The draft requires caregiver participation for youth services, with minimum time commitments, but does not address real-world challenges:
Caregivers may be unavailable due to work schedules, inconsistent participation, or unwillingness to engage. How would school based services support these needs of 2 hours of services per week in tier two, especially since you cannot contact them by phone?
There is no definition of “young children,” though the policy mandates caregiver presence for “the majority” of sessions. In practice, this can limit individual work with children, especially when parents are triggers when teaching skills or only available late in the evening when youth are tired or disengaged.