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Evaluating Services For New Mainers Community, Hibo Omer
Evaluating Services For New Mainers Community, Hibo Omer
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Mission: Sandcastle Clinical & Education Services: we decided that children with special needs would no longer be separated and that our classrooms would be composed of a mixture of children. Sandcastle’s goal was and still is to this day that children graduating from our program at age five, who had special needs, would transition directly into a regular classroom and not be segregated from their peers. We are proud to have been on the cutting edge of inclusion, and proud to be educating children to be open minded, with open hearts.
Vision: Sandcastle was the first early childhood education program …
Ccids - Research On The Use Of Seclusion, Restraint And Isolation, Shane Da Silva-Novotny
Ccids - Research On The Use Of Seclusion, Restraint And Isolation, Shane Da Silva-Novotny
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Data has shown that within Maine and on a national scale, children who have disabilities or special health care needs are more often restrained, secluded, and isolated. This is unfortunate as research demonstrates that these incidents are often quite ineffective, harmful, and potentially fatal.
There has been a number of intervention methods used to reduce restraint, isolation, and seclusion. Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) has been deemed promising in reducing these incidents, reducing staff injuries, and as legitimate crisis management approach.