WELLNESS
Community Support Child/Adolescent services are services and supports necessary to assist the youth ages 3 to 17 years of age of or younger (20 years old or younger for children enrolled in Medicaid) and their caregivers in achieving and maintaining developmental, rehabilitative, and recovery goals Community Support services are psychoeducational and supportive in nature and intended to meet the mental health or substance abuse needs of children and adolescents with significant functional deficits or who, because of negative environmental, medical or biological factors, are at risk of developing or increasing the magnitude of such functional deficits. Included among this latter group are those at risk for significant developmental delays, atypical development, substance abuse, or serious emotional disturbance (SED) that could result in an inability to live successfully in the community without services and guidance.
The service activities consist of a variety of interventions: education and training of caregivers and others who have a legitimate role in addressing the needs identified in the Person Centered Plan; preventive, developmental, and therapeutic interventions designed for direct individual activities; assist with skill enhancement or acquisition, and support ongoing treatment and functional gains; development of the consumer’s Person Center Plan, and one-on-one interventions with the consumer to develop interpersonal and community relational skills, including adaptation to home, school, work and other natural environments; therapeutic mentoring; and symptom monitoring and self-management of symptoms.
ADVOCACY
Community Support workers inform the recipient about benefits, community resources, and services; assist the recipient in accessing benefits and services; arrange for the recipient to receive benefits and services; and monitor the provision of services. They consult with identified providers, include their input into the service planning process, inform stakeholders, and monitor the status of the recipient in relationship to the person-centered goals. Staff of Community Innovations, Inc. assumes the role of advocate for all of its consumers receiving Community Support Child/Adolescent services.
Recovery
These interventions are strength-based and focused on promoting recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills, and achievement of the highest level of functioning in the community. The focus of the interventions include: minimizing the negative effects of psychiatric symptoms or substance dependence that interfere with the recipient’s daily living, financial management and personal development; developing strategies and supportive interventions for avoiding out-of-home placements; supporting ongoing treatment; assisting recipients to increase social support skills that ameliorate life stresses resulting from the recipient’s disability and coordinating rehabilitation services in accordance with the Person Centered Plan.
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