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Behavior Management Program Paper

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IV. BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Include your Behavior Management Program here. Address all items from the checklist. Refer to the Code of Federal Regulations, the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Title 17, and DDS’s web page for guidance.

Address:

• Facility philosophy
• Written: assessment, behavioral management plan, document which justifies use of interventions, and monthly reports
• Mild Restrictive Interventions to be used/not used
• Restrictive/Aversive techniques to be used/not used
• Psychotherapeutic drugs
• Emergency Behavioral Procedures

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Include:

The facility shall have a Human Rights Committee (HRC) with the responsibility for assuring that clients rights …show more content…

The HRC shall meet at least quarterly.

The function of the HRC shall include:
• Development of policies and procedures to assure and safeguard the client's rights listed in W& I Code, Sections 4502-4505 and sections 50500-50550, Title 17 CAC.
• Monitor staff performance to ensure that policies and procedures are implemented.
• Document and participate in developing and implementing relevant in-service training programs.
• Review treatment modalities used by the facility where client human rights or dignity are affected.
• Review and approve at least annually, all behavior management programs. For those programs utilizing restrictive procedures, the minutes of the HRC shall reflect an examination of all previous treatment modalities used by the facility and shall document that the current program represents the least restrictive treatment alternative.
• Inform each client, parent (if the client is a minor) or legal guardian, of the client's medical condition, developmental and behavioral status, attendant risks of treatment, and of the right to refuse

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