Summary and Safety-Care Alignment: 

Effective: April 1, 2014 

Administrative rules that went into effect on April 1, 2014 set new staff training requirements for all employees of psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children in the state of North Dakota. AC Code Chapter 75-03-17 requires that an annual training be provided that focuses on safety measures and crisis prevention. This training is required for staff to work independently, and new staff must be shadowed until the training is completed.   

Restraints are only allowed as a measure of last resort and staff must be trained in their use. Reporting requirements are set as well as debriefing requirements that must occur within 24 hours of a restraint incident. Staff should be trained in identifying needed services, client triggers, and needed changes in procedure or policy. The trainings must also be trauma-informed. 

How Safety-Care aligns: Numerous 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.