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Emergency Safety Interventions “What Practitioners Need to Know”

SEAC Recommendations to the Kansas State Board of Education (April 2012) 1.Regulations are necessary. 2.Any regulations on the use of ESI should be for all students. 3

Today’s Presentation Objectives 1.To define Emergency Safety Interventions – seclusion and restraint. 2.To identify if an ESI has occurred. 3.To identify the requirements of the ESI regulations. 4.Provide you with some initial training on Positive Behavioral Supports and De-Escalation Procedures. 4

State Regulations are in Alignment with National Resource Document U.S. Department of Education, Restraint and Seclusion Resource Document, published in May 2012 See 15 Principles 5

Regulations speak directly to: 1. What districts need to include and what is prohibited in policy; 2. What is, and is not, an ESI; 3. Where responsibilities lie at the local, district, and state level; and 4. What each parent can expect in terms of information on ESIs regardless of what school a child attends KSDE does not promote the use of ESI with any student. Every effort should be made to prevent the need for the use of restraint and for the use of seclusion. (U.S. Department of Education, Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document, Washington, D.C., 2012 ) Please do not interpret the state regulations or this training to imply that KSDE endorses the use of seclusion or restraint with any student. Seclusion and Restraint are emergency procedures and should not be a planned intervention in any Individual Education Plan or Behavioral Intervention Plan. 6

Article 42. – Emergency Safety Interventions ESI Regulations K.A.R and As Passed by the Kansas State Board of Education 2

KASB ESI Policy GAAF GAAF Emergency Safety Interventions (See JRB, JQ, JQA, and KN) GAAF

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Kansas State Board of Education Regulations on Emergency Safety Intervention (ESI) – Clarification

Positive Behavior Supports