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Devereux Releases National Outcomes Report
Devereux’s latest annual report outlines the organization’s national outcomes data, its 2026-28 strategic plan and its show of supporters across the country.
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Devereux ASCEND
The Devereux ASCEND Career Accelerator Program provides employees with the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance they need to reach their full potential, both personally and professionally.
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Turn down the volume on negative self-talk
Did you know that negative self-talk can significantly impact your happiness, concentration and overall quality of life? Devereux Center for Resilient Children Director Susan Damico offers strategies to help you shift your inner soundtrack.
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Sharing Messages of Hope
At Devereux, our families, caregivers, team members and supporters motivate, encourage and inspire us every day. Read stories, testimonials and messages of hope from our Devereux community.
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Safe & Positive Approaches
Promoting Positive Outcomes for the Reduction of Restraint
The Promoting Positive Outcomes for the Reduction of Restraint training 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 important decision-making; (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:
Upon completion of the Promoting Positive Outcomes for the Reduction of Restraint training, participants will be able to:
- Identify issues that impact their
supervisory roles and responsibilities in the prevention and intervention of
crisis.
- Describe elements of a culturally
competent and trauma-informed environment that fosters crisis prevention and
the reduction and elimination of restraints.
- Develop their knowledge and skills in the
concepts, guidelines and techniques trained in the Safe & Positive
Approaches® program.
- Demonstrate technical accuracy in their
evaluation of staff’s performance of Safe & Positive Approaches®
skills and techniques.
- Implement supportive supervisory
strategies for providing performance monitoring and a 7-step process for
delivering feedback to their staff.
- Facilitate a staff debriefing process in
follow-up of crisis situations.
Core Learning Activities:
- Module 1: Supervisory Roles, Responsibilities and Important Decision-Making
- 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 and Legal Implications of Safe
& Positive Approaches®
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