25 CFR § 36.70 - What terms do I need to know?

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title: "25 CFR § 36.70 - What terms do I need to know?"
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section_name: "What terms do I need to know?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "36"
part_name: "MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR THE BASIC EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN AND NATIONAL CRITERIA FOR DORMITORY SITUATIONS"
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# 36.70 What terms do I need to know?

The following definitions apply to this subpart:

*Behavioral health professional* means a State licensed or State certified Social Worker, School Counselor, Drug and Alcohol Counselor, School Psychologist, or School Psychometrist responsible for coordinating a broad range of needs including:

(1) Support groups;

(2) Individual counseling;

(3) Crisis intervention;

(4) Preventive activities; and

(5) Coordination of referrals and outside services with appropriate providers.

*Behavioral Health Program* means a homeliving based service designed to decrease barriers to learning or increase positive, personal well-being by:

(1) Providing early intervention services, coordinating crisis intervention and prevention services;

(2) Promoting a positive social and emotional environment;

(3) Reducing the incidence of problems; and

(4) Referring students with behavioral needs that require professional medical care to an appropriate residential care facility.

*Behavioral health services* means the services provided by a school behavioral health program as defined in this section.

*Homeliving Manager* means the employee responsible for direct supervision of the homeliving program staff and students.

*Homeliving Program* means a program that provides room and board in a boarding school or dormitory to residents who are either:

(1) Enrolled in and are current members of a public school in the community in which they reside; or

(2) Members of the instructional program in the same boarding school in which they are counted as residents and:

(i) Are officially enrolled in the residential program of a Bureau-operated or funded school; and

(ii) Are actually receiving a homeliving program provided to all students who are provided room and board in a boarding school or dormitory.

*Homeliving Program Staff* means the employee(s) responsible for direct supervision of students in the homeliving area.

*Homeliving Supervisor* means the employee with overall administrative responsibility for supervising students, programs, and personnel in the homeliving area.