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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: October 28, 2024) |
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63. Department of Juvenile Justice |
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63N. Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Developmental Disability Services |
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63N-1. Service Delivery |
1(1) Mental health treatment services shall be provided by a Licensed Mental Health Professional or a Mental Health Clinical Staff Person working under the direct supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Professional.
33(2) Mental health treatment sha38ll be based on the youth’s symptoms and DSM diagnosis identified by a Comprehensive Assessment, Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation or updated Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation, and shall seek to 67reduce the youth’s symptoms of Mental Disorder and the negative effects of symptoms on the youth’s behavior and 85accomplish the measurable goals and objectives specified in the youth’s Initial or Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plan.
102(3) Treatment techniques which constitute mental health treatment include the following:
113(a) Individual therapy or counseling, which is one-to-one counseling between a youth with a diagnosed Mental Disorder and a 132Licensed Mental Health Professional 136or a 138Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 143working under the 146direct supervision 148of a 150Licensed Mental Health Professional154. Individual counseling or therapy shall be a planned and structured face-to-face therapy session designed to address the youth’s symptoms and accomplish the goals and objectives in the youth’s Initial or Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plan. Individual counseling or therapy shall be based on evidence based therapy models such as cognitive behavioral therapy, reality therapy, gestalt therapy or rational emotive therapy, or identified as promising practices in published quantitative research showing positive outcomes and demonstrated effectiveness in mental health treatment.
234(b) Group therapy or counseling, which is an assembly of youths who have a diagnosed Mental Disorder and a 253Licensed Mental Health Professional 257or a 259Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 264working under the 267direct supervision 269of a 271Licensed Mental Health Professional 275for the purpose of using the emotional interactions of members of the group to help them get relief from distressing symptoms and to modify their behavior.
3011. Group therapy/counseling shall be a planned and structured face-to-face therapy session designed to address the youths’ symptoms and accomplish the goals and objectives in the youths’ Initial or Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plans.
3352. Group therapy/counseling shall be based on evidence based treatment models such as cognitive behavioral therapy, reality therapy, gestalt therapy or rational emotive therapy and evidence based curricula or curricula identified as promising practices in published quantitative research showing positive outcomes and demonstrated to be effective in mental health treatment.
3853. Group therapy/counseling provided in DJJ residential commitment programs designated for 396Specialized Treatment Services 399shall not exceed a group size of 10 youths with mental health diagnoses.
412(c) Family counseling or therapy, which is an assembly of a youth with acute or chronic Mental Disorder, his/her family members such as the youth’s parents or guardians and siblings, and a 444Licensed Mental Health Professional 448or a 450Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 455working under the 458direct supervision 460of a 462Licensed Mental Health Professional 466for the purpose of improving the youth’s and family’s functioning in areas which appear to impact his/her Mental Disorder. Family counseling or therapy must be based on effective treatment approaches such as family systems therapy, functional family therapy and multi-systemic therapy or identified as promising practices in published quantitative research showing positive outcomes and demonstrated to be effective in family counseling.
527(d) Behavior therapy, which is a mode of treatment provided by a 539Licensed Mental Health Professional or 544a 545Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 550working under the 553direct supervision 555of a 557Licensed Mental Health Professional, for the purpose of 565modifying the behavior of a youth with a diagnosed Mental Disorder by assisting him/her in learning new, more acceptable and adaptable forms of behavior.
5891. Behavior therapy shall be designed to address the effects of the youth’s symptoms on his/her behavior and accomplish the goals and objectives in the youth’s Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plan.
6202. Behavior Analysis Services must be provided by a Licensed Mental Health Professional, Board Certified Behavior Analyst or Certified Behavior Analyst.
641(e) Psychosocial Skills Training, which is a face-to-face therapeutic activity designed to address specific skill deficits or maladaptive behaviors and promote skill development and improved functioning of youths with Mental Disorder. Psychosocial Skills Training must be provided by a 680Licensed Mental Health Professional 684or a 686Mental Health Clinical Staff Person 691working under the 694direct supervision 696of a 698Licensed Mental Health Professional. 702Psychosocial Skills Training must address the specific deficits or maladaptive behaviors identified in the youth’s Initial of Individualized Mental Health Treatment Plan.
724(f) Juvenile sexual offender therapy and juvenile sexual offender treatment 734shall be conducted, managed or supervised in accordance with Section 744490.012(8) 745or 746491.012(1)(n), F.S748.
749Rulemaking Authority 751985.64(2) FS. 753Law Implemented 755985.601(3)(a), 756985.14(3)(a), 757985.145(1), 758985.18, 759985.48(4), 760985.64(2) FS. 762History–New 3-16-14, Amended 6-15-17.
