Colorado’s State Board of Education has adopted the Protection of Persons from Restraint Act, which outlines the rules for restraint in emergency. These include regulations on staff training, documentation requirements, and the review of use of restraint.
The act specifies that training shall include a continuum of prevention techniques, environmental management, a continuum of de-escalation techniques, nationally recognized physical management and restraint practices, including, but not limited to, techniques that allow restraint in an upright or sitting position and information about the dangers created by prone restraint, methods to explain the use of restraint to the student who is to be restrained and to the individual's family, appropriate documentation and notification procedures, and retraining at a frequency of at least every two years.
CPI Can Help!
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training program techniques have been shown to be effective in both the prevention of and the safe use of physical restraint and seclusion. Our evidence-based program is designed to provide you with training in identifying the underlying causes of the student behaviors that can lead to restraint or seclusion. The training centers on prevention and de-escalation techniques and other alternatives to restraint and seclusion, as well as:
- Evaluating risk of harm.
- Monitoring for signs of distress.
- Documenting incidents.
- Safe, less-restrictive physical interventions to be used only as a last resort.
CPI training can be tailored to the unique needs of your school. With our train-the-trainer option, select staff can be certified to teach the program to other staff in your school or district on a continuing basis. We also offer specialized materials to help you incorporate a comprehensive PBIS plan into your framework for decreasing problem student behavior and promoting positive behavior choices.
We have numerous programs coming up in Colorado, and a cost-effective, on-site training option is also available.