Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES › Chapter 388-829A - Alternative living › DEFINITIONS › Section 388-829A-010 - What definitions apply to this chapter?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to this chapter:
"ADSA" means the aging and disability services
					 administration within DSHS and its employees and authorized agents.
"Adult protective services" or "APS" means the
					 investigative body designated by ADSA to investigate suspected cases of
					 abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation and neglect as defined in 74.34
					 RCW.
"Alternative living provider" means an independent
					 contractor with a current contract with the division of developmental
					 disabilities to provide alternative living services.
"Assistance" means help provided to a client for the
					 purpose of training the client in the performance of tasks the task being
					 trained. Assistance does not include personal care as defined in chapter
					 388-106 WAC or protective supervision.
"Calendar year" means the twelve month period that runs
					 from January 1 through December 31.
"Case manager" means the division of developmental
					 disabilities case resource manager or social worker assigned to a
					 client.
"Client" means a person who has a developmental disability
					 as defined in
					 RCW
					 71A.10.020(3) who also has
					 been determined eligible to receive services by the division under chapter
					 71A.16 RCW.
"Competence" means the capacity to do what one needs and
					 wants to do. There are two ways to be competent. A person may be self-reliant
					 and able to do things for themselves or may have the power to identify and
					 obtain the help needed from others.
"DDD" or "the division" means the division of developmental
					 disabilities (DDD) within the DSHS aging and disabilities services
					 administration of the department of social and health services.
"DDD specialty training" means department approved
					 curriculum to provide information and instruction to meet the special needs of
					 people with developmental disabilities.
"DSHS" or "the department" means the state of Washington
					 department of social and health services and its employees and authorized
					 agents.
"Health and safety" means clients living safely in
					 environments common to other citizens with reasonable supports offered to
					 simultaneously protect their health and safety while promoting community
					 inclusion.
"Individual support plan" or "ISP" is a document that
					 authorizes and identifies the DDD paid services to meet a client's assessed
					 needs.
"Integration" means clients being present and actively
					 participating in the community using the same resources and doing the same
					 activities as other citizens.
"Mandatory reporter" means any person working with
					 vulnerable adults required by law to report incidents of abandonment, abuse,
					 neglect, financial exploitation, etc per
					 chapter
					 74.34 RCW.
"Positive recognition by self and others" means a client
					 being offered assistance in ways which promote the client's status and
					 creditability. Providers offer assistance in ways that are appropriate to the
					 age of the client, typical to other members of the community and contribute to
					 the client's feelings of self worth and positive regard by others.
"Positive relationships" means clients having friends and
					 family that offer essential support and protection. Friends and family lend
					 continuity and meaning through life and open the way to new opportunities and
					 experiences.
"Power and choice" means clients experiencing power,
					 control, and ownership of their personal affairs. Expression of personal power
					 and choice are essential elements in the lives of people. Such expressions help
					 people gain autonomy, become self-governing and pursue their own interests and
					 goals.
"Regulation" means any federal, state, or local law, rule,
					 ordinance or policy.
"RCW" means the Revised Code of Washington, which contains
					 all laws governing the state of Washington.
"Service episode record" or "SER" means documentation by
					 DDD of all client related contacts including contacts during the assessment,
					 service plan, coordination and monitoring of care and termination of
					 services.
"Support" means provider activities done on the client's
					 behalf such as balancing the checkbook.
"Unusual incidents" means a change in circumstances or
					 events that concern a client's safety or well-being. Examples may include, an
					 increased frequency, intensity, or duration of any medical conditions, adverse
					 reactions to medication, hospitalization, death, severe behavioral incidents
					 that are unlike the client's ordinary behavior, severe injury, running away,
					 physical or verbal abuse to themselves or others, etc
"WAC" means the Washington Administrative Code, which are
					 the rules for administering the state laws (RCW).
Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.30 [71A.12.030] and Title
						71A RCW. 07-16-101, § 388-829A-010, filed 7/31/07, effective
						9/1/07.