Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Subchapter W - SERVICE LEVEL SYSTEM
Division 1 - BASIC SERVICE LEVEL
Section 700.2303 - What are the characteristics of a child that needs the Basic Service Level?

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

A child needing basic services is capable of responding to limit setting or other interventions. The children needing basic services may include:

(1) a child whose characteristics include one or more of the following:

(A) transient difficulties and occasional misbehavior;

(B) acting out in response to stress, but episodes of acting out are brief; and

(C) behavior that is minimally disturbing to others, but the behavior is considered typical for the child's age and can be corrected.

(2) a child with intellectual or developmental disabilities whose characteristics include minor to moderate difficulties with conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills.

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