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Once the child is again under control and accepting direction from the
worker. a process of cleaning up and freshening up is undertaken.
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assistance and warm support from the worker. The child may then get his
clothes back in order and essentially get himself put back together. This
is the time when the child and the worker are re-establishing the positives
of their relationship. However. the child may be unwilling, to be touched by
the adult following the holding. Sufficient distance should then be allowed
while still communicating,acceptance and warmth.

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the child is able to talk about what happened. The worker should bear in
mind that one of the major goals of the restraint is to help the child to
learn another way of dealing with the onslaught of emotion that caused him
to lose control in the first place. The life-space interview should take
place at this point or at a later point if the child appears to be unable to
discuss what happened. The interview should be non-blaming and supportive
with an aim toward helping the child conceptualize what happened and
possibly discuss some other ways he might handle upsetting feelings in the
future. This interview is crucial is helping the child identify what
happened before he lost control. learn that losing control does not work for
him and that there are indeed other ways of managing those same feelings
which will be more productive for him in the future
We will address this crucial aspect of the restraint process now
The Life Space Interview was developed by Fritz Redl and adapted for
Physical Restraint Intervention by The House of the Good Shepherd in Utica,
New York.
The basic goals of this interview are:
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To return to a level of emot iona11 ty at which the child can funct ton
appropriately.
To use the upset to clarify the underlying causes or issues that caused
the restraint to be necessary in the first place.
To develop a strategy for change with the child.

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should always be done with the child, depending on when the child is
ready to engage themselves in this pr-ocess:
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Isolating the child from the pr-oblemsituation, i.e., going

around the corner. out into the hall, into the kitchen, etc.
The purpose for this is essentially to decrease the amount of
stimulation. distraction. or-stress the child must deal with.

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Develop a vieW' of how this situation is like others in the

child's life, i.e., frame the problem as a choice that needs to
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Develop alternative behaviors and plan for their being tried;

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