SECTION 749.887. If I do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, what curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention?

If you do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention must focus on early identification of potential problem behaviors and strategies and techniques for less restrictive interventions, including the following curriculum components:

(1) Developing and maintaining an environment that supports positive and constructive behaviors;

(2) The causes of behaviors potentially harmful to a child, including aspects of the environment;

(3) Early signs of behaviors that may become dangerous to a child or others;

(4) Strategies and techniques a child can use to avoid harmful behaviors;

(5) Teaching a child to use the strategies and techniques of your agency's de-escalation protocols to avoid harmful behavior, and supporting the children's efforts to progress into a state of self-control;

(6) Less restrictive strategies caregivers can use to intervene in potentially harmful behaviors;

(7) Less restrictive strategies caregivers can use to work with an oppositional child;

(8) Addressing circumstances when all de-escalation strategies fail; and

(9) The risks associated with the use of prone or supine restraints, including positional, compression, or restraint asphyxia.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.887 adopted to be effective amended to be effective June 27, 2021, 46 TexReg 3525