Cumberland Public Schools

1. Cumberland Public Schools 2013-2014 Annual Physical Restraint Training

2. DISTRICT POLICY Cumberland School Committee Policy JHCF Physical Restraint and Crisis Intervention The Cumberland School Department is committed to ensuring that each student enrolled in its program be free from unreasonable use of physical restraint as crises intervention. Physical Restraint/crisis intervention should only be used for the purpose of preventing harm or injury to the student or to others. A crisis intervention must not include procedures that intentionally cause pain, injury, trauma, or humiliation. Only the least intrusive physical interaction needed to adequately protect the child or others shall be used. Such physical intervention shall be terminated as soon as the need for protection has ended. Furthermore, physical restraint/crisis intervention should not be used for the purpose of changing behavior in situations where no protection from harm or injury is needed. The entire policy can be accessed at http://www.cumberlandschools.org/content/j-students

3. De-Escalation Techniques

4. VERBAL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO PHYSICAL INTERVENTION CPI: Care, Welfare, Safety and Security

5. VERBAL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO PHYSICAL INTERVENTION CPI: Care, Welfare, Safety and Security

6. VERBAL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO PHYSICAL INTERVENTION CPI: Care, Welfare, Safety and Security

7. VERBAL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO PHYSICAL INTERVENTION CPI: Care, Welfare, Safety and Security

8. VERBAL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO PHYSICAL INTERVENTION CPI: Care, Welfare, Safety and Security

9. When is Physical Restraint Used in Schools? According to RI Physical Restraint Regulations (2002), physical restraint in schools may be used under the following circumstances: • Non-physical interventions would not be effective; and • The student’s behavior poses a threat of imminent, serious, physical harm to self and/or others; and • If a behavioral intervention plan has been developed for the student, those various positive reinforcement techniques have been implemented appropriately and the child has failed to respond to those reinforcement techniques.

10. Children’s Control Position

11. Team Control Position

12. Transport Position

13. School Team Members Who Have Received Advanced Training on the Use of Physical Restraint/Crisis Intervention • Each school in our district has an identified CPI Team that has received advanced training in the use of physical restraint and crisis intervention. • District Trainers for this Advanced Training are Scott Carpenter (CHS Dean) and Chris Fernandes (MMS) • The _____________ Team members are: • PRINCIPALS : INSERT YOUR CPI TEAM MEMBERS HERE

14. Resources Crisis Prevention Institute Manual (2002). RI Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education Physical Restraint Regulations (2002).