Happy new year everyone. Te Pou offices are now open for 2021.
Happy new year everyone. Te Pou offices are now open for 2021.
The Six Core Strategies© are evidence-informed approaches effective in reducing seclusion and restraint events. This whole-of-system approach was originally developed in the US by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Medical Directors Council (NASMHPD). It is also used in the UK, Canada, Australia, and Finland.
The New Zealand adaption, formerly known as the Six Core Strategies® checklist (2013), was developed by Te Pou to support services implement the strategies within the New Zealand context. This adaption was refreshed in 2020 to ensure the strategies remain current and useful for services. Feedback from the sector identified potential ways to strengthen the use of the Six Core Strategies© to meet current and future needs. Read the sector feedback summary here.
The refreshed Six Core Strategies© service review tool (2020) was published following sector feedback and commitment to seclusion reduction and eventual elimination. This service review tool aims to support leaders and managers in implementing the Six Core Strategies© in mental health services. The tool is designed to help services to regularly review their progress in shifting towards least restrictive practice through identifying key priorities and supporting ongoing quality improvement and systems change. The Six Core Strategies© service review tool can be accessed here.
An overview of the six strategic areas is outlined below.
Te Pou hosted a series of webinars to support the recent launch of the Six Core Strategies Service Review Tool. Each session focused on a specific area of the Six Core Strategies and featured guest speakers who are strong supporters of least restrictive practice and the eventual elimination of seclusion.
Recordings of the webinars are available to watch below
This service review tool (formerly known as the Six Core Strategies© checklist), provides guidance for mental health services in implementing a whole-of-system and evidence-informed approach towards least restrictive practice. It is based on the original Six Core Strategies© developed in the US by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Medical Directors Council (NASMHPD). This version has been adapted for use in New Zealand mental health services.
Literature themes in least restrictive practice: A brief literature review to inform the implementation of the Six Core Strategies©
This evidence update takes a closer look at strategies that local services have found helpful, as well as areas for improvement. Current strengths and priorities in relation to Six Core Strategies© include leadership towards organisational change, sensory modulation, use of data to inform practice, and workforce development.
This evidence update provides information about: rates of seclusion for Māori and Pasifika people, use of HoNOS to inform reduction strategies, variation in seclusion between DHBs, key points about effective responses and a selection of the tools and resources to support seclusion reduction.
This report summarises key feedback from mental health services, gathered to help inform the update of the Six Core Strategies© checklist. Findings highlight the current New Zealand context around least restrictive practice and areas for improvement.
25 November 2011
Waitemata District Health Board used the Six Core Strategies to successfully reduce seclusion and restraint.Choose which list to add this to, or create a new one!