Legal Issues
The Massachusetts agency responsible for implementing and monitoring regulations to physical restraint.
DEEC (Department of Early Education and Care)
Verbal, paraverbal and nonverbal are three forms of this.
Communication
Recognizing the need to remain professional by managing your own behavior and attitude.
Rational Detachment
Quite literally, it means we have an obligation to keep the clients in our care safe.
Duty To Protect
These can be temporary factors due to a recent event or persistent and long term factors that a person has been living with for a long time.
Precipitating Factors
This bodily position communicates respect, appears non-threatening, and maximizes safety.
The Supportive Stance
The CPI guiding philosophy consists of these four words.
Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security
If you know "this" about each client, it will help you make an appropriate and informed
Client's History
Your attitudes and behaviors influence the attitude and behaviors of the person in distress and vice versa.
Integrated Experience
What the court uses to measure if a person acted reasonably and prudent in a given situation.
Legal Standard of Care
As a treater, this is your most important source of influence with your clients.
Relationships (IE RICH Relationships)
The model used to represent a series of recognizable behavior levels of an individual in crisis and the related staff approach used to de-escalate these distress behaviors.
The CPI Crisis Development Model
The criteria that must be met for staff to use a Safety Intervention (Physical Restraint). Also referred to as behavior that presents an imminent or immediate risk of harm to self or others.
Demonstrable Danger
Recognizing that a person knows themselves best, being considerate of the person's life experiences, understanding that every person is unique, and valuing a person's rights and dignity are principals of this.
Person-Centered and Trauma Informed Approach
This model examines the Defensive Level in the CPI Crisis Development Model and illustrates the strategies of defensive escalation.
Verbal Escalation Continuum