Mindful Staff Can Reduce the Use of Physical Restraints When Providing Care to Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities January 12, 2009 Nirbhay Nand Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Alan S W Winton et al. 113 citations
Background The use of physical restraints has generated immense controversy in the delivery of services to individuals with intellectual disabilities. The current zeitgeist is that effective positive approaches obviate the need for using physical restraints. In a multiple baseline design, we sought to assess how training staff members in mindfulness affected their use of physical restraints for...