RTO Plan

Physical Restraint, Time Out and Isolated Time Out Reduction Plan

In accordance with the requirements set forth in 105 ILCS 5/2-3.130 and Public Act 102-0339, each school district board must create an oversight team that consists of, but is not limited to, teachers, paraprofessionals, school service personnel, and administrators to develop district-specific plans that include procedures to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of physical restraint, time out, and isolated time out (RTO). The progress toward the reduction and eventual elimination of such interventions shall be measured by the reduction of the overall number of incidents of those interventions and the total number of students subjected to those interventions. The plans must include specific actions set forth in legislation and shall align with the reduction goal set forth by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). RTO Reduction Goal: The plan’s objective shall be a 25 percent reduction in the use of physical restraint/time out/isolated time out over a 12- month period for students experiencing five-plus instances in a 30-day period.

Our district's plan can be found below. Please note that our staff is trained by the Crisis Prevention Institute and our goal is to utilize de-escalation strategies and use preventative measures to avoid having to use physical management for behaviors. We have an extremely low number of instances where physical management has had to be utilized in the past 3 years by our trained personnel, therefore, we will continue to utilize preventative strategies that we have found to be successful.