http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... rt=0#978542. Any bona fide boarding school whose PRIMARY PURPOSE of admission is EDUCATION, provided that such facility in order to claim exemption shall operate under a published academic educational curriculum which meets the requirements of the State Department of Education, shall have classroom facilities which are not used for residential living, shall not have been granted nor have assumed legal custody of children attending the facility, and SHALL NOT PROVIDE SERVICE PLANNING AND CASEWORK SERVICES as described in these rules.*
What?s questionable is
1) ?Primary Purpose of Admission is Education?
Q: How can the primary purpose of an 18 month therapeutic program be Education?
2) ?Service Planning and Casework Services?
Do the following not meet the criteria for Assessment/Planning/Casework Services?
Although most of our students struggle with issues of Oppositional Defiant Disorder, we SEPERATE AND TREAT all of our students' needs WITH SPECIALIZED ATTENTION. Hidden Lake Academy offers a strong THERAPEUTIC CURRICULUM, coupled with SPECIALIZED "adjunct" THERAPEUTIC SERVICES which address other clinical issues such as; addictive, compulsive and self-destructive behaviors.
While supported in a caring, loving environment, students are taught the lessons of healthy living and the importance of academic achievement. During the course of the THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM at HLA, students move through five sequentially planned counseling segments called Elements. Elements are designed to build on each other progressively, and each Element introduces concepts that are crucial to the student's personal development and success.
Counselors receive weekly supervision by Doctoral and licensed Staff. In addition, biweekly therapeutic staffings are held to develop SPECIFIC TREATMENT GOALS and INTERVENTIONS for EACH STUDENT.
Our Commitment
?An INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPEUTIC PLAN, including CLINICAL TREATMENT GOALS, is maintained and revised by clinical supervisors throughout the enrollment of the student.
On a weekly basis, students participate in special group therapy sessions based on themes such as adoption, divorce, poor social skills, etc. INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPEUTIC SERVICES are available for students with particular issues, such as addiction, eating disorders or self-destructive behaviors.
290-2-5-.10 Assessment and Planning.
An institution shall complete a full written assessment of each child admitted for care and
of each child's family within thirty days of admission and develop an individual written
service plan for each child based on the assessments within thirty days of admission. If an
assessment is not completed within thirty days, the reasons for the delay shall be documented in the child's case record and such documentation shall include statements indicating when the assessment is expected to be completed.
(a) The assessment shall be completed by the child's designated Human Services
Professional. The assessment shall assess the needs of the child in the areas of health
care, education, family relationships, personal and social development, psychological and
personal development, and vocational development. This assessment is intended to expand upon the initial intake evaluation required by Rule .09(2)(a)1.
[Isn't HLA claiming to do this? How else would they decide which "special therapy" groups to put kids in? Or what special education services a child needs?]
1. The institution shall obtain the child's school records from the last school attended in
order to complete the education needs component of the assessment.
[We know they do this. Some kids have IEPs.]
(b) A service plan shall be developed by the child's Human Services Professional in
concert with the child's primary Child Care Worker, meaning the worker who has
responsibility for supervision of the child in the living unit where the child resides. The
plan shall contain the following data:
1. The results of the assessment and identified needs;
2. Statements of time-limited goals and objectives for the child and family and methods
of achieving them and evaluating them;
3. Statements of activities to be followed by the child and staff members in pursuit of the
stated goals and objectives;
4. Statements of any special care and services that will be arranged for or provided
directly;
5. Statements of goals and preliminary plans for discharge;
6. Statements about the types of discipline that should be employed when necessary; and
[Isn't the list of 'disciplines' spelled out in the parent manual? Zaps, Restriction, RC.]
7. Statements about any restrictions of communications or visitations with any persons;
such statements shall clearly show that the health, safety, and welfare of the child would
be adversely affected by such communications or visits.
[Isn't communication with family restricted for everyone, without showing the necessity?]
(c) The child, and the parent(s) or guardian(s), or child placing agency representative shall be involved in the development of the service plan, and its periodic updates as described below.
(d) The service plan shall be updated by the Human Services Professional at a minimum of every six months and pertinent progress notes and data shall be incorporated in the plan to measure attainment of stated goals and objectives. The child's primary Child Care Worker shall participate in the updating.
Authority O.C.G.A. Secs. 49-5-8, 49-5-12. History. Original Rule entitled "Assessment and Planning" adopted. F. Jun. 30, 1994; eff. Aug. 1, 1994, as specified by the Agency.
