The principles, as identified in the settlement agreement, are defined in the context of service goals. Parents and children are treated as partners in the assessment process, and the planning, delivery and evaluation of behavioral health services, and their preferences are taken seriously. Implementation of the behavioral health services plan stabilizes the child's condition and minimizes safety risks. Client-centered teams plan and deliver services. Each child's team includes the child and parents and any foster parents, and any individual important in the child's life who is invited to participate by the child or parents.
Case management is provided as needed.
Behavioral health service plans identify transportation the parents and child need to access behavioral health services and how transportation assistance will be provided. Behavioral health services are adapted or created when they are needed but not available. Behavioral health service plans identify and appropriately address behavioral symptoms that are reactions to death of a family member, abuse or neglect, learning disorders and other similar traumatic or frightening circumstances, substance abuse problems, the specialized behavioral health needs of children who are developmentally disabled, maladaptive sexual behavior, including abusive conduct and risky behavior, and the need for stability and the need to promote permanency in class members' lives, especially class members in foster care. Behavioral health services are continuously evaluated and modified if ineffective in achieving desired outcomes. Children are provided behavioral health services in their home and community to the extent possible.