Section 152-1-6 - Comprehensive Assessment of Rehabilitation NeedsFor individuals who have been determined eligible for DVR services or for trial work experiences, a comprehensive assessment of rehabilitation needs shall be conducted to determine the goals, objectives, nature and scope of vocational services to be included in the Individualized Plan for Employment. To the extent that additional data is necessary, the comprehensive assessment will include an assessment of the unique strengths, resources, priorities, interests, and needs, including the need for supported-employment services, in the most integrated setting possible, consistent with the informed choice of the individual. The comprehensive assessment will be limited to information that is necessary to identify the rehabilitation needs of the individual and to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment. The Comprehensive Assessment of Rehabilitation Needs will be reviewed and updated as appropriate prior to significant changes in the Individualized Plan for Employment.
1. The comprehensive assessment will use, as a primary source of information, to the maximum extent possible and appropriate, and in accordance with confidentiality requirements, the following: B. information provided by the individual and, where appropriate, by the family of the individual.2. The comprehensive assessment may include, to the degree needed to make a determination of vocational needs and develop an IPE, an assessment of the following:D. intelligence and related functional capacities;E. educational achievements;H. personal and social adjustment;I. employment opportunities available to the individual;J. medical, psychiatric, psychological, and other pertinent vocational, educational, cultural, social, recreational, and environmental factors that affect the employment and rehabilitation needs of the individual;K. an appraisal of the patterns of work behavior and services needed to acquire occupational skills, and to develop work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and behavioral patterns necessary for successful job performance, including situational assessments to assess and develop the capacities of the individual to perform adequately in the work environment;L. the individual's capacities to perform in a work environment, including in an integrated setting, to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the individual's informed choice through provision of rehabilitation technology services.