Resources
Policy resources for schools
- Building Code Vic D2.21 operation of latch statement by school template (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Chemical restraint: administering PRN medication to control behaviour (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Guidance on behaviour support, restrictive practices and contacting Victorian government schools: for NDIS practitioners (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Essential safety measures and seclusion (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Fact sheet: Staff intervention in physical altercations between students (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Locks, coded locks, and door handles guidance (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Mechanical restraint guidance (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Mechanical restraint transition plan template (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Physical restraint and vaccinations guidance (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Responding to self-injurious behaviour (DOCX) (staff login required)
- School Boarding Services, physical restraint and seclusion (DOCX)(opens in a new window).
Support resources for schools
- Within-school procedure for reporting physical restraint and seclusion (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Work-related violence in schools post-incident checklist (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Guide for conducting a school-based review meeting (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Case studies (DOCX)(opens in a new window).
Professional development
- Restraint and Seclusion in Victorian Government schools (staff login required) eLearning module available to all school staff through LearnEd
- Professional Development
- Arc Digital Hub professional development event PowerPoint presentation (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Arc Digital Hub Learn about the Restraint and Seclusion Policy participant questions (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Fact sheet for Student Support Services and Visiting Teachers (DOCX)(opens in a new window).
Information for students and parents/carers
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for students (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers (DOCX)(opens in a new window).
Information for parents/carers – translations
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Arabic (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Arabic (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Assyrian (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Assyrian (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Chin Hakha (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Chin Hakha (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Dari (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Dari (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Karen (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Karen (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Khmer (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Khmer (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Mandarin (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Mandarin (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Persian (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Persian (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Turkish (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Turkish (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Vietnamese (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Restraint and Seclusion Policy information for parents/carers – Vietnamese (PDF)(opens in a new window).
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