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Emergency Safety Interventions

Parent & Guardian Resources

What is ESI?

Emergency Safety Interventions (ESI) are seclusion and restraint used when the student presents a reasonable and immediate danger of physical harm to self or others.
SOURCE: Kansas State Department of Education

Targeted and intensive resources:

• Emergency Safety Interventions:
  • 2021-2021 ESI Guidance 
  • Revised Guidance Document
  • Requirement Webinar (short version)
  • Requirement PowerPoint (short version)

• Emergency Safety Interventions: Professional Development Series (video collection PDF)
• Lansing USD469 ESI Policy

Universal resources:

• A Family Guide to the Use of Emergency Safety Interventions in Kansas
• District Responsibilities on Emergency Safety Intervention Information on Website and Handbook
• ESI Requirements Checklist
• Standards for the Use of Emergency Safety Interventions
• De-escalation of Behavior Modules
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Older ESI docs:

• A Family Guide to the Use of Emergency Safety Interventions PDF From Families Together
• Standards for the Use of ESI PDF- Kansas State Department of Education Revised 7-31-18
• Lansing Parent Information Packet for ESI 7-1-2016 
• Parent Contact Information For State Agencies
• Parent Feedback Form 2016-2017
• ESI Sample Medical Form 7-1-2016
• Parent Requests for Emergency Safety Intervention Notification 7-1-2016 
• USD469 Complaint Form 
• USD469 Emergency Safety Interventions Policy 7-11-2016