Assertive Community Treatment A set of intensive clinical, medical and psychosocial services provided by a mobile multi-disciplinary treatment team. The team also provides basic services and supports essential to maintaining the client’s ability to function in community settings, including assistance with accessing basic needs through available community resources, such as food, housing and medial care and supports to allow clients to function in social, educational, and vocational settings.
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CAFAS-Level of Functioning Assessment Functional Assessment scale that determines the degree of impairment in children and adolescents (7-17yrs), with emotional, behavioral and substance use disorders.
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Clinical Assessment Assessments completed by qualified professionals for the purposes of determining levels of functioning, treatment needs of individuals and recommending a course of treatment.
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Clubhouse Psychosocial Rehab Community based psychosocial rehabilitation program in which the consumer with assistance, is engaged in operating aspects of the clubhouse, including food service, clerical, reception, janitorial and other member supports and services such as employment, housing and education.
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Crisis Intervention Unscheduled activities conducted for the purpose of resolving a crisis situation requiring immediate attention. Activities include crisis response, crisis line, assessment, referral, and direct therapy. Crisis situation means that the person may in the near future may physically injure him/her self or another either intentionally or unintentionally.
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Family Therapy Family therapy is therapy with an individual and family member(s), or significant others for the purpose of improving the client/family function.
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Group Therapy Group therapeutic treatment is designed to reduce maladaptive behaviors, maximize behavioral self-control, or restore normalized psychological functioning, reality orientation, re-motivation and emotional adjustment, thus enabling improved function and more appropriate interpersonal and social relationships. Sessions range from 30-90 minutes.
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Health Services/Medication Training and Support Health Services are those services provided for purposes of improving the client’s overall health and ability to care for health-related needs. Services include nursing services, nutrition services, maintenance of health and hygiene, teaching self-administration of medication, care of minor injuries or first aid, recognizing early symptoms and teaching the client to seek assistance in case of emergencies MEDICATION TRAINING AND SUPPORT BY A NONPHYSICIAN
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.
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Home Based Services Health Services are those services provided for purposes of improving the client’s overall health and ability to care for health-related needs. Services include nursing services, nutrition services, maintenance of health and hygiene, teaching self-administration of medication, care of minor injuries or first aid, recognizing early symptoms and teaching the client to seek assistance in case of emergencies MEDICATION TRAINING AND SUPPORT BY A NONPHYSICIAN
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.
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Individual Therapy Therapeutic treatment activity to individual recipients designed to reduce maladaptive behaviors, maximize behavioral self-control, or restore normalized psychological functioning, reality orientation, re-motivation and emotional adjustment, thus enabling improved function and more appropriate interpersonal and social relationships. Sessions range from 20-80 minutes.
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Medication Administration The administration of oral or injectable medication to the individual.
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Medication Management/Review/AIMS Evaluation, and monitoring of medications, their effects, client complaints and the need for continuing or changing the psychotherapeutic medication regime. AIMS testing to determine side effects of neuroleptic medication.
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Nursing Assessment Includes activities to determine consumer’s need for medical services and recommended course of treatment.
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Peer Delivered or Operated Support Services Service activities intended to provide clients with opportunities to learn and share coping skills and strategies, move into more active assistance roles, and to build and/or enhance self-esteem and self confidence.
Kelly
Psychiatric Evaluation A psychiatric evaluation is a comprehensive evaluation; performed face-to-face by a psychiatrist with investigates a client’s clinical status.
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Psychological Testing Standardized projective and IQ tests administered to determine emotional and behavioral characteristics and cognitive functioning levels.
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Screening Assessment Assessments completed by qualified professionals for the purposes of determining eligibility for Mental Health services.
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Skill Building Assistance Non-vocational skill building services provided outside an approved day program that assist an individual in achieving economic self-sufficiency and engaging in meaningful (education, volunteer services, etc) activities. The services provide knowledge and specialized skill development and/or support.
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Supported/Integrated Employment Provide job development, initial and ongoing support services to assist beneficiaries to obtain and maintain paid employment that would otherwise be unachievable without such supports.
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Targeted Case Management Targeted Case Management is a service that assists clients to design and implement strategies for obtaining services and supports that are goal-oriented and individualized. Services include assessment, planning, linkage, advocacy, coordination and monitoring to assist clients in gaining access to needed health and dental services, financial assistance, housing, employment, education, social services, and other services and natural supports developed through the person-centered planning process. Targeted case management is provided in a responsive, coordinated, effective and efficient manner focusing on process and outcomes.
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Treatment Planning Activities associated with the development of the plan of service, including all aspects of the person-centered planning process, such as pre-meeting activities, and external facilitation of person-centered planning. This includes writing goals, objectives, and outcomes; designing strategies to achieve outcomes and ways to measure achievement relative to the outcome methodologies; attending person-centered planning meetings per invitation; and documentation.
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Triage Assessment INITIAL assessment completed by qualified professionals for the purposes of determining levels of functioning, treatment needs of individuals and recommending a course of treatment.
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