Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 147 - HEALTH SERVICES TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN UNDER P.L. NO. 94-142 › Section 11-147-7 - Mental health services-treatment

Current through June, 2024
(a) Mental health
				treatment services include teacher oriented consultation (TOC), student
				oriented consultation (SOC), and direct treatment services (DTS). The mental
				health division children's staff shall provide any or all of the types of
				mental health treatment services described in this section to a handicapped
				child identified as requiring mental health services in order to benefit from
				special education.
(b) TOC mental
				health services shall be provided by a member of the mental health division
				children's staff when consultation with the teacher(s) of handicapped children
				will assist the teacher(s) in identifying and managing developmental, social,
				and emotional adjustment problems which handicapped students in a particular
				classroom may be encountering. The designated mental health division children's
				staff member shall also maintain communications with district special education
				staff whenever necessary or appropriate.
(c) SOC mental health services shall be
				provided as a related service when mental health consultation(s) provided by a
				member of the mental health division children's staff to the teacher(s) of a
				particular handicapped student will facilitate the teacher's ability to provide
				a therapeutic learning environment for the student in furtherance of specific
				social, emotional, and behavioral goals included in the child's IEP. When SOC
				services are to be or have been included in a student's IEP, a member of the
				mental health division children's staff shall participate in meetings conducted
				by the department of education concerning that student's mental health needs. A
				written report regarding the student's progress toward the mental health
				related goals specified in the student's IEP shall be transmitted to the
				student's teacher on a quarterly basis for inclusion in any reports to parents
				regarding the student's progress toward all IEP goals.
(d) DTS mental health services shall be
				provided when behavioral, social, or emotional problems, or psychiatric
				disorders prevent a child from benefitting or limit the child's ability to
				benefit from specially designed instruction developed to meet the unique needs
				of the handicapped child. DTS mental health services include individual
				therapy, parent counseling and training, group psycho-therapy, behavior
				therapy, and substance abuse counseling.
(1)
				Direct treatment mental health services will be provided at the student's
				school during the regular hours of the school day, unless the unique needs of
				the student require another arrangement. The mental health division children's
				staff member assigned to provide the services shall maintain ongoing
				communication with the student's teacher (s) and any other persons providing
				related services to the student in order to align therapy and counseling goals
				with educational goals.
(2) Written
				information regarding the student's progress toward all mental health related
				goals included in the student's IEP will be transmitted by the assigned mental
				health division children's staff member to the student's teacher on at least a
				quarterly basis for inclusion in reports to parents regarding the student's
				progress toward all IEP goals.
(3)
				The assigned member of the mental health division children's staff shall
				participate in meetings, including any IEP conferences, conducted by the
				department of education concerning a student's mental health needs whenever
				direct treatment mental health services have been recommended and included in
				the student's IEP.