6002 W. Kingshighway
Production Services
Darren May, BS, Reg. Manf. Mgr.
(870) 932-1551 ext. 117
6002 W. Kingshighway,
Production: All production activities are used as methods and materials to train consumers thru the various services described above, including Work Adjustment Training; Extended Services; Adult Development (Pre-Voc); and
Steven Posey, BS, WAC/AD Supervisor
(870) 239-9656
6002 W. Kingshighway,
Work Adjustment Training (ARS): Work Adjustment Training is a 60-day program which provides the setting to continue to assess the client's ability and begin the sometimes long process of building the client's work personality and increase their capacity to work. It involves the individual in a system of goal-directed services or groups of services directed toward enhancement of the individual's job seeking and job-retention skills that facilitate movement toward a satisfactory vocational placement. This service results from a recommendation after completing a 10 day Work Assessment which identifies work characteristics and answers referral questions posed by the ARS Counselor. Work Assessment is inclusive with the Work Adjustment Training allocated budget schedule.
Extended Services (ARS): Extended Services is training provided over an extended period of time for individuals who appear employable and are in need of continued adjustment services. It allows the time to build and often complete the process of getting the person ready for employment. Individualized plans utilize case management and adjustment services which are goal directed and which maximize the individual's vocational, educational personal and social functioning. The length of the program depends on the overall goal and related individualized plans but normally will be no longer than nine months or a total of twelve months from when the individual was admitted. Usually at the onset of this program the individual's average productivity is in the neighborhood of 40 to 75 %.
Adult Development (DDS): Adult Development is an adult program for the developmentally disabled who typically has an average productivity level below 50%. The program utilizes Individualized Program Plans which address long range goals dealing with pre-vocational skills training and those involved in habilitation training which deals with social development, communication, sensory motor, cognitive, and recreation designed to assist the individual to become more self-sufficient and independent. Specialized programming provides services for developmentally disabled adults to improve their self-sufficiency through habilitation training that improves daily living skills, self-help skills, self-care, survival skills and life adjustment. It can be a maximum of five hours daily. Also, some therapy services (speech, occupational, and physical) are provided to qualified adults in this program.
Pre-Vocational Adult Development (DDS): This adult development program is the same as the regular program, except the programming occurs in the
DDTCS Evaluation (DDS): This activity is completed at the initial entry of the individual into the DDTCS programs and annually thereafter. It is necessary to perform in order to substantiate the physicians’ prescription for needed services.