[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1304.24]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1304_PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION OF HEAD 

START PROGRAMS BY GRANTEE AND DELEGATE AGENCIES--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart B_Early Childhood Development and Health Services

 

Sec. 1304.24  Child mental health.



    (a) Mental health services. (1) Grantee and delegate agencies must 

work collaboratively with parents (see 45 CFR 1304.40(f) for issues 

related to parent education) by:

    (i) Soliciting parental information, observations, and concerns 

about their child's mental health;

    (ii) Sharing staff observations of their child and discussing and 

anticipating with parents their child's behavior and development, 

including separation and attachment issues;

    (iii) Discussing and identifying with parents appropriate responses 

to their child's behaviors;

    (iv) Discussing how to strengthen nurturing, supportive environments 

and relationships in the home and at the program;

    (v) Helping parents to better understand mental health issues; and

    (vi) Supporting parents' participation in any needed mental health 

interventions.

    (2) Grantee and delegate agencies must secure the services of mental 

health professionals on a schedule of sufficient frequency to enable the 

timely and effective identification of and intervention in family and 

staff concerns about a child's mental health; and

    (3) Mental health program services must include a regular schedule 

of on-site mental health consultation involving the mental health 

professional, program staff, and parents on how to:

    (i) Design and implement program practices responsive to the 

identified behavioral and mental health concerns of an individual child 

or group of children;

    (ii) Promote children's mental wellness by providing group and 

individual staff and parent education on mental health issues;

    (iii) Assist in providing special help for children with atypical 

behavior or development; and

    (iv) Utilize other community mental health resources, as needed.