Legal Disclaimer & Emergency Notice 

LEGAL DISCLAIMER & EMERGENCY NOTICE

Effective Date: June 6, 2026

WeeKids PsychCare, BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE™, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related products, programs, screeners, educational materials, professional-development resources, training materials, frameworks, websites, downloads, applications, graphics, presentations, implementation resources, and initiatives are educational, prevention-focused, communication-support, and professional-learning resources developed by WeeKids PsychCare, Inc.

By accessing, reviewing, downloading, sharing, implementing, or using this website or any related materials, you acknowledge and agree to the following disclaimers.

EDUCATIONAL AND PREVENTION-FOCUSED PURPOSE

WeeKids PsychCare materials are intended to support:

• Communication safety

• Prevention-focused education

• Professional learning

• Adult awareness

• Caregiver communication

• School-family-community collaboration

• Relationship-building

• Classroom climate

• Student connection

• Early support and prevention

• Communication skill development

• MTSS-aligned prevention efforts

• PBIS-aligned prevention efforts

• School climate and culture initiatives

• General educational discussion and reflection

These materials are educational and informational in nature.

They are not clinical services.

COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE AND NON-SUBSTITUTION NOTICE

WeeKids PsychCare, BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related materials are educational, prevention-focused, communication-support, and professional-learning resources.

These materials are not clinical services and are not intended for patient care, clinical scheduling, therapy, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, crisis intervention, threat assessment, emergency response, medical care, psychiatric care, psychological care, or medical or psychiatric emergencies.

These materials do not replace professional mental-health care, licensed therapy or counseling, psychological, psychiatric, developmental, behavioral, educational, or medical evaluation; special education evaluations or services; school safety officers; school crisis teams; behavioral threat assessment teams; district safety protocols; emergency services; mandated reporting obligations; or applicable school, district, state, or federal requirements.

Public-school, district, agency, nonprofit, governmental, organizational, or workplace implementation may require administrative approval, procurement review, legal review, privacy review, governance review, policy review, or other institutional authorization. Users remain responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals before implementation.

These materials should be implemented only in accordance with applicable laws, school policies, district procedures, organizational requirements, mandated reporting obligations, crisis-response procedures, threat-assessment procedures, student privacy requirements, and other applicable institutional requirements.

NO CLINICAL SERVICES OR PROVIDER-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

Nothing contained within WeeKids PsychCare materials constitutes:

• Medical care

• Psychiatric care

• Psychological treatment

• Therapy

• Counseling

• Clinical intervention

• Clinical assessment

• Diagnostic evaluation

• Treatment planning

• Medication management

• Behavioral-health treatment

• Patient care

• Clinical scheduling

Use of this website or related materials does not create:

• A provider-patient relationship

• A therapist-client relationship

• A counselor-client relationship

• A psychiatric treatment relationship

• A nurse practitioner-patient relationship

• A clinical supervision relationship

• A school psychologist-student relationship

• A counseling relationship

• A case-management relationship

Nothing contained within these materials should be interpreted as individualized clinical advice, diagnosis, treatment recommendations, therapeutic recommendations, psychiatric recommendations, medical recommendations, or psychological conclusions.

EMERGENCY AND CRISIS NOTICE

This website and its communication channels are not monitored for emergencies.

Do not use this website, forms, downloads, contact pages, emails, resources, programs, screeners, surveys, or materials for:

• Emergencies

• Crisis situations

• Threat reports

• Abuse reports

• Neglect reports

• Suicide concerns

• Self-harm concerns

• Violence concerns

• Urgent medical concerns

• Urgent mental-health concerns

• Emergency behavioral situations

• Immediate safety concerns

For emergencies or imminent safety concerns:

• Call 911

• Contact local emergency services

• Contact the appropriate school or organizational authorities

• Follow applicable emergency procedures

• Go to the nearest emergency department

NO THREAT ASSESSMENT SERVICES

WeeKids PsychCare, BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related materials do not provide:

• Behavioral threat assessment services

• Violence-risk assessments

• Suicide-risk assessments

• Homicide-risk assessments

• Forensic evaluations

• School safety investigations

• Law-enforcement services

• Criminal investigations

• Safety-clearance determinations

• Emergency behavioral assessments

• Fitness-for-duty evaluations

• Danger-to-self determinations

• Danger-to-others determinations

• Threat assessment services

These materials should not be used as substitutes for:

• District threat assessment teams

• School safety teams

• Crisis response teams

• School resource officers

• Law-enforcement agencies

• Licensed mental-health professionals

• Violence-prevention professionals

• Suicide-prevention professionals

• Emergency-management personnel

• School administrators

• Mandated reporting procedures

Nothing contained within WeeKids PsychCare™ materials should be interpreted as determining whether an individual poses a threat to themselves, others, a school, a workplace, or a community.

NO THREAT DETERMINATION AUTHORITY

Nothing within WeeKids PsychCare, BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related materials should be interpreted as determining whether any individual poses a threat to themselves, others, a school, a workplace, an organization, or a community.

Threat determinations, risk determinations, violence-risk determinations, suicide-risk determinations, safety-clearance determinations, and related decisions remain the responsibility of appropriately authorized professionals, institutions, agencies, and applicable authorities.

SCHOOL SAFETY BOUNDARY

Although WeeKids PsychCare materials may support prevention-focused communication, connection, school climate, student well-being, and early-intervention efforts, they are not:

• School security services

• School safety technology

• Physical security systems

• Emergency-management systems

• Crisis-management systems

• Emergency-notification systems

• Threat assessment systems

• Behavioral threat assessment programs

• Violence-prevention systems

• Law-enforcement tools

• Surveillance systems

• Student-monitoring systems

• Weapons-detection systems

• Crisis-dispatch systems

• Active-assailant response systems

These materials should not be used as substitutes for:

• District safety plans

• Emergency operations plans

• School safety programs

• Threat assessment teams

• Crisis response teams

• Security personnel

• Emergency notification systems

• Law-enforcement agencies

• School resource officers

• Emergency-management personnel

School safety responsibilities remain with the appropriate school, district, governmental, public-safety, and emergency-response authorities.

RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION DISCLAIMER

Research references, citations, summaries, graphics, diagrams, educational discussions, explanatory content, examples, and interpretations are provided solely for informational, educational, professional-development, and training purposes.

Research references are intended to support:

• Learning

• Reflection

• Discussion

• Professional awareness

• Educational understanding

Research references should not be interpreted as:

• Clinical conclusions

• Medical conclusions

• Legal conclusions

• Policy determinations

• Compliance determinations

• Individualized recommendations

• Scientific proof applicable to every individual or circumstance

Users are encouraged to consult original publications, professional literature, source materials, and relevant professional guidance whenever appropriate.

EVOLVING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION DISCLAIMER

Scientific understanding, educational practices, professional standards, communication strategies, school safety practices, developmental frameworks, laws, regulations, and professional guidance may evolve over time.

WeeKids PsychCare materials are developed in good faith using information reasonably available at the time of creation, publication, revision, or distribution.

WeeKids PsychCare, Inc. does not guarantee that all materials immediately reflect every new publication, study, professional recommendation, policy update, legal development, regulatory change, scientific finding, educational development, or emerging body of knowledge.

Users should consult current professional literature, qualified professionals, applicable laws, and organizational policies when making decisions.

MATERIAL VERSION AND UPDATE NOTICE

WeeKids PsychCare, Inc. may revise, update, modify, expand, replace, suspend, retire, reorganize, or discontinue materials at any time.

Users are responsible for ensuring they are relying upon the most current available version of any:

• Framework

• Training

• Presentation

• Screener

• Survey

• Rubric

• Educational resource

• Implementation guide

• Policy reference

• Downloadable resource

Earlier versions may not reflect subsequent revisions, corrections, clarifications, legal developments, policy changes, scientific developments, or updated professional guidance.

NO NEUROSCIENCE, MEDICAL, OR CLINICAL DETERMINATIONS

References to regulation, dysregulation, co-regulation, executive functioning, stress responses, developmental neuroscience, brain-based concepts, fight, flight, freeze, fawn, shutdown, flooding, masking, burnout, and related terminology are educational and communication-support concepts only.

Such references should not be interpreted as:

• Medical findings

• Neurological findings

• Psychiatric findings

• Psychological findings

• Diagnostic conclusions

• Treatment recommendations

• Clinical assessments

• Neurodevelopmental determinations

Nothing contained within WeeKids PsychCare materials establishes the presence, absence, severity, cause, or nature of any medical, neurological, psychiatric, psychological, developmental, educational, or behavioral condition.

DEVELOPMENTAL VARIABILITY DISCLAIMER

Developmental examples, age bands, communication examples, behavioral illustrations, learning examples, and educational scenarios are intended solely to support educational discussion and professional learning.

They are not:

• Diagnostic criteria

• Developmental norms

• Developmental benchmarks

• Developmental classifications

• Universal age expectations

• Individualized developmental determinations

• Predictions of future development

Children, adolescents, and adults develop differently, and significant developmental variability is normal.

FRAMEWORK INTERPRETATION DISCLAIMER

BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related materials, and related frameworks, models, pathways, diagrams, architectures, methodologies, and educational resources are conceptual and educational tools intended to support communication, prevention, reflection, professional learning, discussion, and implementation planning.

These frameworks are not:

• Diagnostic models

• Predictive models

• Clinical protocols

• Legal standards

• Scientific measurement tools

• Validated assessment instruments

• Threat assessment methodologies

• Risk assessment tools

• Emergency response systems

Framework illustrations, pathways, diagrams, and conceptual descriptions are intended to support understanding and discussion only.

DISTRICT, SCHOOL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION DISCLAIMER

Public-school, district, governmental, nonprofit, agency, workplace, or organizational implementation may require:

• Administrative approval

• Procurement approval

• Legal review

• Privacy review

• Governance review

• School-board approval

• Data-governance review

• Parent communication review

• Institutional authorization

Users are responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals before implementation.

Implementation should occur only in accordance with:

• Applicable laws

• School policies

• District procedures

• Student privacy requirements

• Mandated reporting requirements

• Crisis-response procedures

• Threat-assessment procedures

• Organizational policies

STUDENT PRIVACY AND DATA RESPONSIBILITIES

Users remain responsible for complying with applicable student privacy requirements, confidentiality obligations, consent requirements, records-retention requirements, organizational policies, and applicable federal, state, and local laws.

This may include compliance with:

• FERPA

• HIPAA, where applicable

• State privacy laws

• District privacy policies

• School board policies

• Parent or guardian consent requirements

• Records-retention requirements

• Organizational data-governance requirements

WeeKids PsychCare, BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related materials do not assume responsibility for unauthorized collection, storage, disclosure, transmission, retention, or use of protected, confidential, regulated, or personally identifiable information by users.

PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT REQUIRED

WeeKids PsychCare materials are not substitutes for professional judgment.

Users remain responsible for:

• Following laws

• Following regulations

• Following professional standards

• Following school policies

• Following district procedures

• Following organizational procedures

• Following mandated reporting requirements

• Following emergency procedures

Nothing contained within these materials should override professional responsibilities or applicable legal obligations.

NO CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE, OR

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALING

Participation in any WeeKids PsychCare, BASEtalk, ACE-to-BASE, DACS, BASEtalk Human Lens, Communication Safety Pathway, Mini SEL System, Prevention Before Escalation, and related materials, training, webinar, consultation, pilot, presentation, professional-development activity, workshop, coaching activity, implementation activity, educational event, or related program does not create certification, licensure, endorsement, credentialing, qualification, authorization, designation, or professional status unless expressly stated in a separate written agreement.

Nothing contained within these materials should be interpreted as granting professional authority, professional credentials, professional certification, legal authority, clinical authority, school authority, district authority, or governmental authority.

NO LEGAL, FINANCIAL, PROCUREMENT, OR COMPLIANCE ADVICE

WeeKids PsychCare materials do not provide legal advice, financial advice, procurement advice, compliance advice, regulatory interpretation, grant advice, or tax advice.

Users are responsible for obtaining appropriate review from qualified professionals before making legal, financial, procurement, compliance, or organizational decisions.

NO GUARANTEES OF OUTCOMES

No guarantee is made regarding:

• Student outcomes

• School safety outcomes

• Academic outcomes

• Attendance outcomes

• Discipline outcomes

• Behavior outcomes

• Funding outcomes

• Procurement outcomes

• Training outcomes

• Implementation outcomes

• Program outcomes

Results depend on numerous factors beyond the control of WeeKids PsychCare, Inc.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE

All content, materials, frameworks, methodologies, graphics, downloads, presentations, screeners, surveys, models, diagrams, branding, and related intellectual property are owned by or licensed to WeeKids PsychCare, Inc.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• WeeKids PsychCare

• BASEtalk

• DACS

• BASEtalk Human Lens

• Communication Safety Pathway

• ACE-to-BASE

• Prevention Before Escalation

• Mini SEL System

All rights are reserved.

Nothing on this website grants ownership, licensing, trademark, copyright, trade-secret, resale, redistribution, certification, or derivative-work rights unless expressly authorized in writing.

Proprietary Methodologies and Trade Secrets

Certain frameworks, methodologies, implementation systems, communication models, developmental models, educational processes, training structures, operational systems, architectures, implementation approaches, proprietary terminology, business methods, licensing systems, and related materials may constitute proprietary intellectual property, confidential information, trade secrets, or protected know-how of WeeKids PsychCare, Inc.

Nothing within this website or related materials grants any right to reproduce, extract, teach, disclose, reverse engineer, commercialize, redistribute, license, adapt, or otherwise exploit such proprietary information except as expressly authorized in writing by WeeKids PsychCare, Inc.

NO ENDORSEMENT OR AFFILIATION

References to:

• MTSS

• PBIS

• Handle With Care

• Trauma-informed practices

• School safety initiatives

• Government programs

• Educational frameworks

• Professional organizations

are provided for educational discussion and context only.

Such references do not imply endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, certification, partnership, authorization, approval, or formal relationship.

ACCESSIBILITY

WeeKids PsychCare strives to support accessibility and inclusive communication where feasible.

Users remain responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable accessibility requirements, including ADA, Section 504, and applicable organizational policies.

RELATIONSHIP TO TERMS OF USE

This Legal Disclaimer is provided for informational and educational purposes and should be read together with the WeeKids PsychCare Terms of Use.

The Terms of Use contain additional provisions relating to intellectual property, licensing restrictions, limitations of liability, indemnification, user responsibilities, governing law, dispute handling, and other legal terms.

In the event of any conflict between this Legal Disclaimer and the Terms of Use, the Terms of Use shall control.

CONTACT & EMERGENCY NOTICE

WeeKids PsychCare, Inc.
Website: www.weekidspsychcare.com
Email: admin@weekidspsychcare.com

This email address is not monitored for emergencies, crisis situations, threat reports, abuse reports, neglect reports, mandated reports, or urgent safety concerns.

For emergencies or imminent safety concerns, contact emergency services immediately.

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For complete legal terms, intellectual property protections, licensing restrictions, limitations of liability, and governing-law provisions, please review the Terms of Use page.