Re: Re: Re:restraints in schools

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Hi! We never have defined restraint. However, I would consider a rifton chair a type of restraint. In terms of the rifton chair, I have a number of concerns: a) What is the purpose of the child sitting in the chair? Is there a plan? c) Will the child be monitored at all times? d) What happens if the child is unwilling to sit in the chair (a child who is attempting to escape a situation is not willingly going to sit and allow him/herself to be strapped in)?

e) What happens when the child is only supposed to be in the chair for 1 minute, but the teacher needs to take someone to the restroom, talk to a parent....

Does your child have a Behavior Intervention Plan? If so, I doubt that the plan is for three adults to hold your child down:) A Behavior Intervention Plan is a standard protocol which includes specified procedures for addressing identified behaviors. Again, we have learned so much about aggressive behavior in the past decade. In most plans that I have seen, physical restriction isn't used. If the function of a student's behavior is determined and a replacement behavior is taught, the behavior of concern quickly decreases. That is why God made trains, water, balls, and for those not on the GFCF diet- m & m's.

In cases where a baskethold procedure is determined to be part of the intervention, research indicates that a short duration is best (longer durations have been shown to increase aggression).. I have seen the procedure implemented for as little as ten seconds and as long as a minute. If the intervention is well developed, the baskethold procedure can be quickly faded. Again, these procedures should not be used without a thorough investigation of the challenging behavior. Obviously, in the event of imminent danger, a student without a Behior Intervention Plan can be physically detained, but a meeting to gain parent permission to conduct an analysis of the behavior and to develop a plan should occur. I don't know about every county in Georgia, but of those that I am aware, children cannot be physically restricted unless a specific plan has been devised.

Interestingly, I have taught in states where physical restraint is not allowed. However, in certain cases the baskethold procedure was implemented effectively. I never saw a rifton chair until I moved to Georgia.

Re: Re:restraints in schools> > Deborah -

> > Where can we find data to support this??> > Joan McCarty> > ------------ -- Original message ------------ --------- -> From: Deborah Cureton <deborah_cureton@ yahoo.com>> >> >> > Isolation rooms and "restraint" methods can be effective if used properly by > > trained personnel. > >> > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _> ____> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo. com/r/hs

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