| (a) The Specialized Service Level consists of a treatment
setting, preferably in a family in which caregivers have specialized
training to provide services to help the child keep, learn or improve
skills and functioning for daily living, as well as therapeutic and
medical support and interventions including:
(1) 24-hour supervision to ensure the child's safety
and sense of security, which includes close monitoring and increased
limit setting;
(2) affection, reassurance, and involvement in therapeutic
activities appropriate to the child's age and development to promote
the child's well-being;
(3) contact, in a manner that is deemed in the best
interest of the child, with siblings, family members and other persons
significant to the child to maintain a sense of identity and culture;
and
(4) provision of services to help the child keep, learn
or improve skills and functioning for daily living, as well as therapeutic
and medical intervention and guidance that is regularly scheduled
and professionally designed and supervised to help the child attain
functioning appropriate to the child's age and development.
(b) In addition to the description in subsection (a)
of this section, a child with primary medical needs or who requires
services to help the child keep, learn or improve skills and functioning
for daily living may require regular interventions from a caregiver
who has demonstrated competence.
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