433B.300 - Children with emotional disturbance: Requirements for treatment provided. - Nevada Statutes

433B.300  Children with emotional disturbance: Requirements for treatment provided.  The treatment provided to a child with an emotional disturbance must be designed to facilitate the adjustment and effective functioning of that child in his or her present or anticipated situation in life, and includes:

      1.  Services provided without admission to a facility, such as:

      (a) Counseling for the family;

      (b) Therapy in a group for parents and children;

      (c) Classes for parents in effective techniques for the management of children;

      (d) Individual therapy for children; and

      (e) Evaluation of the child, including personal assessments and studies of individual social environments;

      2.  Services for the care of children during the day, involving educational programs and therapy programs provided after school or for half a day;

      3.  Placement in transitional homes operated by professionally trained parents working in close consultation with the administrative officer and the staff of the administrative officer; and

      4. Short-term residential services providing 24-hour supervision, evaluation and planning and intensive counseling for the family, therapy and educational evaluation and consultation.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 2712)