Louisiana School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Trauma-informed Practices

Louisiana School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Trauma-informed Practices

Category: Prevention, Behavioral Interventions, and Supports
Subcategory: Trauma-informed Practices
State: Louisiana

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Louisiana

LAWS

§17:437.1. Suicide prevention; in-service training; materials and supplies; limitation on liability.

B. (1) The board shall adopt rules to require that all public and approved nonpublic school teachers, school counselors, and principals and, as determined by the board, other school administrators for whom such training is deemed beneficial participate annually in at least two hours of in-service training in suicide prevention. Such rules shall include provisions permitting such training to be provided by self-review of suitable materials.

(2) The training shall address the following:

(a) Increasing awareness of risk factors including but not limited to the following:

(i) Mental health and substance abuse conditions.

(ii) Childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma.

(iii) Potential causes of stress, such as bullying, harassment, and relationship problems.

(iv) Secondary trauma from a suicide or sensationalized or graphic accounts of suicide in media.

(v) History of suicide attempts and related family history.

REGULATIONS

LAC 28:CXV.1127. Preventive Programs.

D. Teachers, school counselors, principals and certain other school administrators in public elementary and secondary schools shall receive two hours of annual in-service training in suicide prevention. The training shall address the following:

1. increasing awareness of risk factors, including, but not limited to the following:

b. childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma; [...]

d. secondary trauma from a suicide or sensationalized or graphic accounts of suicide in media.

LAC 28:CXLIX.701. Annual Professional Development Plan.

A. Alternative education sites will create an annual professional development plan that will:

1. identify staff training needs;

2. match needs to relevant training;

3. emphasize quality implementation of evidence-based and best practices; and

4. establish performance evaluations aimed at improving program and student outcomes and overall school or program quality.

B. Alternative sites must identify and provide annual staff professional development trainings and tools to that support the target student population as identified in the alternative education site application which includes, but is not limited to:

1. behavioral interventions;

2. classroom management;

3. trauma-informed response;

4. adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); and

5. implementation strategies for selected behavioral interventions.