Service Definitions: Disability and Health Management

Behavioral/medical/communication skills

Services that address the behavioral and emotional needs of young adults.

Individual Career & Academic Planning

Academic planning is the process of setting educational goals and determining the best to meet them. Additionally, career planning provides students a roadmap that will take them from Point A (choosing an occupation) to Point B (getting a job and advancing in their career). The processes togethers, helps student reach their career goals

Instruction in Self-Advocacy

Opportunities and experiences provided to students to build their ability to effectively communicate convey, negotiate or assert his/her own interests and/or desires. These opportunities and experiences should be started at an early age as these skills are needed in education, workplace and community settings

Parent Training

Education and system navigation support for parents with children with disabilities on the transition process and other related topics.

Person Centered Planning

Is a set of approaches designed to assist a student to plan their life and supports.

Readiness/essential skills

Development of life skills to support safety, decision making and skill development in a young adult’s life. Life skills include activities such as: laundry, cooking, financial literacy, reading, dressing, etc.

Restoration

Physical and mental restoration services provided as necessary for the attainment of an appropriate employment outcome, and only to the extent they are not covered through comparable benefits

Self-Determination Training

Training conducted to build skills in youth in order that they can take control and make decision that affect their life. Self-determination is the right and ability of all persons to direct their own lives, as well as the responsibility to accept the consequences of their own choices. Self- determination training provides students with the skills and abilities to: make choices, make decision and see options, problem solve, and attain goals