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Case Study: 100% Restraint Reduction in Behavioral Health

Introduction

This case study of Executive Office of the State of North Carolina is based on a December 2015 survey of Crisis Prevention Institute customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“CPI has improved staff de-escalation skills, overall safety, and has become ingrained in our training.”

“CPI training has improved my organization’s HCAHPS score.”

“CPI helps me sharpen my communications skills. De-escalation is the key to showing clients that you are concerned about them and their feelings.”

“CPI training allows staff to work as a team in order to solve problems with our clients and to give them choices.”

“I love CPI because it shows you how to look, listen, and learn; we’ve learned how to communicate more effectively with our clients and the key objective is giving them time to process the information.”

Challenges

Sought Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training in order to:

  • Reduce workplace violence rate
  • Improve organizational culture
  • Improve staff confidence in working with challenging clients
  • Improve staff skills in managing behaviors

Environment

  • Has gone through the following CPI advanced training programs:
    • Trauma Informed Care
    • Autism Spectrum Disorders
    • Enhanced Verbal Skills
    • Applied Physical Training
  • Provides refresher training to their staff every 6 months.
  • Categorizes their healthcare environment as behavioral.

Results

  • Reduced challenging / disruptive behaviors by over 50% since implementing CPI de-escalation techniques.
  • Decreased the use of physical restraint and seclusion by 100% since implementing CPI training.




About This Data

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