intensive support services

 

• Behavioral support: Services to increase positive behavior and decrease or eliminate severe, challenging behavior. 

• Specialist services: Services designed to promote staff and caregiver competency to meet a person’s needs in eligible areas.  

• Crisis respite: Short-term care and intervention strategies provided to a person due to the need for caregiver relief, protection of the person or others living with the person or the person’s need for behavioral or medical intervention.  

• Independent living skills training: Services that develop, maintain and improve the community-living skills of a person.  

• Semi-independent living skills: Services needed by an adult with a developmental disability or related condition(s) to live successfully in the community.  

• Residential-based habilitation, including in-home family support and supported living services for adults in their own home: Supported living services provided in a licensed site, including a foster care home, a community residential setting or a supervised living facility.   

• Supported employment: Effective July 1, 2018, supported employment services began the transition to the new disability waiver employment services. 

• Employment exploration services: Services that help a person gain a better understanding of competitive, integrated employment opportunities in his/her community. Exploration activities and experiences strengthen a person’s knowledge, interests and preferences so he/she can make informed decisions about competitive employment.  

• Employment development services: Individualized services designed to help a person achieve competitive, integrated employment, become self-employed or establish a microenterprise business in his/her community.  

• Employment support services: Individualized services and supports that help people maintain paid employment in community businesses/settings. Employment support services occur in integrated community settings.