Restraint Training
Restraint Training New Zealand
Restraint is one specific type of restrictive practice — the physical or mechanical technique used to limit a person’s movement when it’s genuinely necessary and safe to do so.
This page covers the hands-on skill itself; our Restrictive Practices Training page covers the broader category, including seclusion, environmental and chemical restraint, and the legal framework around when restrictive practices can be used at all.
Resolution Education is a New Zealand specialist OVA provider, and our Restraint Training is built around the A.D.P. Framework and tailored to your organisation’s specific environment and risk profile.
Resolution Education’s Restraint Training is a specialised, technique-focused package for emergency response teams, security personnel, healthcare providers, and other roles who may need to physically restrain a person as a genuine last resort. Delivered through engaging, face-to-face sessions over 1-2 days, our Restraint Training utilises the proven A.D.P. Framework (Awareness, De-escalation, Protection) to prioritise prevention and early intervention wherever possible — restraint is only ever taught as what happens when those earlier stages haven’t been enough.
Participants gain hands-on experience via role-playing and realistic scenarios in a controlled environment, building essential self-awareness, team coordination, and the confidence to recognise when restraint is truly necessary — or better avoided — while mastering easy-to-learn techniques for standing, seated, and transitional restraints that enhance overall workplace safety.
Who Will Benefit From Restraint Training?
Restraint Training is necessary for roles where physical intervention is a genuine possibility, and we believe every employee requiring this specific skill will find our interactive training package effective. Our easy-to-learn restraint techniques are designed to keep both staff and the person being restrained as safe as possible.
Resolution Education has trained personnel at all levels within various organisations, and we understand that the situations likely to require physical restraint vary significantly depending on role and industry. That’s why all training is based on our proven A.D.P. Framework, with the physical technique component customised to your organisation’s actual risk profile.
Contact us today to discuss your Restraint Training requirements.
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Training Outcomes
- Recognising the signs of when and when not to restrain
- Understanding everyone’s role in a restraint process
- Understanding the legalities around restraints and restrictive practices
- Learning safe non-punitive restraint techniques
- Learning standing, seated, and moving restraint techniques
- Learning practices around seclusion and restraint
- Understanding the different types of restraints including mechanical restraints (using a device), physical restraints, and medical restraints
- Practising how to safely restrain, as a team, once back in the workplace
Course Outline
All restraint training outlines are based on proven techniques and are customised to the organisation (based on incidents, policies and procedures, and legal policies). This ensures that the needs of the group and individuals participating in the training are addressed, as their safety and increased confidence is our priority.
The training is divided into modules, allowing participants to progressively develop their skills by starting with foundational concepts and advancing to real-life scenario practice.
A more detailed Restraint Training course outline can be provided by contacting us directly.
You Will Receive
- An excellent course of fun and interactive training including role playing
- Real-life skills including greater confidence, self-awareness, conflict resolution management and self-defence skills.
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