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District reports drop in restraints after Safety Care training; plans to expand trainer network
Summary
Student services staff presented multi‑year data on use of restraint and isolation, reported reductions after adopting Safety Care and conscious discipline, and said the district will train building-level Safety Care trainers and work with private partner schools.
Ryan (Director of Behavioral Health) and other student services staff told the board the district has tracked restraint and isolation usage and made program changes that have reduced physical interventions.
Ryan said the district recorded about 67 instances of restraint under an earlier program (Right Response) in 2021–22, then tried a different approach (Oochero) that initially reduced restraints but later produced concerning increases. "Right Response trains staff to intervene... with Oocaro it was more about the theory... and there wasn't any training on how to properly and safely intervene," he said.
The district adopted Safety Care this year and provided broad conscious-discipline training. Jessica Ackley, a district expert on Safety Care and Conscious Discipline, described Safety Care as “our…
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