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The Alphabet Soup of Adult Special Needs: 4-14-11

The Alphabet Soup of Adult Special Needs: 4-14-11

By Jill Edelman . April 14, 2011

Acronyms Abound: The category of housing that meets our daughter’s needs is a relatively new designation referred to as a CRS (Continuous Residential Support – different from a traditional group home/CLA “Community Living Arrangement” as CLA’s are licensed, and  funding is different. The CRS “allows  for more self-determination”.

PRAT (Program Review….)is the body that will make the determination on needs based funding; PRAT involves a scoring based on needs. I do know that we had a role in determining that scoring as did our daughter and that it is perhaps the most significant component in the funding process as it measures “level of need”.

URR Review (Utilization Review): This is a new one to me but I know that our URR review is delayed until 5/10…which is holding up the works. Apparently the URR and PRAT balance needs with funding budgets in the state.

DDS: DDS, or Department of Developmental Services changed its name from Department of Mental Retardation (DMR), in the state of Connecticut, as well as in other states. “Retard” or “mental retard” has become a popularly accepted term of humiliation and butt of jokes which has contributed to  this shift. (For a great discussion of the “r” word, see this Slate article.)

ID: Intellectual Disabilities: The most significant and toughest acronym of them all, ID.

©Jill Edelman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. 2011

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  1. DSS Messes and A Scary Future: 9-19-11 « The Couples Tool Kit says:
    September 19, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    […] quality of care can be compromised at the expense of their adult child. Many reasons. We chose a CRS category of housing for our daughter on the advice of our case manager and ABD as it gives us more […]

    Reply
  2. Witch/Which Mother? 9-28-11 « The Couples Tool Kit says:
    September 28, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    […] B…!  Hey, they take good care of her and that’s what counts. As the Coordinator of the CRS observed today, with compassion for my daughter, “My mother is like that […]

    Reply
  3. Part of The Process, Not The Solution: 10-7-11 « The Couples Tool Kit says:
    October 8, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    […] SPHERE rehearsal went, and if she felt O.K. about being there. As there was no answer, I called the CRS (Continuous Support Services) apartment phone line, knowing the staff person likely would answer. […]

    Reply
  4. Spirals Of Anxiety: 10-21-11 « The Couples Tool Kit says:
    October 21, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    […] him flowers and apparently saying some words about how happy she is in their new model program, the CRS. How did I learn of this little bit of sweet information? By accident. I don’t mind not […]

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