MN Statute 245I
The minimum number of training hours required for a new ARMHS practitioner.
What is 30 Hours?
The number one priority for a practitioner during a mental health crisis.
What is safety (or de-escalation)?
Accepting this $20 item from a client is considered a boundary violation.
What is a gift (or tip)?
The full name for the recovery tool known as WRAP.
What is the Wellness Recovery Action Plan?
The general term for medications used to treat mental health symptoms.
What are psychotropic medications?
The specific Minnesota Statute that governs the 2026/2027 ARMHS standards.
What is 245I?
A tool used to identify a client's triggers and preferred interventions before a crisis occurs.
What is a Crisis Plan?
The process of lifelong learning and self-reflection regarding a client's diverse background.
What is Cultural Humility?
The WRAP section that lists simple things you must do every day to stay healthy.
What is the Daily Maintenance List?
Dry mouth, weight gain, and tremors are common examples of these.
What are side effects?
The timeframe in which a progress note should be completed according to state standards.
What is 24-72 hours?
The type of questions to avoid during de-escalation because they can sound judgmental.
What are "Why" questions?
The legal duty to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child or vulnerable adult.
What is Mandated Reporting?
Small changes in behavior or feeling that indicate a client’s mental health is starting to decline.
What are Early Warning Signs?
The only role an ARMHS worker has regarding medication, as they cannot physically give it.
What is assistance or monitoring?
This mandatory document must be updated at least once every six months to track a client's progress.
What is the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)?
The physiological "mode" a client enters when they feel threatened, often involving a racing heart and rapid breathing.
What is Fight, Flight, or Freeze?
The ethical term for a practitioner having a secondary relationship with a client (like being their neighbor or friend).
What is a Dual Relationship?
The person who is the "world expert" on a client's own wellness and recovery.
Who is the Client? (or the Individual)
A severe, potentially permanent side effect involving involuntary muscle movements, often caused by older antipsychotics.
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
This person is the only professional role allowed to sign off on a Diagnostic Assessment (DA) under 245I.
Who is a Mental Health Professional (MHP)?
A specific de-escalation technique where you repeat back what the client said to show you understand.
What is Reflective Listening?
This federal law ensures that a client's health information is kept private and secure.
What is HIPAA?
This WRAP section lists people you trust to take over your care if you can no longer make decisions.
What is the Crisis Plan?
This must be obtained from a client before a practitioner can discuss their medications with a doctor or pharmacist.
What is a Release of Information (ROI)?