Emergency Safety Interventions What Practitioners Need to
Know
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SEAC Recommendations to the Kansas State Board of Education
(April 2012) 1.Regulations are necessary. 2.Any regulations on the
use of ESI should be for all students. 3
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Todays Presentation Objectives 1.To define Emergency Safety
Interventions seclusion and restraint. 2.To identify if an ESI has
occurred. 3.To identify the requirements of the ESI regulations.
4.Provide you with some initial training on Positive Behavioral
Supports and De-Escalation Procedures. 4
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State Regulations are in Alignment with National Resource
Document U.S. Department of Education, Restraint and Seclusion
Resource Document, published in May 2012 See 15 Principles 5
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Regulations speak directly to: 1. What districts need to
include and what is prohibited in policy; 2. What is, and is not,
an ESI; 3. Where responsibilities lie at the local, district, and
state level; and 4. What each parent can expect in terms of
information on ESIs regardless of what school a child attends KSDE
does not promote the use of ESI with any student. Every effort
should be made to prevent the need for the use of restraint and for
the use of seclusion. (U.S. Department of Education, Restraint and
Seclusion: Resource Document, Washington, D.C., 2012 ) Please do
not interpret the state regulations or this training to imply that
KSDE endorses the use of seclusion or restraint with any student.
Seclusion and Restraint are emergency procedures and should not be
a planned intervention in any Individual Education Plan or
Behavioral Intervention Plan. 6
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Article 42. Emergency Safety Interventions ESI Regulations
K.A.R. 91-42-1 and 91-42-2 As Passed by the Kansas State Board of
Education 2
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KASB ESI Policy GAAF GAAF Emergency Safety Interventions (See
JRB, JQ, JQA, and KN) GAAF
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Kansas State Board of Education Regulations on Emergency Safety
Intervention (ESI) Clarification
