Section 748.887 - 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?If you do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, the pre-service training curriculum 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 operation's de-escalation protocols to avoid harmful behavior, and supporting the child'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 engage a child and de-escalate a situation;(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.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.887
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 16, April 22, 2022, TexReg 2263, eff. 4/25/2022