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The Assessment Process to Receive OPWDD
Once your eligibility to receive OPWDD services has been determined, you will start the assessment process. The purpose of the assessment is to identify your current strengths and needs and the natural or community supports you have or can get. This information is used to plan for services you need and to develop your person-centered plan.
OPWDD uses two tools when assessing your service needs:
1. The Developmental Disabilities Profile (DDP-2) is a brief assessment used by OPWDD to identify your challenges and your service needs. OPWDD staff will work with you and your family to complete the DDP-2 during the initial assessment process. To do this, OPWDD staff will ask you questions about your life in order to more fully understand your strengths and needs.
2. The Coordinated Assessment System (CAS) is a comprehensive assessment tool used by OPWDD to identify your strengths, needs and interests and to assist in person- centered planning for your care. The CAS asks many questions about you, your living situation, your needs and interests, and your challenges so that the services that will best meet your needs can be identified.
What is Person-Centered Planning?
Person-Centered Planning is the way you and your Care Manager explore your needs and wants—what is important to you, how you want to live, and how OPWDD can provide the support to help you get there. The Person-Centered Planning process is directed by you and the people important to you, usually including your family members. The focus is on your abilities, capacities, interests and what you are looking for in your life. By providing supports and services planned around your needs and goals, OPWDD can help you reach your potential and live a fulfilling life.
Focus on Outcomes!
The results of the planning and services provided—the outcomes—are what really matter. Outcomes are not goals, but tell us whether a person’s goals are being achieved.
The planning and supports provided should work for you and your family. To find out if they do, we look at the results and ask questions like:
• Are you connected to activities that are important to you?
• Are the supports helping you develop and maintain relationships that are important to you?
• Do you feel safe and stable? Developing a plan for your supports and services is only the first step. We continually work with you to make sure the plan meets your needs and revise it as necessary.
Source: CDC.GOV
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