Policy – Category 5000 (Students)
BP 5007 – Positive Behavioral Interventions
Emergency interventions shall not be used as a substitute for a systematic BIP that is designed to change, replace, modify, or eliminate a targeted behavior. No emergency intervention shall be used for longer than is necessary to contain the behavior. For any situation that requires a prolonged use of an emergency intervention, LEA staff shall seek assistance of the site administrator or law enforcement agency, as applicable to the situation. California Education Code § 56521.1 (a) Emergency interventions may only be used to control unpredictable, spontaneous behavior that poses clear and present danger of serious physical harm to the individual with exceptional needs, or others, and that cannot be immediately prevented by a response less restrictive than the temporary application of a technique used to contain the behavior.
(b) Emergency interventions shall not be used as a substitute for the systematic behavioral intervention plan that is designed to change, replace, modify, or eliminate a targeted behavior.
(c) No emergency intervention shall be employed for longer than is necessary to contain the behavior. A situation that requires prolonged use of an emergency intervention shall require the staff to seek assistance of the school site administrator or law enforcement agency, as applicable to the situation.
(d) Emergency interventions shall not include:
(1) Locked seclusion, unless it is in a facility otherwise licensed or permitted by state law to use a locked room.
(2) Employment of a device, material, or objects that simultaneously immobilize all four extremeties, except that techniques such as prone containment may be used as an emergency intervention by staff trained in those procedures.
(3) An amount of force that exceeds that which is reasonable and necessary under the circumstances.
(e) To prevent emergency interventions from being used in lieu of planned, systematic behavioral interventions, the parent, guardian, and residential care provider, if appropriate, shall be notified within one schoolday if an emergency intervention is used or serious property damage occurs. A
BP 5007 – Positive Behavioral Interventions
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 09/14)
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