As part of its ongoing effort to promote alternatives to seclusion and restraint and other forms of coercive interventions among special populations, SAMHSA’s Promoting Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint through Trauma-informed Practices, will host a 6-part webinar series to be followed by an ongoing virtual dialogue with presenters and experts in the field through SAMHSA’s BHTalk web site and subsequent written brief to inform the field on promising practices. For more information along with the schedule and registration information, view the attached document.

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Promoting Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint among Special Populations
Virtual Training Institute
August 14, 21 and 28, 2012
As part of its ongoing effort to promote alternatives to seclusion and restraint and other forms of
coercive interventions among special populations, SAMHSA’s Promoting Alternatives to
Seclusion and Restraint through Trauma-informed Practices, will host a 6-part webinar series to
be followed by an ongoing virtual dialogue with presenters and experts in the field through
SAMHSA’s BHTalk web site (http://www.bhtalk.org/Groups.aspx - Community Dedicated to
Trauma-Informed Practices and Seclusion and Restraint Prevention Blog); and subsequent
written brief to inform the field on promising practices.
The series will address various groups whose unique needs must be understood and addressed to
prevent the use of coercive interventions. The historical, intergenerational and community
traumas of these groups must be taken into account for systems of care to avoid re-traumatization
and avoid replaying historical conflicts. This webinar series is designed to begin the dialogue
around some of these groups and address their specific needs. Presenters will include national
experts in the field and families and consumers who have experienced episodes of seclusion and
restraint and can address the positive changes resulting from seclusion/restraint free
environments.
Additional information will be sent within the next week - To register for the
webinars, please click here

2. Schedule of Events:
Part I Part II
Title: Introduction to the Series and Title: Preventing Seclusion and Restraint in
Preventing Seclusion and Restraint among Criminal Justice Settings
Youth in Institutional Settings Date: August 14, 2012
Date: August 14, 2012 Time: 3:00-4:30 (EST)
Time: 1:00-2:30 (EST)
Part III Part IV
Title: Preventing Seclusion and Restraint Title: Preventing Seclusion and Restraint
among People Who are Deaf or Hard of among Older Adults
Hearing
Date: August 21, 2012
Date: August 21, 2012
Time: 3:00-4:30 (EST)
Time: 1:00-2:30 (EST)
Part VI
Part V
Title: Preventing Seclusion and Restraint
Title: Preventing Seclusion and Restraint in among Children with Developmental
School Settings Disorders
Date: August 28, 2012 Date: August 28, 2012
Time: 1:00-2:30 (EST) Time: 3:00-4:30 (EST)
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