Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 27, December 30, 2024
Subpart
1.
Orientation.
The local agency must ensure that each person who is employed
for pay or under contract to provide family community support services takes
part in:
A. orientation before the
person begins to provide family community support services. The orientation
shall include:
(1) the provisions,
applicability, and reporting requirements of the Minnesota Government Data
Practices Act in Minnesota Statutes, sections
13.01 to
13.48, and parts
9560.0210 to
9560.0234 and
9535.4000 to
9535.4070; and
(2) training in procedures for responding to
a child's crisis according to part
9535.4035;
B. further training in the areas specified in
subitems (1) and (2), no later than 30 calendar days after the person begins to
provide family community support services unless the person can document having
skills and knowledge about subitems (1) and (2). The training shall address:
(1) the different diagnostic classifications
of emotional disturbance and the specific characteristics of the
classifications; and
(2) the use of
psychotropic medications in children and the potential side effects of the
medication.
Subp.
2.
Continuing training.
The local agency must ensure that a person who is employed
for pay or under contract to provide family community support services receives
at least 20 hours of continuing training in a two-year period. Training topics
shall be chosen from the items specified in subpart
1 and:
A. the provisions of the Minnesota
Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act in Minnesota Statutes, sections
245.487
to
245.4889;
B. the core values and principles of the
Child Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP);
C. how to coordinate services between the
public education system and the mental health system;
D. procedures for providing crisis assistance
services according to Minnesota Statutes, section
245.4871, subdivision
9a;
E. information about
eligibility for the programs specified in part
9535.4053;
F. skills needed to be supportive of a parent
of a child with severe emotional disturbance;
G. how to provide services effectively to a
child of a minority race or minority ethnic heritage; and
H. how to provide services for children with
developmental disabilities or other special needs.
Completion of required training must be documented in the
training participant's personnel record.
