For emotional disorder admissions, if the child is coming from another regulated residential child care operation, the psychosocial assessment must have been completed within how many months before admission?

• A. 6 months
• B. 12 months
• C. 24 months
• D. 14 months

Answer: (D)

When a child with an emotional disorder is admitted from another regulated residential child care operation, the assessment used to guide placement and services must be recent enough to reflect the child’s current status. The specified window is within 14 months prior to admission. This keeps the information current for planning and safety while still providing a reasonable period to review the child’s history.

Choosing 6 or 12 months would demand more frequent updating, potentially duplicating effort or missing longer-standing issues, while 24 months could allow information to become outdated and less accurate for the present placement. The 14-month window is the exact period regulators designate to balance up-to-date insight with historical context.