Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0190 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Program Services

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Admissions assessments. An outdoor youth
			 program must perform an admission assessment on each child in care.
(a) Admissions process. An assigned staff
			 member with documented experience in the area of admissions screening and
			 assessment, who is familiar with the outdoor youth program, must complete an
			 individual admissions assessment for each child in care prior to
			 enrollment.
(b) Admissions to be
			 based on admissions assessment. The outdoor youth program must base admission
			 of each child in care on the individual admissions assessment. The assessment
			 must be the basis for the child in care's service plan. The assessment must
			 include all of the following components:
(A)
			 Social history including home, community, and environment.
(B) Health history, including current
			 prescriptions and over the counter medication;
(C) Psychological history, including behavior
			 problems, aggression, substance abuse, family dynamics, prior evaluations, and
			 any previous treatment.
(D) For a
			 child in care with indications of a mental health diagnosis, the assessment
			 must include a determination by a licensed, certified, or registered mental
			 health professional whether the outdoor youth program is appropriate and how
			 the program activities will address the child in care's needs, or whether
			 another type of mental health treatment is indicated for the child in care
			 before the child in care enters the field portion of the outdoor youth program.
(i) If the program has reasonable grounds to
			 believe that a child in care for whom admission is sought has a mental health
			 diagnosis, the program must require the submission of an evaluation, completed
			 not more than 90 days previously, of the child in care's mental health
			 condition by a clinical psychologist of psychiatrist.
(ii) The evaluation described in subparagraph
			 (i) of this paragraph and other available evaluations and relevant
			 documentation must be reviewed by a qualified mental health professional who
			 must describe in writing how the treatment to be provided at the outdoor youth
			 program is appropriate for the identified mental health diagnosis. This
			 description must include how the activities of the program will address the
			 needs of the child in care and relate to the child in care's service
			 plan.
(E) For a child in
			 care with indications of substance abuse, the assessment must include a
			 determination by a professional in chemical dependency whether detoxification
			 is indicated for the child in care before the child in care enters the field
			 portion of the outdoor youth program.
(c) Consultation and additional information.
			 If after a review of the components required by the Admissions Assessment,
			 there is any question as to the appropriateness of admission of a child in
			 care, the assigned staff member must consult with the Multidisciplinary Team
			 and document the decision. If the information available about the child in care
			 is inadequate for the determination of appropriateness for the outdoor youth
			 program, the outdoor youth program must require additional necessary
			 information which may include evaluations by consulting
			 professionals.
(d) Evaluation of
			 appropriateness of admission. Each admissions assessment must include a summary
			 evaluation of the appropriateness of the admission of the child in care into
			 the outdoor youth program.
(e)
			 Field entry.
(A) An outdoor youth program must
			 conduct an interview and orientation with each child in care before the child
			 in care leaves for the field portion of the program away from the main base of
			 operations.
(B) The field director
			 or senior field staff assigned to the child in care's field experience must
			 conduct an interview with the child in care prior to entrance into the field;
			 and
(C) The medically trained field
			 staff assigned to the child in care's field experience must conduct a review of
			 the child in care's health history and physical examination report.