Redefining Crisis Prevention Proven & Effective De-Escalation Training

Safety-Care^® Crisis Prevention Training

Who We Help

About QBS

Michigan House Bill 5417 – Use of Restraint and Seclusion for Emergency Situations In Schools

80% Reduction

in patient injuries

57% Decrease

in staff-related injuries

30% Reduction

in restraint & seclusion hours

How to Implement Safety-Care?

1. Register for a Safety-Care Trainer class or call us to request a closed session for your organization. We regularly conduct classes in all 50 states and Canada.

2. Complete your class to become a certified Safety-Care Trainer for your organization. We bring you to fluency using an errorless teaching methodology.

3. You train and certify your staff in Safety-Care’s effective techniques.

4. Our Master Trainers are available by phone, email, or video to help your organization with any questions or concerns while using or implementing Safety-Care.

Legal Requirements

Summary:

Effective: July 1, 2017

Last Updated: December, 2024

House Bill 5417 limits the use of restraint and seclusion in schools to only under emergency situations to ensure the safety of students and others present. The bill directs local school boards to develop policies and procedures to limit restraint and seclusion and identify key personnel to respond to such situations.

The school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy must ensure that substitute teachers are informed of and understand the procedures regarding use of emergency seclusion and emergency physical restraint.

Emergency seclusion is not be used any longer than necessary, and must end once a student has regained control. This should be limited to no longer than 15 minutes for an elementary school pupil or 20 minutes for a middle school or high school pupil. If an emergency seclusion lasts longer than 15 minutes for an elementary school pupil or 20 minutes for a middle school or high school pupil, all of the following are required:

(i) Additional support, which may include a change of staff, or introducing a nurse, specialist, or additional key identified personnel.
(ii) Documentation to explain the extension beyond the time limit.

If an emergency physical restraint lasts longer than 10 minutes, all of the following are required:

If emergency restraint or seclusion are needed, staff must involve the key personnel identified by the district and monitor for signs of distress.

All efforts must be made to contact the parents or guardians of the student to notify them of the incident. Additionally, key personnel must be trained in the following;

Proactive practices and strategies that ensure the dignity of pupils.
De-escalation techniques.
How to identify behaviors and factors that may trigger emergency situations.
Related safety considerations, especially regarding the use of restraint and seclusion.
Instruction in the use of emergency physical restraint.
How to determine if emergency restraint or seclusion is warrented.
How to monitor for and identify the physical signs of distress and the implications for pupils.
Social skills training.
Positive behavioral intervention and support strategies.

How Safety-Care aligns: Numerous education organizations throughout the United States and Canada rely upon QBS and our Safety-Care training to provide their staff members with the training they need to help maintain a safe and healthy environment. Safety-Care provides a comprehensive, supportive approach to incident prevention, de-escalation, and management. Your Staff will learn practical strategies for helping students that use evidence-based practices consistent with PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) and ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis).

Safety-Care can meet the requirements of Departmental Requirements in the following ways:

Safety-Care is uniquely designed to provide trainees with the skills to assess potential crises, how de-escalate these situations, and how to respond if the situation is elevated. Our trainings are trauma-informed and focus on modifying behavior to prevent dangerous outcomes. Safety-Care can be taught to all levels of personnel, from administration down to volunteers. Additionally, our core trainings can be supplemented with unique add-on trainings focused on specific needs and professions. Safety-Care uses a Train the Trainer model allowing each district to quickly develop their own core of trainers qualified in the most current behavioral interventions and de-escalation strategies. Our Master Trainers can have up to ten (10) staff ready to train in as little as three days. Safety-Care is geared towards ensuring that all trainees are familiar with a single response system and can respond in-kind to numerous situations regardless of the professional setting.

Why Safety-Care?

Benefits & Differentiators

In addition to Safety-Care being highly cost-effective, you get:

Skills to effectively prevent, minimize, & manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, & the possibility of change

Decreases in staff and patient injuries and reduction in restraint & seclusion time

Instructional procedures based on decades of evidence-based research & compatible with ABA, PBIS & reinforcement-based environments

Customizable program for your setting, staff & clientele, with a strong focus on preventative via non-intrusive, replacement behaviors

Extremely rigorous standards grounded in errorless teaching methodology

Small, intimate class sizes backed by unlimited support & resources

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How Is Safety-Care So Effective?

A Genuine Focus on Implementing & Managing Positive Behavioral Skills

Proactive, environmental management recommendations

Understanding of evocative effects of staff behavior

In-depth analysis of antecedents and proactive antecedent interventions

Evidence-based reinforcement procedures

Required competency in de-escalation skills

Humane, non-invasive touch and QBS Check™ strategies

Evidence-based teaching procedures

Applicable to a wide array of settings, conditions & challenging behavior