The
Supervision of Safe & Positive Approaches is
an evidence‐based supervisory training program designed for lead
staff, first‐line supervisors and middle managers who are
responsible for direct care/direct support staff and their
implementation of the performance responsibilities trained in the
Safe
& Positive Approaches program.
Its purpose is to enable supervisors to: (a) understand their roles
and responsibilities and legal implications; (b) heighten their
knowledge and skill level of Safe
& Positive Approaches concepts
and techniques; (c) provide supportive, behavioral supervision; and
(d) promote staff’s use, mastery and retention of Safe
& Positive Approaches concepts
and skills that reduce and eliminate the use of restraints.
Learning
Objectives:
A.
Participants will be able to identify issues that impact their
supervisory roles and responsibilities in the prevention and
intervention of crisis.
B.
Participants will be able to describe elements of a culturally
competent and trauma‐informed environment that fosters crisis
prevention and the reduction and elimination of restraints.
C.
Participants will be able to develop their knowledge and skills in
the concepts, guidelines and techniques trained in the Safe
& Positive Approaches program.
D.
Participants will be able to demonstrate technical accuracy in their
evaluation of staff’s performance of Safe
& Positive Approaches skills
and techniques.
E.
Participants will be able to implement supportive supervisory
strategies for providing performance monitoring and a 7‐step
process for delivering feedback to their staff.
F.
Participants will be able to facilitate a staff debriefing process in
follow‐up of crisis situations.
Program
Components:
- Module
1: Supervisory Roles, Responsibilities and Legal Implications
- Module
2: Safe
& Positive Approaches Knowledge
and Skills
- Module
3: Supportive Behavioral Supervision of Safe
& Positive Approaches
- Module
4: Enhancing and Maintaining Staff’s Performance of Safe
& Positive Approaches
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