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"new placement" for difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 489272" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Te Do I mostly agree that isolation rooms are awful...except for one case... when a child needs multiple restraints, over and over. That is what this man who talked at my seminar was talking about. That they found it was much more humane to provide a truly safe room where people and mechanical restraints are not needed....some of these kids were so out of touch with reality and even when small could do serious damage to someone or themselves which then they end up feeling terrible about. So, I learned that there is always an exception to the rule. Our district does not allow them. If a child is like that, they are somewhere else. It is too scary and can be abused. that is what happened with Q, they had it so it was too convenient. NOT used as a sensory or chll out room, it was abused for sure. </p><p></p><p>With a child who sometimes has a rage, I dont think an isolation room (I am talking locked, eyes on, safety rooms here) are a good choice. better to do an in depth FBA, discover triggers and lack of skills and work on those. They need to learn how to handle those rage storms, how to calm themselves and they need staff comitted to helping with that, not who want to take the easy way out and shove them away until they exhaust themselves and then come out. </p><p></p><p>I would also, under NO circumstances, even if the child is very violent, allow it for a non-verbal child. too easy to not know what is really happening.</p><p></p><p>Seems for those very rare programs one way to help ensure safety to some degree and proper use, would be to put a secure video link, which can be taped, so parents and state can monitor live 24/7.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 489272, member: 12886"] Te Do I mostly agree that isolation rooms are awful...except for one case... when a child needs multiple restraints, over and over. That is what this man who talked at my seminar was talking about. That they found it was much more humane to provide a truly safe room where people and mechanical restraints are not needed....some of these kids were so out of touch with reality and even when small could do serious damage to someone or themselves which then they end up feeling terrible about. So, I learned that there is always an exception to the rule. Our district does not allow them. If a child is like that, they are somewhere else. It is too scary and can be abused. that is what happened with Q, they had it so it was too convenient. NOT used as a sensory or chll out room, it was abused for sure. With a child who sometimes has a rage, I dont think an isolation room (I am talking locked, eyes on, safety rooms here) are a good choice. better to do an in depth FBA, discover triggers and lack of skills and work on those. They need to learn how to handle those rage storms, how to calm themselves and they need staff comitted to helping with that, not who want to take the easy way out and shove them away until they exhaust themselves and then come out. I would also, under NO circumstances, even if the child is very violent, allow it for a non-verbal child. too easy to not know what is really happening. Seems for those very rare programs one way to help ensure safety to some degree and proper use, would be to put a secure video link, which can be taped, so parents and state can monitor live 24/7. [/QUOTE]
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