A new longitudinal study illustrates how Grafton Integrated Health Network, Ukeru’s parent organization, was able to dramatically reduce physical restraint and completely eliminate seclusion by shifting to an approach of comfort versus control.
Host Kimberly Albrecht talks with Kim Sanders about the effects restraint and succession have not only on the individual who is being held or isolated against his or her will, but also the toll it has on educators and service providers.
Ukeru President, Kim Sanders provides tips for managing challenging behaviors in both mainstream and special needs classrooms.
Arizona’s House Bill 75 prohibits the use of restraint and seclusion in the classroom, except in the case of an emergency. This shows that New Mexico leaders are shifting their thinking away from control and toward comfort and is a great first step.
Ukeru’s President, Kim Sanders, speaks on the Issues Today radio show about the consequences of using seclusion rooms and physical restraints in the classroom.
After a new report found that exposure to targeted, personal and verbal aggression by patients can adversely affect mental health nurses’ decision-making regarding physical restraint, Kim Sanders published the following first-person editorial helping put into perspective the challenges of working with patients when they are at their worst.
Huffington Post columnist Laurie Levy interviews Ukeru Engagement Specialist Bonnie Zampino on the dangers of secluding children from the classroom.
Ukeru has now been approved by the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs as a preferred provider option for “Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Behavior and Crisis Situations.”
A case before the United States Supreme Court involves a child with autism whose parents are suing the school district over whether he is being denied his legal right for a meaningful education in the public school setting. But before we can educate children, we have to stop hurting them.
The same opinion piece also appears on the World Headlines news site, as well as the Huntington, WV Herald-Dispatch in February of 2017.