Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The primary purpose
of a rehabilitation assessment is to evaluate the client's present level of skilled
performance and to ascertain the level of skilled performance needed to live, learn
and work in his or her community with adequate support.
(b) The ultimate outcome of rehabilitation
assessment is the formulation of the individual plan for employment (IPE) that will
specify the individual client's rehabilitation goals and will provide the standards
against which progress is measured.
(c)
An agency offering a rehabilitation assessment must provide the client with the
following minimum time in direct service.
1. Two
hours of vocational activities per day, which must include either a center or
community site situational assessment in at least two occupational areas. The use or
work samples, contract work and psychometrics is desirable but optional. The
vocational activities shall be provided in a systematic organized basis for the
purpose of determining client conditions and job objectives in the context of the
work environment in which he or she shall function. Direct observation of the client
within the context of the work environment shall become the basis for the
evaluation.
2. Two hours of related
activities, such as interactional group activities, activities of daily living,
etc., per day, which should be consistent with the client's level of functioning and
should complement the vocational activities in terms of how the client's
interactional style and related skills development affect the client's potential for
integrated employment and the employment maintenance.
3. Two hours of counseling a week must be an
integral part of the rehabilitation assessment provided by the center. It should be
directed towards vocational or related issues which impact on a client's progress
toward competitive employment.
(d) A rehabilitation assessment may be authorized
up to 10 weeks. The evaluation period will be completed when one of the following
goals is accomplished:
1. Development of an IPE;
or
2. Determination that a vocational
program is not suitable to the client's needs.
(e) The evaluation report shall include
conclusions as to whether:
1. The client's
originally stated vocational goal was realistic and if it was not, why it was not
and if a realistic goal has been formulated;
2. The client is ready for a transitional work
experience or competitive employment in a designed occupational area;
3. The client requires additional assistance in
order to be ready for transitional or competitive employment.
4. The nature of that assistance should be set
forth in detail and should address such issues as housing, medication, financial
needs and the impact on the IPE.
(f) As a result of the rehabilitation diagnosis,
the agency may decide to discontinue the client's program and refer him or her to
another appropriate service through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Services counselor.
