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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 89 — 1 SEPTEMBER 2017
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
Departmental
Guidelines for Registered Schools in New Zealand on the Use of Physical Restraint
These guidelines are issued by the Secretary for Education under section 139AE of the Education Act 1989.
Ministry of Education, Mātauranga House, 33 Bowen Street, PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140. Website: www.education.govt.nz.
Contents
Foreword
Developing the guidelines: expertise from throughout the sector
Legislation
Responsibilities of Boards of Trustees, Sponsors of Partnership Schools Kura Hourua, Managers of Private Schools
Good practice guidance
- Student and staff wellbeing come first
Identifying when you may need to apply physical restraint
- Use physical restraint only where safety is at a serious and imminent risk
- What is serious and imminent risk to safety?
- These examples do not pose a serious and imminent risk to safety
- Acceptable Physical Contact
Use preventative and de-escalation techniques first
- Preventative techniques
- What may escalate the behaviour
Guidance if you have to use physical restraint
- What to do if prevention and de-escalation do not work
- Monitor wellbeing throughout when applying physical restraint
Good practice following an incident involving physical restraint
- Debriefing the incident
- Promote the minimisation of physical restraint
- Reporting and documenting the incident
Individual Behaviour Plan
- Adapting the Individual Behaviour Plan
Training in safe responses
- For the whole school
- For the team supporting the student
Reporting templates for physical restraint
- Appendix 1: Staff physical restraint incident report form
- Appendix 2: Information for the Ministry of Education and the employer – in accordance with Rule 8(1) of the Education (Physical Restraint) Rules 2017
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