| HABILITATION |
HABILITATION, SUPPORT
Service Description
This service provides a variety of interventions designed to maximize the functioning of consumers.
Services may include but are not limited to: habilitative therapies, special developmental skills,
behavior
intervention, and sensory-motor development.
Service Setting
1. This service may be provided in the following settings:
1.1 The consumer’s home; or
1.2 The consumer’s community.
2. This service shall not be provided while the consumer is attending day treatment and training.
3. This service shall not be provided when the consumer is hospitalized.
4. This service shall not be provided to consumers living in group homes, vendor supported
developmental homes (child or adult), skilled nursing facilities, non-state operated ICFs/MR, or Level I
or
Level II behavioral health facilities.
Service Goals and
Objectives
Service Goals
1. To enable the consumer to acquire knowledge and skills and be a valued member of his/her
community based on his/her own choices.
2. To provide training to increase or maintain the consumer’s self-help, socialization, and adaptive
skills
to reside and participate successfully with his/her family in his/her own community.
3. To assist the consumer in achieving and maintaining a quality of life that promotes the
consumer’s
vision of the future.
Service Objectives
The Qualified Vendor shall ensure that the following objectives are met:
1. In accordance with the consumer’s ISP processes, develop an individualized support plan,
including:
1.1 Establish individualized, time-limited training objectives that are based on assessment data
and
input from the consumer and the consumer’s representative which will allow the consumer to achieve
his/her long term vision.
1.2 Develop strategies for habilitative objectives within ten business days after initiating service.
The
specific training strategy for each objective shall identify the schedule for implementation, frequency of
services, data collection methods, and teaching strategies.
1.3 Based upon the presence or absence of measurable progress, make changes to specific
training
objective(s) and/or strategies, as agreed upon by the ISP team.
2. As identified in the consumer’s ISP and support plan, provide training and/or assistance such as:
2.1 Assistance and training related to personal and physical needs and routine daily living skills;
2.2 Implementing strategies to address behavioral concerns, developing behavior intervention
programs, and coordinating with behavioral health programs to ensure proper review of medication
treatment plans;
2.3 Ensuring that the health needs of the consumer are being met, including providing follow up as
requested by the consumer’s primary care physician or medical specialist;
2.4 Implementing all therapeutic recommendations including speech, occupational, and physical
therapy and assisting consumers in following special diets, exercise routines, or other therapeutic
regimes;
2.5 Mobility training, alternative or adaptive communication training;
2.6 Opportunities for training and/or practice in basic consumer skills such as shopping, banking,
money management, access and use of community resources, and community survival skills; and
2.7 Assisting consumers in utilizing community transportation resources to support the consumer
in all
daily living activities, e.g., day treatment and training, employment situation, medical appointments,
visits
with family and friends and other community activities, as identified within the consumer’s ISP.
3. Play an active role in ensuring that services with other involved entities, including day treatment
and
training providers, health care providers, and schools are coordinated to meet the needs of the
consumers
served.
4. As identified in the consumer’s ISP, provide training and/or assistance to the consumer’s
family/consumer’s representative to increase and/or maintain targeted skill acquisition of the
consumer.
4.1 With input from the consumer, the consumer’s representative, and his/her significant others,
develop strategies for habilitative objectives that can be carried out in context of the consumer’s daily
routine.
4.2 Communicate with the family/consumer’s representative regarding how the plan is working
when
staff is not present.
4.3 Based upon the presence or absence of measurable progress, make changes to specific
training
objective(s) and/or strategies, as agreed upon by the ISP team.
Service Utilization Guidelines
1. Typical usage of habilitation is one to two hours per day.
2. The ISP team shall decide, prior to the delivery of services, who and how service delivery will be
monitored.
Rate
Published.
Unit of Service
1. The basis of payment for this service is an hourly unit of direct service time. Direct service time is
the period of time spent with or on behalf of the consumer and verified by the consumer. When billing,
the
Qualified Vendor should round its direct service time to the nearest 15-minute increment, as illustrated
in
the examples below:
If services were provided for 65 minutes, bill for 1 hour.
If services were provided for 68 minutes, bill for 1.25 hour.
If services were provided for 50 minutes, bill for 0.75 hour.
2. If the Qualified Vendor provides this service with a single direct service staff person to multiple
consumers at the same time, the basis of payment for each consumer will be the total direct service
time
multiplied by the appropriate multiple client rate for the same unit of service. In no event will more than
three consumers receive this service with a single direct service staff person at the same time.
Direct Service Staff Qualifications
Direct service staff must:
1. Have at least three months experience implementing and documenting performance in individual
programs (specific training strategies);
2. Have both three months experience in providing either respite or personal care and have
received
training, approved by the Division, in implementing and documenting performance; or
3. Perform three months of habilitation services under the direct supervision of an individual who is
qualified to provide habilitation as described above.
Record keeping and Reporting Requirements
1. The Qualified Vendor shall submit the support plan, including the training/teaching strategies, to
the
support coordinator ten business days after the initiation of service for ISP team review.
2. The Qualified Vendor shall submit monthly progress reports, including a written summary
describing
the specific service activities and the performance data that identifies the consumer’s progress toward
achievement of the established objectives, within ten business days of the close of the month to the
consumer’s support coordinator and the consumer/family/consumer’s representative.
3. The Qualified Vendor must maintain on file proof of hours worked by their direct service staff, e.g.,
staff time sheets. Each document must be signed by the consumer/family/consumer’s representative
as
verification of hours served.
Service Description
This service provides a variety of interventions designed to maximize the functioning of consumers.
Services may include but are not limited to: habilitative therapies, special developmental skills,
behavior
intervention, and sensory-motor development.
Service Setting
1. This service may be provided in the following settings:
1.1 The consumer’s home; or
1.2 The consumer’s community.
2. This service shall not be provided while the consumer is attending day treatment and training.
3. This service shall not be provided when the consumer is hospitalized.
4. This service shall not be provided to consumers living in group homes, vendor supported
developmental homes (child or adult), skilled nursing facilities, non-state operated ICFs/MR, or Level I
or
Level II behavioral health facilities.
Service Goals and
Objectives
Service Goals
1. To enable the consumer to acquire knowledge and skills and be a valued member of his/her
community based on his/her own choices.
2. To provide training to increase or maintain the consumer’s self-help, socialization, and adaptive
skills
to reside and participate successfully with his/her family in his/her own community.
3. To assist the consumer in achieving and maintaining a quality of life that promotes the
consumer’s
vision of the future.
Service Objectives
The Qualified Vendor shall ensure that the following objectives are met:
1. In accordance with the consumer’s ISP processes, develop an individualized support plan,
including:
1.1 Establish individualized, time-limited training objectives that are based on assessment data
and
input from the consumer and the consumer’s representative which will allow the consumer to achieve
his/her long term vision.
1.2 Develop strategies for habilitative objectives within ten business days after initiating service.
The
specific training strategy for each objective shall identify the schedule for implementation, frequency of
services, data collection methods, and teaching strategies.
1.3 Based upon the presence or absence of measurable progress, make changes to specific
training
objective(s) and/or strategies, as agreed upon by the ISP team.
2. As identified in the consumer’s ISP and support plan, provide training and/or assistance such as:
2.1 Assistance and training related to personal and physical needs and routine daily living skills;
2.2 Implementing strategies to address behavioral concerns, developing behavior intervention
programs, and coordinating with behavioral health programs to ensure proper review of medication
treatment plans;
2.3 Ensuring that the health needs of the consumer are being met, including providing follow up as
requested by the consumer’s primary care physician or medical specialist;
2.4 Implementing all therapeutic recommendations including speech, occupational, and physical
therapy and assisting consumers in following special diets, exercise routines, or other therapeutic
regimes;
2.5 Mobility training, alternative or adaptive communication training;
2.6 Opportunities for training and/or practice in basic consumer skills such as shopping, banking,
money management, access and use of community resources, and community survival skills; and
2.7 Assisting consumers in utilizing community transportation resources to support the consumer
in all
daily living activities, e.g., day treatment and training, employment situation, medical appointments,
visits
with family and friends and other community activities, as identified within the consumer’s ISP.
3. Play an active role in ensuring that services with other involved entities, including day treatment
and
training providers, health care providers, and schools are coordinated to meet the needs of the
consumers
served.
4. As identified in the consumer’s ISP, provide training and/or assistance to the consumer’s
family/consumer’s representative to increase and/or maintain targeted skill acquisition of the
consumer.
4.1 With input from the consumer, the consumer’s representative, and his/her significant others,
develop strategies for habilitative objectives that can be carried out in context of the consumer’s daily
routine.
4.2 Communicate with the family/consumer’s representative regarding how the plan is working
when
staff is not present.
4.3 Based upon the presence or absence of measurable progress, make changes to specific
training
objective(s) and/or strategies, as agreed upon by the ISP team.
Service Utilization Guidelines
1. Typical usage of habilitation is one to two hours per day.
2. The ISP team shall decide, prior to the delivery of services, who and how service delivery will be
monitored.
Rate
Published.
Unit of Service
1. The basis of payment for this service is an hourly unit of direct service time. Direct service time is
the period of time spent with or on behalf of the consumer and verified by the consumer. When billing,
the
Qualified Vendor should round its direct service time to the nearest 15-minute increment, as illustrated
in
the examples below:
If services were provided for 65 minutes, bill for 1 hour.
If services were provided for 68 minutes, bill for 1.25 hour.
If services were provided for 50 minutes, bill for 0.75 hour.
2. If the Qualified Vendor provides this service with a single direct service staff person to multiple
consumers at the same time, the basis of payment for each consumer will be the total direct service
time
multiplied by the appropriate multiple client rate for the same unit of service. In no event will more than
three consumers receive this service with a single direct service staff person at the same time.
Direct Service Staff Qualifications
Direct service staff must:
1. Have at least three months experience implementing and documenting performance in individual
programs (specific training strategies);
2. Have both three months experience in providing either respite or personal care and have
received
training, approved by the Division, in implementing and documenting performance; or
3. Perform three months of habilitation services under the direct supervision of an individual who is
qualified to provide habilitation as described above.
Record keeping and Reporting Requirements
1. The Qualified Vendor shall submit the support plan, including the training/teaching strategies, to
the
support coordinator ten business days after the initiation of service for ISP team review.
2. The Qualified Vendor shall submit monthly progress reports, including a written summary
describing
the specific service activities and the performance data that identifies the consumer’s progress toward
achievement of the established objectives, within ten business days of the close of the month to the
consumer’s support coordinator and the consumer/family/consumer’s representative.
3. The Qualified Vendor must maintain on file proof of hours worked by their direct service staff, e.g.,
staff time sheets. Each document must be signed by the consumer/family/consumer’s representative
as
verification of hours served.
Community Care Solutions places a
great deal of emphasis on the
importance of Habilitation. This
service gives our consumers a
chance to learn daily living skills in
hopes of one day enabling them to
display self-sufficiency. It is our
hope that each and every one of our
consumers achieves their goals
with positive outcomes. Service
delivery will always start with an
Essential Lifestyle Plan to help us
identify what goals to work on and
what type of provider will do the best
job of delivering the service.
great deal of emphasis on the
importance of Habilitation. This
service gives our consumers a
chance to learn daily living skills in
hopes of one day enabling them to
display self-sufficiency. It is our
hope that each and every one of our
consumers achieves their goals
with positive outcomes. Service
delivery will always start with an
Essential Lifestyle Plan to help us
identify what goals to work on and
what type of provider will do the best
job of delivering the service.
Scottsdale Office:
480-272-9557
6310 E Thomas #228
Scottsdale AZ 85251
Mesa Office:
480-306-6868
2135 E University #112
Mesa AZ 85213
Coolidge Office:
520-723-9630
345 W Central #1
Coolidge AZ 85228
Phoenix Office:
602-973-8119
2850 W Camelback #80
Phoenix AZ 85017
480-272-9557
6310 E Thomas #228
Scottsdale AZ 85251
Mesa Office:
480-306-6868
2135 E University #112
Mesa AZ 85213
Coolidge Office:
520-723-9630
345 W Central #1
Coolidge AZ 85228
Phoenix Office:
602-973-8119
2850 W Camelback #80
Phoenix AZ 85017