If you visit CPI’s Prevention Perspectives website, or read our Supportive Stance newsletter, you might have read a recent report we posted that summarizes the education-related legislative activity that has taken place so far in 2011.
In that report, we included the latest information on federal bill HR 1381 (previously introduced in 2010 as HR 4247), which was reintroduced in the House this month. Known as the Keeping All Students Safe Act, the bill passed in the House last year, but never made it to the Senate. Because no action was taken before year end, reintroduction was required in 2011. If passed, the bill will limit the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools through the creation of safety standards that will be similar to those that are already established in hospitals and other facilities.
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the tremendous honor of hosting one of the founders of CPI, AlGene Caraulia, Sr., at CPI headquarters in Milwaukee. His personal story, interwoven with CPI’s business history, was fascinating, and “grounded” the entire staff in terms of our overall mission, the vision the founders had, and the remarkable fruition of their collective aims. Read more »
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the NAPHS (National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., along with Kendra Stea, CPI’s director of client services.
The NAPHS is an advocate of high-quality mental health and substance abuse care. Each year, they host this meeting to bring behavioral health care leaders together to advocate for mental health care policies and to promote high-quality care for treatment. Meeting attendees have the chance to meet with decision-makers in behavioral health legislation. Read more »