Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 160-4-8-.17 - Case Management Consultation for Agency Placed Transfer Students
(1)
DEFINITIONS.
(a)
Case
Management Consultation (CMC) - a consultation by a school social worker
or case manager in which a process is used to discover whether any transition
problems exist and whether any services are necessary for a child placed by the
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD),
Department of Human Services (DHS), or Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).
This process will be utilized each time a child, placed by one of the foregoing
state agencies, enrolls in a new school.
(b)
Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) - an agency which provides specified
services for children who have been admitted or placed according to an
individualized treatment or service plan directed by DBHDD.
(c)
Department of Community Health
(DCH) - the agency which provides Medicaid support for certain students
remanded through DBHDD, DHS, or DJJ.
(d)
Department of Human Services
(DHS) - an agency which provides specified services and placement for
children who have been remanded to the physical or legal custody of DHS either
temporarily or permanently by a court or by voluntary agreement, or if the
child has been admitted or placed according to an individualized treatment or
service plan of DHS.
(e)
Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) - the agency which provides
supervision, detention and a wide range of treatment and educational services
for youths referred to DJJ by the Juvenile Courts, and provides assistance or
delinquency prevention services for at-risk youths through collaborative
efforts with other public, private, and community entities.
(f)
Student Support Team (SST) -
an interdisciplinary group that uses a systematic process to address learning
and/or behavior problems of students, K-12, in a school as set forth in State
Board of Education Rule
160-4-2-.32 Student Support
Team.
(g)
Transition services
- services necessary to provide a seamless transition to a DBHDD, DHS,
or DJJ-placed child when he or she enters a new school.
(2)
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Each school principal shall designate a
school social worker or other staff member to act as case manager. The case
manager shall be the point of contact for DCH, DBHDD, DHS, and DJJ personnel
providing five-day advance notification of planned enrollment of a child
pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
20-2-133.
(b) Upon notification that a DBHDD, DHS, or
DJJ child will be enrolled in a school, the case manager shall consult with the
student, the designated counselor or caseworker assigned by DCH, DBHDD, DHS, or
DJJ, and the parent/guardian/foster parent within five school days to determine
whether transition or other services are necessary for the child. The child
should be immediately enrolled in accordance with State Board of Education Rule
160-5-1-.28 Student Enrollment and
Withdrawal.
(c) If it is determined
that transition or other services are necessary upon enrollment, such services
may include any of the following.
1. Tour and
orientation session
2. Introduction
to buddy or peer to facilitate transition
3. Assistance with course selection
4. Referral to SST process
5. Referral to special education
6. Other services as needed, e.g., social
services, counseling, community collaboration, parent/guardian meetings,
etc.
(d) Documentation
of CMC activities shall be maintained by the case manager in the student's file
and shall include the following.
1. Student's
name
2. Consultation
dates
3. Identification of
transition or other services needed
4. Recommended course of action (list of
services, referral)
5. Monitoring
of student progress
6. Date that
services are determined to no longer be needed
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