• A client population of children entering the county’s radar for a need for services. Staff would initiate communications between child, parents, schools, and other providers to get a clear picture of the client background and current environments. Facilitation of assessments to identify lagging skills, unsolved problems, adaptive behaviors, and current independent living/life skills. After assessing clients, lagging skills and unsolved problems would be addressed through collaboration of team members, community activities aimed at skill building, and positive adult and peer interactions. Ideally, clients and families would become better connected to local community resources, such as use of the YMCA or Boys and Girls Club as a safe space to engage in building relationships and positive personal identities.
• Collaborating with clients and families will ensure that any goals created could be met by the client in a four-to-twelve-week time frame.
• Each client’s progress would be communicated through weekly/bi-weekly meetings, treatment team emails, progress from the individual service plan outcomes, and updated individualized support plans.
• Initiating a clear, detailed discharge plan for successful transition at the beginning
of services.
• Targeted age would be that of 12yrs-15yrs. Operating in mostly a group setting but also having the ability to do 1-1. Younger ages would be considered depending on maturity and needs. Again having the ability to form groups with the younger population or provide 1-1.
• Targeted population would require that of individuals with learning and verbal skills; along with that of community integrated and ability to receive mentoring. Individuals who do not demonstrate excessive violent or aggressive behaviors.
Goals & Outcomes
• Individualized goals will be initially created by the client and the client’s team
• Client will have consistency and continuity of care between all service providers
• Client will work on the mastery of lagging skills that put them into needing county services.
• Client goals will be measured by the progression of skills and abilities being worked on daily throughout the duration of the program.
• Client goals will be measurable and short-term, aimed at meeting the immediate needs of the client.
• The biggest and most important goal would be to successfully transition clients out of the program, eliminating a need for higher level services.
• Monthly Dinners
• Home Check-ins/Visits
• Weekly/Bi-weekly Parent Meetings
• Possible Sibling Involvement
• Possible Parent Coaching/Training
Service Duration & Hours
• Service Duration: 4-12 weeks
• Summer/Holiday Service Hours
• 9am to 3pm
• After School Hours
• 3pm to 7pm
• Optional Scheduled Weekend Hours 10am to 2pm
• If a client were to display behaviors that signal an escalation, staff will approach such instances by providing nonjudgmental verbal support, empathy, and positive redirection. Staff will provide clients with rational responses, downplaying any challenging behaviors (minimizing power struggles). Verbal intervention would include limit setting, stating simple and clear directives, using smaller words, and staying consistent with tone and volume of voice. Staff would teach and utilize 1-2-3 Magic as a method of limiting the progression of issues to escalate into a higher-level behavioral situation. Offers of activity breaks, physical exercises, talking to staff in another area, and addressing concerns with parents will be ways to proactively meet immediate concerns.
• Safety holds would only be utilized if a client displays imminent danger. If a safety hold is used, it would be recommended that the client no longer continue services in the program. Any use of safety hold would initiate a transitional planning meeting to make sure that there was a smooth transition to other services that could address higher-level behaviors.
Developing skills and practices to ensure a healthy, productive lifestyle
while overcoming the various challenges pertaining to each individual.