PURPOSE: Classification criteria shall p&de broad guidelines for adequately assessingtheindividualneedforseruices and appropriate placement for each youth committed to Division of Youth Seruices.

1. (1) An adequate physical, psychological and sociological profile should be developed by the classifier. Areas to be considered in this profile are listed as follows:

   1. (A) Physical Examination and Review of Medical History. Special medical needs shall be evaluated to determine if such needs can be met by Division of Youth Services (DYS). needs that cannot be met by any of the services If the needs can be met by DYS, then they should be identified, treated and explained in meaningful terms as to the impact they may have on the treatment process;

   2. (B) Psychological Assessment. Areas that should be profiled through formal and informa1 testing are listed as follows:

      1. 1. Intellectual functioning;
      2. 2. Educational achievement
      3. 3. General personality assessment;
      4. 4. Screening for organic impairment;
      5. 5. Drug abuse screening; and
      6. 6. Behavioral observation and personal

interview (Aninformalpersonalinterviewand ongoing behavioral observation should be incorporated with formal assessment to further ascertain the youth’s degree of sociali. &ion in the delinquent subculture. This information should be gathered through personal contact with parents, guardians, teachers, juvenile court staff and relevant others. This will assist the classifier in his/her efforts to propzly match the youth with the service category to which s/he may be assigned.); and

1. (C) Sociological Assessment.

   1. 1. An evaluation of relevant past history

should include retrieval and evaluation of any pertinent information in social histories, court records, school files, etc.

1. 2. An evaluation of the present environ-

ment should include pertinent information concerning home, school and community conditions having an effect on classification.

1. (2) After developing an adequate individual profile, the classifier should determine services most appropriate as itemized in the following DYS continuum (available services listed in parentheses):

   1. (A) Category I. Services to maintain the youth in his/her own home or the home of a family-connected person (placement directly into aftercare supervision, special services, contractual purchase of services);
   2. (B) Category II. When category I is not helpful to the youth, services provided to maintain the youth in a foster family or non- DYS group home setting (foster home services, aftercare supervision, special services, contractual purchase of services);
   3. (C) Category III. When categories I or II are not helpful to the youth, services are provided to maintain the youth in appropriate DYS community residential care (DYS group homes, community treatment centers and park camps);
   4. (D) Category IV. Where community maintenance is not helpful to the youth, services are provided to the youth in an appropriate institutional center; and
   5. (E) Category V. When a youth has special

provided in categories I, II, III or IV, the classifier is referred to 13 CSR 110-2.070 ofthis chapter.

1. (3) To be eligible for community placement in categories I, II or III, the youth must meet the following criteria:

   1. (A) Have the ability to acceptably control him/herself in an open community environment where supervisory controls are minimal;
   2. (B) Be willing to participate in a community program; and
   3. (C) Prior or committing offenses cannot be such that community reaction to the child’s immediate return to the community would negateanybenefitthechildmightreceivefrom community placement.

2. (4) General guidelines for classification and initial assignment of youth to category IV are listed as follows:

   1. (A) There are no known community services presently available that will effectively provide for the youth’s needs; and
   2. (B) Direct intervention through institutional treatment would preclude the likelihood of damaging community treatment failures.

   Auth: section 219.036, RSMo (1986). Original rule filed Dec. 30,1975, effectiue Jan. 9,1976.