Emergency Safety Interventions:
Emergency
Safety Interventions (ESI) means those intervention techniques that are
used as a last resort by staff to address situations in which any
student is in immediate danger of harming self or others. Violent action
that is destructive of property may also necessitate the use of an ESI.
Emergency Safety Interventions may include use of seclusion or physical
restraint. USD 409 staff attempt to avoid use of ESI by communicating
with the student, utilizing verbal de-escalation techniques, removing
other students, redirecting behavior and assessing cooperativeness. See Board Policy GAAF for more information.
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