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...dedicated to the elimination of restraint and seclusion
Working Together to Reduce Seclusion and Restraint in Schools and Youth Facilities [PPT]
Massachusetts restraint/seclusion reduction initiative and links to more publications
Massachusetts Transformation Center Restraint and Seclusion Initiative
SAMHSA funds protection and advocacy organizations throughout the US.
A top priority for PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental
Illness) is abuse and neglect and restraint and seclusion. Please search
for your local Protection and Advocacy organization.
National Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery [PDF]
National Disabilty Rights Network www.ndrn.org
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors www.nasmhpd.org
Article about Deni Cohodas (last conference call guest) & R&S policy in Massachusetts]
Article is at:
www.m-power.org/VFC8RestraintandSeclusion.htm
R&S interpretation at:
www.m-power.org/mhlac/restraint-and-seclusion.html
LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER: Success Stories and Ideas for Restraint/Seclusion Reduction in Behavioral Health http://www.psych.org/clin_res/learningfromeachother.cfm
Statement of the Problem and SAMHSA's Response
http://alt.samhsa.gov/seclusion/sr_handout.htm
SAMHSA National Action Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate S&R
http://alt.samhsa.gov/seclusion/SR_plan.htm
S&R Strategic Action Plan for FY '04 and '05
http://www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/SAP_seclusion.aspx
Summary Report of "A National Call to Action to Eliminate S&R"
http://alt.samhsa.gov/seclusion/SRMay5report2.htm
NTAC Networks issue on Violence and Coercion in MH Settings: Eliminating
the Use of S&R
http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/ntac_pubs/networks/SummerFall2002.pdf
Best Practices in Behavior Support and Intervention Project - CWLA
Coordination Center site and Facts and Figures
http://www.cwla.org/programs/behavior/default.htm
http://www.cwla.org/programs/behavior/factsheets.htm
Moving From Coercion to Collaboration in Mental Health Services
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/sma04-3869/default.asp
PAIMI Program and '03 and '04 Program Performance Report Data
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/p&a/about.asp
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/PAIMI/
State Incentive Grant Program to Eliminate S&R News Release
http://162.99.3.50/news/newsreleases/041019nr_restraint.htm
The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery - for Katie PDF
Ohio Governor Signs Executive Order Establishing Physical Restraint Policies for State Agencies
Families against Restraint and Seclusion
The Truth About The Judge Rotenberg Center [electric shocks to kids]
http://thetruthaboutjrc.wordpress.com/
"Shouldn't School Be Safe" is a free resource developed for parents and by parents that offers insight and advice to respond to and prevent restraint and seclusion. Please click on the link below to review Shouldn?t School Be Safe? And please pass this document on to other families in need.
http://tash.org/shouldnt-school-be-safe/
Restraint and Seclusion in Kindergarten
Share Your Story: Share Your Child's Experience With Restraint and Seclusion
http://specialchildren.about.com/u/sty/youradviceneeded/Share-Your-Childs-Experience-With-Restraint-and-Seclusion/Restraint-and-Seclusion-in-Kindergarten.htm
SAMHSA has released the Roadmap to Seclusion and Restraint Free Mental Health Services. Order DVD online and/or download .pdf of content at:
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4055
Gayle Bluebird, RN of Bluebird Consultants has a website http://www.bluebirdconsultants.com with many download-able reports.
She has also produced the following videos:
(1) Leaving the Door Open: Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint
(2) Paving New Ground: Video with peer specialists working in in-patient settings
along with peer advocates and family members.
(3) Paving the Path from Hospital to Community.
More details at http://www.nasmhpd.org/consumernetworking.cfm
All can be ordered by e-mailing Melanie.Sutherland@nasmhpd.org
Services available at www.warmline.org
Warmlines are compassionate peer-run listening and information and referral lines Peer-run respites are alternatives to hospitalization staffed by people in recovery.
(1) See a directory of warmlines around the USA, many take out of area calls
(2) Join WarmLines@yahoogroups.com a free discussion list on operating warmlines
(3) Join peer-run-respites@yahoogroups.com a free discussion list for
people operating peer-run respites or people trying to start new peer-run respites
• Website: excellant National Summit on trauma informed practices and restraint and seclusion materials: http://www.nasmhpd.org/OTA2011Summit.cfm
Experiences of restraint and seclusion [PPT]
Recovery Not Restraints
WBUR: http://www.wbur.org/2008/04/07/er-rights-for-mentally-ill-people
Comfort Rooms that Work
CNN: Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms
NAMI Task Force Report on Restraint and Seclusion
A Cell of One's Own, a first person account of solitary confinement in prison
Investigation of restraint device use in Iowa's county jails
Join Restraint Free, a bulletin board for discussing strategies to eliminate the use of restraint and seclusion
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) -- position statement on restraints and seclusion
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) -- policy research institute task force report
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law -- restraint and seclusion
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
Restraint and Seclusion -- a Risk Management Guide
For details on how a provider reduced its use of seclusion and
restraints by 93% in one year, visit:
Behavioral Healthcare 2008 December;28(12):6-7
Mental Health America Position Statement
For more information, contact: restraintfree@bostonresourcecenter.org
This site can be reached at http://www.restraintfreeworld.org.
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