SECTION 749.2381. What is an overall agency evaluation?

(a) The overall agency evaluation is an annual review regarding:

(1) The use and effectiveness of emergency behavior interventions at your agency; and

(2) Your emergency behavior intervention policies and procedures, including the training policy and curriculum.

(b) The objectives of the evaluation are to:

(1) Develop and maintain an environment that supports positive and constructive behaviors of children in care;

(2) Use any type of emergency behavior intervention safely, appropriately, and effectively; and

(3) Eliminate or reduce physical injuries and any other negative side effects on the child's behavior or emotional development resulting from the emergency behavior interventions.

(c) One focus of the evaluation must be on:

(1) The frequency, patterns, and effectiveness of the types of emergency behavior intervention techniques that are used for all children in your foster homes;

(2) Strategies to reduce the need for emergency behavior interventions for all children in your foster homes; and

(3) Specific strategies to reduce the need for use of specific types of emergency behavior intervention techniques for all children in your foster homes.

(d) The results of each overall agency evaluation must be made available to us for review.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2381 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909