WHO IS ACCREDITED?
Private Organization Accreditation
Germaine Lawrence is a residential treatment center for girls ages 12-18 with complex behavioral, psychological and learning challenges. Girls live at our programs while receiving special education, individual, family and group therapy; psychiatric and primary medical care; and a wide variety of therapeutic activities and interventions.
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ORGANIZATION TESTIMONIAL
Advantage Credit Counseling Service
Mary Loftus, VP, Agency Service
Our agency is preparing for reaccreditation under the Eighth Edition Standards. The COA site is well organized and very easy to use. Our team of employees working on the reaccreditation process has found the tools index to be very helpful, particularly some of the templates.
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Purpose
The agency’s behavior support and management policies and practices promote positive behavior and protect the safety of service recipients and staff.
FOC
PA-BSM 4: Restrictive Behavior Management Intervention Training
Personnel who use restrictive behavior management interventions, and foster parents who use manual restraint, are trained and evaluated on an annual basis.
Interpretation: COA recommends that agencies evaluate training programs and models to select a comprehensive and safe curriculum for use with personnel, foster parents, and service recipients.
NA The agency prohibits the use of restrictive behavior management interventions.
Table of Evidence
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FPPA-BSM 4.01Personnel designated to use restrictive behavior management interventions, and foster parents who use manual restraint, receive annual training on permitted interventions, including:
- when it is appropriate to use a restrictive intervention;
- proper and safe use of interventions, including time limits for use;
- understanding the experience of being placed in seclusion or a restraint;
- signs of distress;
- response techniques to prevent and reduce injury; and
- negative effects that can result from misuse of restrictive interventions.
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FPPA-BSM 4.02Annual training for personnel authorized to conduct assessment and evaluation of individuals undergoing a restrictive behavior management intervention covers recognizing and assessing:
- physical and mental status, including signs of physical distress;
- nutritional and hydration needs;
- readiness to discontinue use of the intervention; and
- when medical or other emergency personnel are needed.
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FPPA-BSM 4.03Personnel and foster parents who receive training on restrictive behavior management interventions receive a post-test and are observed in practice to ensure competency.