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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a former CPI trainer.

Restraint should be used as a last resort when two criteria are met.

1) The child's behavior is in immediate ongoing danger to themselves or others.

2) There is no other way to address the situation (e.g. you can't back off them to give them space, because they keep coming at you, or you have a valid concern that they'll run someplace unsafe like traffic or towards another child they want to hit).

and is should only be used as long as the above criteria continue to be met.  In my experience with younger kids, that's usually a few seconds, maybe a minute.   It's very rare for a kid to continue to struggle and aggress for 10 minutes, and for there not to be another solution (e.g. switching out for a safe adult, getting the other child or object that made it an unsafe situation out of there) within 10 minutes.

I would be concerned that 1 and 2 were not really met, or that the restraint didn't stop as soon as it was no longer needed.  To me, it sounds like they used restraint as a punishment which is never OK.

On the other hand, I know I've had transient red marks on my arms after holding a child, and I've seen them on kids I've held.  The reality is if someone is struggling to get out of a hold, you're going to need your hands to be firm enough that they can't push through, and pushing against something firm causes a mark.  To me, the red marks would be less worrying than the 10 minutes.

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