Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The
Rehabilitation Teaching Program includes provision of the following:
(1) Rehabilitation teaching evaluation
services to assess individual need and capacity to benefit from instruction and
to measure the effectiveness of instructional services provided to an
individual.
(2) Rehabilitation
teaching instructional services to teach adaptive and coping skills and
techniques to an individual or group of individuals, as set forth in the
Individualized Written Rehabilitation Teaching Plan, to diminish or alleviate
the effects of blindness.
(3)
Rehabilitation teaching follow-up services to appraise individual effectiveness
in the application and use of skills, techniques, and attitudes in daily living
to determine the need for further services which include provision of further
instruction, further guidance, and counseling or referral.
(4) Guidance and counseling to clients,
family members, and persons associated with clients related to provision of
information and support services necessary to ensure that the objectives for
individuals receiving instructional services have been met.
(5) Planning and development of community
resources to provide instructional and support services to individuals and to
groups.
(6) Technical consultation
and assistance to personnel of the office responsible for furnishing
rehabilitation teaching services.
(7) Technical consultation and assistance to
individuals, agencies, and programs outside the Office who have the
responsibility for conditions affecting blind persons in the
Commonwealth.
(8) Program planning
and evaluation.
(9) Public
information services related to rehabilitation teaching.
(10) Approved research activities related to
rehabilitation teaching.
(11)
Record maintenance.
(b)
Services will be furnished to eligible individuals referred for services by
governmental units, outside agencies, and individuals, by Office personnel and
to individuals who submit an application-self-referral. Under an agreement with
the Office of Rehabilitation Services, HEW, rehabilitation teaching services
are furnished to clients when authorized under the Vocational Rehabilitation
Program administered by the Department. Authorized services are also provided
to eligible individuals under Title XX of the Social Security Act, including
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, in accordance with the State
Plan for Social Services administered by the Department.
(c) Services will be furnished to eligible
individuals without regard to economic need.
