title: Descriptive analysis of a staff injury-reduction intervention in a human services setting for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
abstract: Clinical safety is a dominant concern for human services organizations serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and high-risk challenging behaviors. This article is a descriptive analysis of components that comprised an injury-reduction intervention among direct-care staff at a specialized school. Using a behavior-based safety approach, intervention was associated with fewer staff injuries and more weeks without injury reports. The article focuses on systems-level strategies and recommendations for future research and practice.
authors.affiliation: May Institute, 41 Pacella Park Drive, Randolph, MA 02368, USA. jluiselli@mayinstitute.org
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Luiselli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000379:methods; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D012449:Safety; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: behavioral safety; human services organizations; injury reduction