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What Is Safety-Care?

Safety-Care® gives staff the skills and competencies to prevent, minimize, and manage behavioral challenges with dignity, safety, and the possibility of change.

Built on the newest and most effective approaches from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), the program teaches staff strategies not only to prevent and manage challenging behavior, but also to teach meaningful replacement behaviors.

Safety-Care is appropriate for individuals with developmental, neurological, psychiatric, and other impairments. The result is fewer restraints and a more positive, reinforcement-based approach that leads to lasting behavior change over time. Most importantly, it gives our team the tools to stay safe while supporting individuals with challenging behavior.

Safety-Care for Families

We're excited to now offer Safety-Care for Families! Brooke Schneider is a certified Safety-Care for Families Trainer.

Safety-Care for Families is an advanced module that gives our Safety-Care Trainers a curriculum for training families and others who provide in-home support. It's ideal for parents, siblings, extended family members, neighbors, foster parents, and other caregivers.

Stay tuned for details on our next training!

Core Principles of Safety-Care

Respectful and humane

All interventions are respectful, humane, and non-coercive.

Prevention first

The emphasis is on preventing challenging behavior rather than managing it after it happens.

Evidence-based

The training avoids jargon and works in many settings, but every protocol is grounded in procedures validated across many studies, including functional assessment, differential reinforcement, antecedent management, functional communication training, and behavioral momentum.

Positive reinforcement throughout

Reinforcement is built into every part of the course.

Effective staff training

Staff are trained using an evidence-based approach that incorporates errorless teaching strategies whenever possible.

Least restrictive approach

Staff learn a range of interventions they can adapt to each situation. As soon as an individual shows a decrease in agitation, staff shape and reinforce that progress by moving to a less restrictive intervention.

Simple, safe physical procedures

Physical procedures are designed to be simple, effective, and safe, with minimal potential for misuse.

Restraint only as a last resort

Restraint is used only when no other safe option exists and ends as quickly as possible.

Consistent standards

Consistent standards across staff and settings reduce risk for everyone.

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Have questions about how we keep your child safe?

Reach out and a real person from our team will be glad to talk it through.