RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES

1. RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES The Fit with Behaviour Support and Crisis Intervention

2. Where do they fit?????

3. Types of Restricted Practices Exclusionary Time out Physical Restraint Psychotropic meds on PRN basis Response Cost Restricted Access Seclusion Restricted practices has become a big issue of late, i know for many setting up panels and the like it has been eth cause of sleepless nights and much confusion. Lets try to simplify it the above are considered to be restrictive. I will not g into a lot of detail as you can find it in the enthralling adhc behaviour support policy manual. As i emphasise whenever i speak about restrcitive practices it is response cost and restricted access that seems to occur the most without staff and organisations aware that they are actually restricted practice. For example locking up food items because a client has been put on a diet to reduce weight by their doctor/ dietician is a restricted practice. DR and dietician cannot authorise these type of practices any more for people with ID than they can for you and I. Restricted practices are not a swear word, you dont need to be afraid of them but you must be able to justify their use. They shoudl nt be strategies that you just simply use to manage behaviour. They need to be treated for exactly what they areRestricted practices has become a big issue of late, i know for many setting up panels and the like it has been eth cause of sleepless nights and much confusion. Lets try to simplify it the above are considered to be restrictive. I will not g into a lot of detail as you can find it in the enthralling adhc behaviour support policy manual. As i emphasise whenever i speak about restrcitive practices it is response cost and restricted access that seems to occur the most without staff and organisations aware that they are actually restricted practice. For example locking up food items because a client has been put on a diet to reduce weight by their doctor/ dietician is a restricted practice. DR and dietician cannot authorise these type of practices any more for people with ID than they can for you and I. Restricted practices are not a swear word, you dont need to be afraid of them but you must be able to justify their use. They shoudl nt be strategies that you just simply use to manage behaviour. They need to be treated for exactly what they are

4. Restrictive Practices are: Beach of Human Rights AND/ OR Illegal