This regulation establishes standards for foster care with therapeutic supports (therapeutic support foster care), requiring that such placements provide a therapeutic family environment for children with severe emotional disturbance. Programs must integrate the child's treatment process into the family setting and provide foster families with training on severe emotional disturbances and their behavioral effects. Operators must ensure their model addresses both the clinical and family-support dimensions of care.
View official source9535.4062 FOSTER CARE WITH THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS. Foster care with therapeutic supports or therapeutic support foster care must be designed to provide a child a therapeutic family environment and to provide support to foster families caring for children with severe emotional disturbance. The foster care with therapeutic supports must incorporate the child's treatment process into the family environment. Additionally, the foster care with therapeutic supports must provide the foster family with training about severe emotional disturbances in children and the effects of the disturbances on the childrens' behaviors.