by Julie Porter
Associate Director of Client Relations
Knowing whether or not a threat is serious is the number one fear of many staff members.
“I know where you park your car.”
Read more: Steps to RID Your Facility of Threats…
{ 2 comments }
November 2009
U-46 expulsion data notes decline in weapon use, spike in assaults on staff
School seclusion practices reviewed
Disabled students restrained, injured in public schools
Chicago schools get new tool in fight against youth violence
Bill would require school workers to report all bullying incidents
Mom of slain nurse Lori Dupont says bill falls short
Massachusetts General Hospital, police working on hospital safety
{ 0 comments }
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) adopted a new policy regarding the use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion procedures in school settings.
{ 0 comments }
Few guidelines exist for special ed discipline
How safe is your hospital? Recent attacks highlight potential for violence
Schools’ zero-tolerance policies tested
Workplace Shootings in Florida, Texas Again Put Focus on Violence on the Job
Vocational program gives special-ed students a chance to work
{ 0 comments }
See how the Commission on Accreditation of Residential Facilities (CARF) behavioral health standards on seclusion and restraint align with the curriculum of CPI’s Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training program.
{ 0 comments }
More than half of US emergency room nurses report being physically assaulted on the job, including being hit, pushed, and kicked, according to a study released this past summer by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). The study also reported that 25 percent of ER nurses have experienced violence more than 20 times in the past three years, while 20 percent have experienced verbal abuse more than 200 times during the same period.
Read more: ENA Reports ER Nurses Experience Verbal Abuse and Violence…
{ 0 comments }
Health workers’ safety in spotlight
