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Developmental Disabilities Crisis Services Project

Introduction/goals

The Crisis Services Project provides support to those individuals who have Co-existing conditions (a developmental disability and a psychiatric disorder). Our goal is to have these people avoid crises and to have a fulfilling and productive lifestyle.

Qualified providers of services can be part of this Services Project and will be publicized as a referral source for those individuals with special needs. In this way, your impact and service delivery may be increased as the services makes others aware of your services.

The Crisis Services Project is one of the projects provided by the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities. The Crisis Services Project works with individuals who have co-existing conditions and those who serve them in order to avoid or remove crises. The members of the crisis team work together with agencies, family, and individuals to help bring needed resources to the problem situation. The goal is to determine the supports needed to help individuals who are having crises replace the old pattern of crisis behavior with socially appropriate actions. The Crisis Services Project operates from a person centered values base and uses current behavioral technology to assess needs, teach, and design supportive environments.

Involvement from the Crisis Services Project requires the commitment of the referring agency in terms of time, personnel, funds, and to develop a supportive environment for the individual in or at risk of crisis. The value goals of the Crisis Services Project include having:

Consumers live a satisfactory lifestyle.
Consumers have personally satisfying relationships without undue conflicts.
Consumers perform at their full potential.
Consumers have the opportunities to choose between meaningful options in life and in daily living.
Consumers to be an integral and respected part of their community.
The needed resources and supports to maintain the above goals in as transparent manner as possible.

The Crisis Services Project personnel will work with agencies and individuals involved by engaging in the following activities:

Functional Analysis. This is an environmental analysis used to find factors that are promoting the individual’s problem behaviors.
Service Delivery Assessment. This is an in-depth analysis of the individuals daily activities and the support provided to accomplish these activities.
Positive Behavior Support Plan. This is a comprehensive plan using the information from the previous assessments to address the challenging behavior and teach behaviors that are socially appropriate and are effective at gaining the individual the outcomes that had maintained the challenging behavior.
Resource allocation. This is the use of the Crisis Services Project to find the needed resources to ensue that the Positive Behavior Support Plan may be implemented in an exemplary manner.

Mark Clingan, Project Coordinator

Phone: (304)293-4374

Fax:(304)293-4446

E-mail: mclingan@wvu.edu

Links

NADD
AAMR

Information On Co-existing Conditions

An individual is considered to have mental retardation based on the following three criteria: intellectual functioning level IQ) is below 70-75; significant limitations exist in two or more adaptive skill areas; and the condition is present from childhood (defined as age 18 or less) (AAMR, 1992).

Services Project

Training. The Crisis Services Project offers training in behavior management, positive behavior supports.
Consulting. The Crisis Services Project offers consultation and analysis of environmental problems which may lead to crisis.
Referrals. The Crisis Services Project makes referrals to agencies and personnel who may be of help to those individuals with co-existing conditions who are at risk of crisis.


Monday, May 12, 2008
WV - DHHR - BHHF	Last updated: Thursday, February 02, 2006