Disability Development Resources, LLC
Providing… Direction.  a Difference.  Results.

Established 2004

Services

 

 
HCBS Services Offered

Disability Development Resources, L.L.C. currently provides Home and Community Based Services in the areas of Attendant Care, Respite and Habilitation.

• Attendant Care

Attendant Care focuses on assisting with the personal care needs such as bathing, feeding, toileting, light housekeeping, and meal preparation.

• Habilitation

Habilitation services teach the individual skills to maximize their functioning and increase their level of independence. These skills can range from dressing themselves, meal preparation, community integration, and money management.

• Respite

Respite relieves primary caregivers and gives them a much needed break. This service can be provided in the home or in the community.
 

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PERSON CENTERED PLANNING FACILITATION
 

The facilitation and development of a plan developed in concert with a Consumer, his/her family, and others that are important to the person. The plan focuses both on paid and natural supports to assist a Consumer in achieving his/her desired future. The planning process is a way to gather and organize information, respects the Consumer’s choices and preferences, is positive and focused on capacities of both the Consumer and the community in which he or she lives, provides an accurate picture of the Consumer and his/her desires, and is action oriented with steps and timeframes for evaluation. The planning process is designed to outline the short-term and long-term goals of the Consumer and how those goals can be met and what persons and action plans need to be put in place to meet those goals.

 

Service Description

Person centered planning facilitation is a planning approach for determining, planning for and working toward the preferred future of a person with developmental disabilities in community life.  A component of Support Coordination (Case Management) services, this service refers to the facilitation and development of a plan developed in concert with a consumer, his/her family and others that are important to the person.  The plan focuses both on paid and natural supports to assist a consumer in achieving his/her desired future.  The planning process is a way to gather and organize information, respects the consumer’s choices and preferences, is positive and focused on capacities of both the consumer and the community in which he or she lives, provides an accurate picture of the consumer and his/her desires and is action oriented with actions steps and timeframes for evaluation.

There are several approaches that use person centered planning.  Some that are the most well known in working with people with developmental disabilities include:

• Personal Futures Planning

• Making Action Plans (MAPS)

• Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH)

• Essential Lifestyles Planning.

All approaches are acceptable as long as the person centered plan:

• Ensures that the primary direction comes from the consumer,

• Involves family members and friends of the consumer’s choice and has a reliance on personal relationships as the primary source of support to the consumer,

• Focuses on capacities and assets rather than on limitations,

• Has an emphasis on the settings, services, supports and routines available to the community at large rather than those designed for people with disabilities, and

• Focuses on quality of life with an emphasis on personal dreams, desired outcomes, and meaningful experiences.
   

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Habilitation, Individually Designed Living Arrangement

This service provides for an alternative to group homes for Consumers enabling them to choose where and with whom he/she will live and assume all responsibility for his/her residence. Generally, one or more Consumers reside together in a private residence (home, apartment, condo, townhouse, etc.) that is leased or owned by the Consumer(s) and/or their representative. The focus of this service is to provide habilitative supports to these Consumers who have chosen to share their resources and live a lifestyle that meets their needs, desires and independence level. Strong family supports are encouraged and welcomed.

Service Description

This service provides for an alternative, non-licensed residential living situation for consumers within the Division’s philosophical base of self-determination; enabling the consumer to choose where and with whom he/she will live and assume all responsibility for his/her residence.  Generally, one or more consumers reside together in a private residence that is leased or owned by the consumer(s) and/or the consumer(s) representative(s).  The focus of this service is to provide habilitative supports to these consumers based on the collective need for direct staff support to eligible consumers who have chosen to reside together and share their resources.

1. To provide a broad array of support services to promote the physical, emotional, and mental well being of the consumer.

2. To enable the consumer to acquire knowledge and skills and be a valued member of his/her community based on his/her own choices.

3. To provide training and supervision for the consumer to increase or maintain his/her self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills to reside and participate successfully in his/her own community.

4. To develop positive relationships and support for consumers and their families.

5. To provide opportunities for consumers to interact socially with family, friends, and the community at large, including providing information regarding and facilitating access to community resources.

6. To assist the consumer in achieving and maintaining a quality of life that promotes the consumer’s vision of the future.

Service Objectives

1.  In accordance with the consumer’s ISP processes, develop an individualized support plan, including:

1.1       Establish habilitation-related service objectives based on assessment data and input from the consumer and the consumer’s representative(s) which will allow the consumer to achieve his/her long term vision.

1.2       Develop a specific teaching/training strategy for each objective, e.g., schedule for implementation, frequency of services, teaching strategies, data collection methods.

1.3       Based upon the presence or absence of measurable progress, make changes to objective(s) and/or strategies, as agreed upon by the ISP team. 

2.  As identified in the consumer’s ISP and support plan, provide a broad array of support services such as:

2.1       Assistance and training related to personal and physical needs and routine daily living skills;

2.2       Implementing strategies to address behavioral concerns, developing behavior intervention programs, and coordinating with behavioral health programs to ensure proper review of medication treatment plans;

2.3       Ensuring that the health needs of the consumer are being met, including providing follow up as requested by the consumer’s primary care physician or medical specialist;

2.4       Implementing all therapeutic recommendations including speech, occupational, and physical therapy and assisting consumers in following special diets, exercise routines, or other therapeutic regimes;

2.5       Mobility training, alternative or adaptive communication training;

2.6       Providing general supervision to the consumer;

2.7       Opportunities for training and/or practice in basic consumer skills such as shopping, banking, money management, access and use of community resources, and community survival skills; and

2.8       Assisting consumers in utilizing available community transportation resources such as public transportation, neighbors, and friends to support the consumer in all daily living activities, e.g., day treatment and training, employment situation, medical appointments, visits with family and friends and other community activities, as identified within the consumer’s ISP.

3. Develop, maintain, or enhance independent functioning skills in sensory-motor areas, cognition, personal grooming, hygiene, dressing, eating, toileting, self-medication and first aid, recognizing symptoms of illness, and preventing accidents and illnesses. 

4. Assist each consumer in developing methods of starting and maintaining friendships of his/her choice, as well as appropriate assertiveness, social skills, and problem solving abilities for use in daily interactions.  

5. Provide opportunities for consumers to participate in community activities and facilitate consumer utilization of community resources.  

6. Play an active role in ensuring that services with other involved entities, including day treatment and training providers, health care providers, and schools are coordinated to meet the needs of the consumers served.

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Eligibility For Services

Consumers are eligible to receive services through Disability Development Resources, LLC if they have been deemed eligible to receive PCP or HCBS services through the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities.

Contact Deborah Lamoree at (480) 529-6844 or your support coordinator if there are any questions or concerns regarding eligibility or services.