26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.887

Current through Reg. 49, No. 49; December 6, 2024
Section 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?

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.

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.887

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 23, June 4, 2021, TexReg 3528, eff. 6/27/2021