A range of assistance or training to enable program participants to assist with the acquisition, retention or improvement in skills related to living in the community.

PAB services are identified through the person-centered planning process and included in the ISP to address measurable outcomes related to the participant’s skills in the following areas:

1) Increase independence with eating, dressing, personal hygiene;

2) Build natural supports;

3) Be self-sufficient (taking care of one’s self and one’s needs to live in own home);

4) Engage in opportunities which identify and expand personal interests which promote independence; and

5) Build skills in self-advocacy.

These supports may include adaptive skill development, assistance with activities of daily living, community inclusion, transportation, social and leisure skill development. Services may also include training to increase independence as well as developing natural supports and relationships.

This may take the form of hands-on assistance (actually performing a task for the person), training, or multi-step instructional cueing, as a part of a plan to prompt the participant to perform a task.

PAB may include assistance and/or training in the performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) skills, e.g.,

PAB services are identified through the person-centered planning process and included in the ISP to address measurable outcomes related to the participant’s skills in the following areas:

1) Increase independence with eating, dressing, personal hygiene;

2) Build natural supports;

3) Be self-sufficient (taking care of one’s self and one’s needs to live in own home);

4) Engage in opportunities which identify and expand personal interests which promote independence; and

5) Build skills in self-advocacy.

These supports may include adaptive skill development, assistance with activities of daily living, community inclusion, transportation, social and leisure skill development. Services may also include training to increase independence as well as developing natural supports and relationships.

This may take the form of hands-on assistance (actually performing a task for the person), training, or multi-step instructional cueing, as a part of a plan to prompt the participant to perform a task.

PAB may include assistance and/or training in the performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) skills, e.g.,