S.D. Admin. R. 67:42:15:16

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 57, November 12, 2024

Section 67:42:15:16 - Annual training

The facility shall have a written plan for annual in-service training. Each staff member providing direct care to children must participate in the training. The written plan must provide for training in the following areas for staff during the first year of employment:

(1) Administrative procedures and overall program goals;

(2) Understanding children's emotional needs and problems which affect and inhibit their growth;

(3) Family relationships and the impact of separation;

(4) Substance abuse, its recognition, prevention, and treatment;

(5) Identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect;

(6) Principles and practices of child care;

(7) Behavior management techniques;

(8) Use of seclusion and personal restraint;

(9) Emergency and safety procedures; and

(10) Cultural sensitivity.

Staff must receive training to become certified in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation and must maintain certification throughout employment.

For staff beyond the first year of employment, the plan must provide for competency-based training.

The facility shall provide and each staff member shall attend a minimum of 50 clock hours of training annually.

The annual training must include a minimum of five hours of training in a nationally-recognized program of behavior management techniques and personal restraint and five hours of training in the special areas the facility uses to provide services to children, such as sexual perpetration, highly aggressive and assaultive youth, severe emotional disturbance, and lower functioning individuals.

Training must be competency based and the facility must develop and implement a process that demonstrates the effectiveness of the training in providing the knowledge and expertise required.

Supervision of staff members as they perform their routine tasks is not considered training. The facility shall document completion of required training and shall keep the documentation in the individuals personnel file.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:42:15:16

32 SDR 33, effective 8/31/2005; 34 SDR 200, effective 1/30/2008; 39 SDR 220, effective 6/27/2013.

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-16.