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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER F - TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SECTION/RULE §749.887 - If I do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, what curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention?
Chapter Review Date 06/19/2024

If you do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention must focus on early identification of potential problem behaviors and strategies and techniques for less restrictive interventions, including the following curriculum components:(1) Developing and maintaining an environment that supports positive and constructive behaviors;(2) The causes of behaviors potentially harmful to a child, including aspects of the environment;(3) Early signs of behaviors that may become dangerous to a child or others;(4) Strategies and techniques a child can use to avoid harmful behaviors;(5) Teaching a child to use the strategies and techniques of your agency's de-escalation protocols to avoid harmful behavior, and supporting the children's efforts to progress into a state of self-control;(6) Less restrictive strategies caregivers can use to intervene in potentially harmful behaviors;(7) Less restrictive strategies caregivers can use to work with an oppositional child;(8) Addressing circumstances when all de-escalation strategies fail; and(9) The risks associated with the use of prone or supine restraints, including positional, compression, or restraint asphyxia.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.887 adopted to be effective amended to be effective June 27, 2021, 46 TexReg 3525.

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