quickly as possible.
Strive to return to learning as quickly as possible.
Restore the physical plant, as well as the school community.
Monitor how staff are assessing students for the emotional impact of the crisis.
Identify what follow up interventions are available to students, staff, and first responders.
Conduct debriefings with staff and first responders.
Assess curricular activities that address the crisis.
Allocate appropriate time for recovery.
Plan how anniversaries of events will be commemorated.
Capture “lessons learned” and incorporate them into revisions and trainings.


CPI Crisis Prevention Intervention
CPI is an international training organization that specializes in the safe management of disruptive and assaultive behavior. CPI provides safe behavior management best practices and innovative resources to professionals around the world who are committed to creating safe and respectful work environments.

Methodology: Provides a holistic system for defusing escalating behavior and safely managing physically aggressive behavior. CPI methods focus on effective communication and an understanding of human physiology during aggressive moments.
www.crisisprevention.com


Mandt Training
• Philosophy: The Mandt system is based on the principle that all people have the right to be treated with dignity and respect. All individuals have the right to a personal identity, the right to normalization, and the right to the least restrictive and most appropriate environment.

• Methodology: The Mandt System teaches the use of a graded system of alternatives, which use the least amount of external management necessary in all situations

www.mandtsystem.com