Alternatively, get in touch with us at COVIC Training Solutions and we can discuss what you need to do to create an accurate and detailed incident report. Banning Restraint with Children in Scotland. Why is that? Well, in an ideal world yes. Never having situations where restraint is the only viable option to keep an individual or other people safe would be fantastic. Service users would benefit as not many people like to be restrained. Staff would benefit as they would no longer have to put themselves in danger of physical injury by restraining a service user.
What about the risk assessment? Firstly, if an organisation, school, care facility has a restraint policy it should be informed by a risk assessment. That assessment will be a measurement of known and likely risks that an individual, or groups of individuals may pose to themselves or others.
If that risk is present the organisation must, by law, implement all reasonable actions and measures to eliminate or reduce that risk. If the identified risks include violence, aggression, self-harm or any threat to the physical welfare of a service user or others, then appropriate measures must be put in place to prevent or reduce those risks.
Secondly, if a risk assessment has been carried out and the risk of violence, aggression, self-harm etc. Low level strategies will only go so far in the management of aggression, and removing the option of reasonable force will raise the risk of harm to all. You can read more about risk assessments and risks to employees here. Would restraint reduction strategies work better? That is a given. Because it has been proven time after time that strategies such as these significantly reduce the number of incidents an organisation may experience.
Furthermore, the ethos of any given organisation has a huge impact on the mind-set of its staff. Ultimately it is right that we do all in our power to NOT use force. With that said, we must also prepare to have to use force if a particular situation makes it a necessary option. Does the Care Review raise important issues? I completely and unreservedly agree with the Care Review on this. The Care Review also highlights a few techniques that potentially increase the risk of harm during an incident.
Again, I completely agree with their findings. So should restraint be completely banned? Absolutely not! There are many restraint packages available, and some are better than others, but those that are worth their weight in gold are those that work and are safe.
Is this a reasonable measure? The need for transport is still there. Is the Care Review keeping people safe? In short, if the Care Review can guarantee carers, and anyone working with service users will not be put at risk by aggression and violence from service users, and never have to manage incidents of self-harm, then I will be at the forefront of having restraint banned in all organisations, and will then have to find another job.
Until then, I will continue to train staff in safe, appropriate, and effective methods of restraint alongside actively promoting methods of how to minimise the need for it. If a service user physically attacks a carer , teacher, member of staff and that staff member fears for their life and uses reasonable physical force to stop the assault from continuing, should that carer be punished?
Should they lose their job? The carer has been told restraint is no longer an option so the carer decides their only option to protect themselves is to strike the service user. Again, should the carer be punished? Are the Human Rights of the carer not as important as those of the service user? Should carers just expect that their life is put on the line when giving care? Violence in schools: What to do if you find a knife. Violence in schools is on the increase with recent statistics painting a startling picture of the changing education environment.
The growing knife culture is bringing a new level of threat to both our children and teachers within schools. So what do you do if you find a knife? Students would be forced to eat in their shackled position and would have to shout for help when they needed to use the restroom.
In the court settlement, U. District Judge Tom Lee ordered the district to stop handcuffing students younger than 13 years of age. The ruling also prohibited the shackling of older students for any infractions other than actual crimes. School employees have now been told by district officials to refrain from using restraints on students.
The recent Mississippi incident is not the only handcuffing issue to hit the press in recent months. WLOX 13 reported in February that an eleven-year-old student was taken out of a classroom in handcuffs for missing too many days of school. The parents of the student told the station that all of their kids have missed 20 days of school during the current school year, but add that handcuffing a student for a truancy violation — particularly in front of classmates — was disturbing.
In a St. Louis incident last fall, a high school student claims she was put in handcuffs after a dress code violation. Now, we live in an age where terrorists and disgruntled students visit our schools and bring weapons.
Some children need a more specialized approach. His approach is: First, offer the child some empathy and reassurance. Assume that children are doing the very best that they can and if they could manage their emotions and their behavior, they would manage them. Next, define the problem.
Once you have expressed some empathy, perhaps by taking a guess about how they might be feeling, ask the child to tell their side of the story. Then, invite the child to help. Ask them to help problem solve the situation so that they can move on, feel better, and somehow try to solve their problem. We focus on this and other proven approaches in our office every day. Schedule your appointment with the Rice Psychology Group to learn more.
Was this blog helpful? Share it with a friend and let us know what you think below. Wendy Rice Rice Psychology Team. Of the ,plus students enrolled, nearly 40 percent are black , while under 10 percent are white. About four years ago, district officials began implementing "restorative justice" strategies that sought to address the underlying causes of misbehavior. An alternative to punitive discipline methods, restorative justice strategies include "peace circles" that bring together students involved in disagreements.
The district also retrained police officers. Since then, it has reduced its suspensions and expulsion rates, as well as referrals to police in all racial groups — and has been slowly removing full-time police officers from schools. But racial disparities still exist. According to federal data, in black students in Chicago were five times more likely to be referred to law enforcement than their white peers.
When they tell you something, listen to it and ask questions. The family wants to see changes in policy and in the training of security officers, according to Wilcox. Kansas City Public Schools denies that Kalyb was unlawfully handcuffed and restrained and denies that his constitutional rights were violated or that he is entitled to relief. The bad guy wears the handcuffs. The good guy puts the handcuffs on the bad guy.
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