(1) Academy: A department-approved virtual or physical training site where the second phase of certification training is provided by the Office of Talent, Leadership, and Culture.
    (2) Academy Training: The coursework required of state detention and probation direct care staff that prepares them for certification.
    (3) Adjunct Instructor: An instructor who has successfully completed the adjunct instructor course for a specific course or courses.
    (4) Administrator: One whose primary responsibility is overseeing the daily operations of a facility, program, or judicial circuit.
    (5) Advanced and Specialized: Professional development coursework that exceeds annual training requirements designed to enhance both individual and team skill sets.
    (6) Central Communications Center (CCC): The unit located in department headquarters and within the Incident Operations Center (IOC) charged with receiving reports regarding incidents and events involving youth in department custody or under supervision and state and contracted employees from all department and provider facilities, programs funded in whole or in part, and offices or sites operated by the department, a provider, or grantee.
    (7) Certification: The official process documenting that a direct care staff has fulfilled a minimum standard level of competency as indicated by the successful completion of Direct Care Pre-Service (DCPS) and Academy training for state direct care staff and Right Interactions (RI) Training for all state and provider direct care staff, to include all exams.
    (8) Certified Staff: A designation given to direct care staff after the successful completion of a certification exam.
    (9) Community-Based Program: A contracted or state-operated non-residential environment providing supervision of youth who have been identified to receive services within the community. This includes, but is not limited to, probation, supervised release, juvenile assessment centers, diversion programs, community-based conditional release programs, and screening and intake units. This does not include prevention programs.
    (10) Detention Services: The branch within the department that oversees the secure facilities utilized for youth who are held pursuant to a court order or have been taken into custody for a violation of the law and when less restrictive interim placement alternatives prior to adjudication and disposition are not appropriate.
    (11) Detention Staff: Staff assigned to work at a state-operated secure juvenile detention center.
    (12) Direct Care Pre-Service Training: The coursework required of all state and provider direct care staff within 180 days of hire.
    (13) Direct Care Staff: Staff having direct contact with youth for the purpose of providing supervision, custody, or control in a detention center, community-based program, probation unit, day treatment program, or residential commitment program within any restrictiveness level operated by the department or by a provider under contract with the department. Direct care staff does not include a licensed medical professional, mental health counselor, substance abuse counselor, or social services counselor whose primary responsibilities are to provide treatment to youth in a detention facility, delinquency program, or commitment program within any restrictiveness level which is operated by the department or by a provider under contract with the department.
    (14) Facility: A contracted, state-, county-, or municipally operated secure environment that provides custody, care, supervision, or confinement of youth alleged or found to have committed a violation of law. This includes, but is not limited to, secure detention, law enforcement operated facilities, residential commitment programs, day treatment programs, and contracted facility-based conditional release programs.
    (15) Field Training Officer (FTO): An employee who has successfully completed the Field Training Officer course.
    (16) Hard Mechanical Restraints: Restraint devices constructed from inflexible material; for example, metal handcuffs, leg cuffs, and waist chains.
    (17) In-Service Training: The on-going training that employees are required to receive in all but the first year of their employment. The training shall be documented and relevant to the employee’s job responsibilities as set out in this rule.
    (18) Instructor: An individual who has successfully completed Instructor Techniques or has received an exemption for a specific course from the Director of the Office of Talent, Leadership, and Culture.
    (19) Instructor Techniques (IT): The 64-hour Instructor Techniques course.
    (20) Lead Master Right Interactions (RI) Instructor: An advanced, qualified Master RI Instructor whose position reports directly to the Office of Talent, Leadership, and Culture and can certify RI Instructors.
    (21) Master RI Instructor: An advanced, qualified instructor who assists and monitors RI Instructors in maintaining quality delivery of RI training and assists in the monitoring of the RI program.
    (22) Medical Review: The review conducted by a licensed medical health professional after a RI physical intervention to determine if injuries or complications occurred as a result of the physical intervention or application of mechanical restraints and if the youth requires further medical treatment.
    (23) Office of Talent, Leadership, and Culture: The office within the department that designates the number and location of the training programs and courses; develops, implements, evaluates, and updates the curriculum to be used in the training of juvenile justice staff; establishes timeframes for participation in and completion of training; develops, implements, scores, analyzes, maintains, and updates job-related examinations; manages the budget and contracts for all the training deliverables; and establishes uniform minimum job-related preservice and in-service training courses and examinations for juvenile justice staff.
    (24) On-the-Job Training: Training on a specific and specialized task required of the staff member’s position conducted by an FTO, certified officer, or a support staff as designated by their supervisor.
    (25) Pre-Operational: The period of time from when a contract is initiated until the delivery of services commences.
    (26) Pre-Service Training: The initial training for newly hired non-direct care state employees.
    (27) Prevention Services: An office of the department that offers voluntary youth crime prevention programs throughout the state of Florida.
    (28) Probation and Community Intervention: Assessment and intervention services provided to youth who are court-ordered to community supervision after the court has determined that the youth committed a delinquent act.
    (29) Protective Action Response: The department’s verbal and physical intervention program utilized by direct care staff in contracted, state-, county-, or municipally operated facilities and programs as defined in Florida Statutes § 985.645
    (30) Right Interactions: The department approved Protective Action Response curriculum.
    (31) Right Interactions Escalation Matrix: The matrix that governs the level of response an employee may apply to a youth’s type of resistance.
    (32) Right Interactions Training Plan: The form used to identify the specific techniques that employees shall be trained to use. The techniques identified on the plan are the only techniques employees shall be trained on and authorized to use.
    (33) Remediation: The training provided to a staff member after an unsuccessful attempt to demonstrate competency in a subject.
    (34) Residential Services: The branch within the department that oversees residential commitment programs, provides services through contracted providers, facilitates training and technical assistance for providers, and provides placement and classification services for youth adjudicated to commitment.
    (35) Returning Staff: Trained (private provider) or certified (state) direct care staff who have separated from employment and are re-hired into the same position type.
    (36) SkillPro: The department’s on-line learning management system.
    (37) Soft Mechanical Restraints: Restraint devices that are made with flexible materials; for example, Velcro, nylon flex cuffs (also known as zip cuffs), and leather.
    (38) Supervisor: The individual responsible for the direct oversight of an employee and whose duties include but are not limited to scheduling, coaching, and completion of performance evaluations.
    (39) Support Staff: Any state or provider staff that are not direct care.
    (40) Taser: Any mechanism that is designed to emit or project an electronic, magnetic, or other type of charge or shock for the purpose of temporarily incapacitating a person.
    (41) Training Coordinator: The individual designated to oversee and track the training of employees in a specific facility, program, or office.
    (42) Training Entity: The Office of Talent, Leadership, and Culture.
    (43) Training Roster: A document that identifies the title, hours, date, and signatures of all participants and the instructor of a course.
Rulemaking Authority 986.601, 985.64, 985.645 FS. Law Implemented 985.601(8), 985.645 FS. History—New 3-6-22, Amended 8-3-23.