Roadmap to Seclusion and Restraint Free Mental Health Services – In 2003, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) set forth a bold vision to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint in behavioral healthcare settings. SAMHSA has established seclusion and restraint as a priority area and has developed […]
Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document by US Department of Education – As education leaders, our first responsibility must be to ensure that schools foster learning in a safe and healthy environment for all our children, teachers, and staff. To support schools in fulfilling that responsibility, the U.S. Department of Education has developed this document […]
Restraint & Seclusion in Schools – Restraint and seclusion are often implemented by untrained personnel, resulting in injury, trauma and even death. In January 2009, the National Disability Rights Network issued a report detailing the harmful use of these interventions in over two-thirds of states, involving children as young as three years old in […]
Preventing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion with Young Children: The Role of Effective, Positive Practices – In recent years, there have been major concerns expressed regarding the use of restraint and seclusion to control the behavior of children with disabilities and/or challenging behavior. In May of 2009, for example, the US Government Accountability […]
NASMHPD Position Statement on Seclusion and Restraint – “The members of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) believe that seclusion and restraint, including “chemical restraints,” are safety interventions of last resort and are not treatment interventions. Seclusion and restraint should never be used for the purposes of discipline, coercion, or […]
Seclusion and Restraint And Children – The New Commission on Mental Health found that “restraint and seclusion pose significant risks, including ‘serious injury or death, re-traumatizing of people with a history of trauma or abuse, loss of dignity, and other psychological harm’”.
A Summary of Reports of Restraints & Seclusion Abuse – This chart summarizes accounts received through March 2000. Unless previously identified in news accounts, the names of individuals and facilities involved in each incident (and the person who made the report) are omitted in the interest of privacy and in some cases to avoid […]
The Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Residential Treatment Care for Youth: A Systematic Review of Related Factors and Interventions – Children placed in residential treatment centers (RTCs) typically present challenging behavior including aggression. In this context, restraint and seclusion (R&S) are seen as “last resort” strategies for educators to manage youth aggression. The […]
Influence of Selected Aggression, Demographic, Gender Role, and Temperament Factors on the Level of Physical Restraint Among Staff in Residential Treatment Centers – The purpose of this study was to examine the predictability of the aggression (physical, hostility, indirect aggression, verbal, and anger), demographic (age, education level, gender, length of employment, level of agitation […]
The influence of residential workers social climate on the use of restraint and seclusion – Restraint and seclusion (R&S) are two types of interventions residential workers can use to manage aggressive behaviors in youth residential treatment centers (RTC). Factors related to the environment, children, and residential workers have all been associated with their use. […]
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