Wash. Admin. Code § 392-172A-02110 - Isolation or restraint-Conditions.
Any use of isolation, restraint, and/or a restraint device shall be used only when a student's behavior poses an imminent likelihood of serious harm. The limited use of isolation, restraint, or restraint device not prohibited in WAC 392-172A-02076 is conditioned upon compliance with the following procedural and substantive safeguards:
(1) Isolation. The use of isolation as
defined by
RCW
28A.600.485 is subject to each of the
following conditions:
(a) The isolation must
be discontinued as soon as the likelihood of serious harm has
dissipated.
(b) The isolation
enclosure shall be ventilated, lighted, and temperature controlled from inside
or outside for purposes of human occupancy.
(c) The isolation enclosure shall permit
continuous visual monitoring of the student from outside the
enclosure.
(d) An adult responsible
for supervising the student shall remain in visual range of the student at all
times.
(e) Either the student shall
be capable of releasing himself or herself from the enclosure, or the student
shall continuously remain within view of an adult responsible for supervising
the student.
(f) Any staff member
or other adults using isolation must be trained and currently certified by a
qualified provider in the use of trauma-informed crisis intervention (including
de-escalation techniques), and also trained by the district in isolation
requirements, or otherwise available in the case of an emergency when trained
personnel are not immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the
emergency.
(2)
Restraint. The use of restraint as defined by
RCW
28A.600.485 is subject to each of the
following conditions:
(a) The restraint must
be discontinued as soon as the likelihood of serious harm has
dissipated.
(b) The restraint shall
not interfere with the student's breathing.
(c) Any staff member or other adults using a
restraint must be trained and currently certified by a qualified provider in
the use of trauma-informed crisis intervention (including de-escalation
techniques) and such restraints, or otherwise available in the case of an
emergency when trained personnel are not immediately available due to the
unforeseeable nature of the emergency.
(3) Restraint device. The use of a restraint
device as defined by
RCW
28A.600.485 is subject to each of the
following conditions:
(a) The restraint device
must be discontinued as soon as the likelihood of serious harm has
dissipated.
(b) The restraint
device shall not interfere with the student's breathing.
(c) Either the student shall be capable of
releasing himself or herself from the restraint device or the student shall
continuously remain within view of an adult responsible for supervising the
student.
(d) Any staff member or
other adults using a restraint device must be trained and currently certified
by a qualified provider in the use of such restraint devices, or otherwise
available in the case of an emergency when trained personnel are not
immediately available due to the unforeseeable nature of the
emergency.
(4) School
districts must follow the documentation and reporting requirements for any use
of isolation, restraint, or restraint device consistent with
RCW
28A.600.485.
Notes
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