Section 6-6 - Admissions Criteria (a) In order to qualify for placement in a TFC program, a child must have a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) diagnosis and meet qualifications for Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED).
(b) The following are required within 14 days of admission to a TFC program: - (i) Initial diagnostic assessment;
- (ii) Medical, psychiatric and substance use history;
- (iii) Family and social assessment;
- (iv) Child assets and strengths;
- (v) Developmental history and current developmental functioning with respect to physical, psychological and social areas, including age appropriate adaptive functioning and social problem-solving;
- (vi) Psycho-educational assessment;
- (vii) An assessment of the need for psychological testing, neurological evaluation and speech, hearing and language evaluations; and
- (viii) A problem list, related to the reasons why the child was admitted to this level of care.