Florida Administrative Code
63 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
63N - Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Developmental Disability Services
Chapter 63N-1 - SERVICE DELIVERY
Section 63N-1.0081 - Mental Health Treatment Services

(a) Individual therapy or counseling, which is one-to-one counseling between a youth with a diagnosed Mental Disorder and a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional. Individual counseling or therapy shall be a planned and structured face-to-face therapy session designed to address the youth's symptoms and accomplish the goals and objectives in the youth's Initial or Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plan. Individual counseling or therapy shall be based on evidence based therapy models such as cognitive behavioral therapy, reality therapy, gestalt therapy or rational emotive therapy, or identified as promising practices in published quantitative research showing positive outcomes and demonstrated effectiveness in mental health treatment.

(b) Group therapy or counseling, which is an assembly of youths who have a diagnosed Mental Disorder and a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional for the purpose of using the emotional interactions of members of the group to help them get relief from distressing symptoms and to modify their behavior.

(c) Family counseling or therapy, which is an assembly of a youth with acute or chronic Mental Disorder, his/her family members such as the youth's parents or guardians and siblings, and a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional for the purpose of improving the youth's and family's functioning in areas which appear to impact his/her Mental Disorder. Family counseling or therapy must be based on effective treatment approaches such as family systems therapy, functional family therapy and multi-systemic therapy or identified as promising practices in published quantitative research showing positive outcomes and demonstrated to be effective in family counseling.

(d) Behavior therapy, which is a mode of treatment provided by a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional, for the purpose of modifying the behavior of a youth with a diagnosed Mental Disorder by assisting him/her in learning new, more acceptable and adaptable forms of behavior.

(e) Psychosocial Skills Training, which is a face-to-face therapeutic activity designed to address specific skill deficits or maladaptive behaviors and promote skill development and improved functioning of youths with Mental Disorder. Psychosocial Skills Training must be provided by a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional. Psychosocial Skills Training must address the specific deficits or maladaptive behaviors identified in the youth's Initial of Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plan.

(f) Juvenile sexual offender therapy and juvenile sexual offender treatment shall be conducted, managed or supervised in accordance with Section 490.012(8) or 491.012(1)(n), F.S.